Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) is calling on all sectors of society to remind elected officials and constitutional office holders to uphold the Constitutional requirement for a National General Elections.
Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) is reminding all Members of Parliament to ensure that the transition from the 10th Parliament to the 11th Parliament occurs within the rule of law and upholds the Constitution. Actions by current MP’s will be subject to the Leadership Code while in office and the Organic Law on the Independent Commission Against Corruption should they leave office after the Elections. TIPNG has issued this statement following media reports that there will be no arrangement for a caretaker cabinet during the Election period commencing from the Issue of Writs on 28th April and ending with the Return of Writs on 29th July 2022.
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With a number of provinces now in the process of firming up their plans for implementation of the upcoming National General Elections across their respective districts and wards, Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) has called on all Provincial Elections Steering Committees (PESCs) to ensure in their planning that the constitutional rights of voters must not be sacrificed in the rush to deliver elections on time.
Three students from the University of PNG (UPNG) Law School have now successfully completed the 2021-2022 Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) Legal Internship Program (LIP). Facilitated under an official five-year Memorandum of Understanding between TIPNG and the UPNG Law School, fourth year law students Andrea Maru, Jasmine Murray, and Lloyd Kombe officially concluded their internship with TIPNG yesterday (1/3/2022) as they prepare to join the rest of their final year classmates.
With only two months to go before the scheduled start of the 2022 National General Elections in Papua New Guinea, many provinces have only just begun the roll update exercise. Jiwaka Province in the Highlands Region is one such a province, with a 10-day roll update exercise for all 214 Wards starting on the 16th of February 2022, and running till the end of the month.
Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) conducted A week long civic awareness outreach in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province as part of its Building Elections Integrity through Partnership (BEIP) Project. A key part of the awareness in Goroka was a Civic Awareness Information Workshop that brought together key provincial election stakeholders, namely the Eastern Highlands Electoral Commission Office, Provincial Administration and the Goroka Police to provide updates on their preparations for the 2022 National Elections in Eastern Highlands Province.
On the eve of the 2022 National Elections and in light of reports of administrative delays, the impartiality and integrity required by PNG Electoral Commission (PNGEC) officials in the provinces to uphold the constitutional guarantee of free, fair, and safe elections have never been more crucial. This was the message shared with provincial election managers at a one-day workshop in Port Moresby hosted by Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) in partnership with the PNGEC. With only two months before the start of the elections, and delays on key electoral processes, TIPNG is working with partners to bolster mechanisms of electoral conduct including the integrity of decision-making by constitutional officeholders.
Papua New Guinea’s leading anti-corruption civil society organization Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) marked its 25th Anniversary in Port Moresby on Thursday 27th January 2022, with an event recognizing the importance of its individual and organizational supporters. The silver jubilee celebrations by TIPNG, under the theme “Rise to the Occasion”, were also an opportunity to reflect on the efforts of Papua New Guineans 25 years ago to establish an association that would empower citizens to take action against corruption where it occurred, whether that be in the personal, public or private spheres of life.
With the official launch of the Transparency International 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) report this afternoon, the new data has now indicated a minor improvement in PNG’s score, from previous years. With a score of 31 out of 100 and a ranking of 124 out of 180 countries surveyed this year, PNG’s score has revealed a 4-point increase from last year. Although coming in at 14 points below the Asia Pacific Average of 45, and 12 points below the global average of 43, the results also indicate that there is still a lot of work to be done in combatting corrupt individuals, networks and systems in the country.
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