03-15-2012, 08:42 AM
And they have 2 weeks to name their candidates.
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Names of candidates to be submitted to the PNG Electoral commission by 27 March
By Online Editor
1:30 pm GMT+12, 15/03/2012, Papua New Guinea
Political parties are expected to submit the names of their endorsed candidates to the PNG Electoral Commission by March 27 this year.
These will be a month prior to the issuing of the Writs for the 2012 national elections.
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and Candidates says the Electoral Commission is expected to receive the listing by this time and confirm all endorsed candidates before the country goes to the poll in June.
The office has already confirmed 41 political parties have registered to contest this year's elections. But, a few more can be expected.
At least five new parties have registered for this election among the confirmed 41.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and Candidates says there is a need to strengthen the political party system in Papua New Guinea.
Deputy Registrar Dr Alphones Gelu said political parties are important institutions and they each have a role to strengthen their membership to solidify the party system in the country.
“It is the responsibility of each individual political party to try and hold their membership together. Candidates that are endorsed by political parties, are not usually financial members, so they are not individuals that support, that particular party.
“We have a situation in Papua New Guinea, we have this pool of intending candidates, who will jump to any party, that endorse them and as a result, as you can see that there is no tie, that will tie these candidates to a political party. So, once they're elected, they go into Parliament, they want to leave at their own will, whatever point in time, of their life in Parliament, they are free to do so,” said Dr Gelu
“We will need to try and tie or strengthen that relationship. Once we do that, we'll have a more meaningful relationship that would exist between Parties and their members and that would include them lead to a more productive relationship, that would in turn, lead to Parties and their members making good decisions and making good laws for this country,” he said
A review is being planned for the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates. The critical provisions to be revisited are the ones struck out by the Supreme Court in 2010, particularly dealing with voting rights and party hopping.
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Names of candidates to be submitted to the PNG Electoral commission by 27 March
By Online Editor
1:30 pm GMT+12, 15/03/2012, Papua New Guinea
Political parties are expected to submit the names of their endorsed candidates to the PNG Electoral Commission by March 27 this year.
These will be a month prior to the issuing of the Writs for the 2012 national elections.
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and Candidates says the Electoral Commission is expected to receive the listing by this time and confirm all endorsed candidates before the country goes to the poll in June.
The office has already confirmed 41 political parties have registered to contest this year's elections. But, a few more can be expected.
At least five new parties have registered for this election among the confirmed 41.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and Candidates says there is a need to strengthen the political party system in Papua New Guinea.
Deputy Registrar Dr Alphones Gelu said political parties are important institutions and they each have a role to strengthen their membership to solidify the party system in the country.
“It is the responsibility of each individual political party to try and hold their membership together. Candidates that are endorsed by political parties, are not usually financial members, so they are not individuals that support, that particular party.
“We have a situation in Papua New Guinea, we have this pool of intending candidates, who will jump to any party, that endorse them and as a result, as you can see that there is no tie, that will tie these candidates to a political party. So, once they're elected, they go into Parliament, they want to leave at their own will, whatever point in time, of their life in Parliament, they are free to do so,” said Dr Gelu
“We will need to try and tie or strengthen that relationship. Once we do that, we'll have a more meaningful relationship that would exist between Parties and their members and that would include them lead to a more productive relationship, that would in turn, lead to Parties and their members making good decisions and making good laws for this country,” he said
A review is being planned for the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates. The critical provisions to be revisited are the ones struck out by the Supreme Court in 2010, particularly dealing with voting rights and party hopping.
