The document discusses corruption in Papua New Guinea's voting system. It identifies the main issues as bribery of voters and officials, misappropriation of public funds, and tribal fights. Bribery involves buying votes and influencing police and electoral workers. Misuse of funds is mostly done by politicians for election campaigns. Suggested ways to minimize corruption include punishing vote sellers and brokers, improving the Ombudsman Commission's role, and negotiating between tribal leaders to reduce violence. The conclusion states that defining democracy's true meaning of voting could help reduce corruption in PNG's system.
2. Corruption in PNG Voting system
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3. Introduction
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Corruption is considered the most problematic in the voting
system.
Issues associated with corruption in the voting system include:
- Bribery
- Misappropriation of public funds, and
- Tribal fights
Ways to minimize corruption in PNG voting system
4. Bribery
Is the act of giving money (or
something else) to someone to
get them to do something you
want them to do.
• Buying voters
• Bribing police
• Bribing electoral officials
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5. Misappropriation
The misusing of public funds for
Election campaigns
Political party organizations
Pressure group
(John and Ward 2001)
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7. Ways to minimize the corruption in Papua
New Guinea voting system.
In terms of bribery:
Punish the vote sellers and vote brokers
Reduce the number of government officials
Increase spirituality among people
(Kaczynski, 2019)
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8. Ways to minimize the corruption in Papua
New Guinea voting system.
In order to keep the public funds
safe,
Improvement in Ombudsman
Commission function
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PNG Ombudsman Commission freezes all development accounts.
9. Ways to minimize the corruption in
Papua New Guinea voting system.
In order to reduce tribal fights:
Delivering services
Police enforcement
Negotiate between leaders (Politicians)
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10. Conclusion
Corruption is hitting Papua New Guinea voting system.
Voters (pe0ple), government officials, such as police and electr0l official
are all involving in bribery.
Misuse of public funds is mostly done by the politicians in order to win the
election.
Fighting are serious problem in the voting system
To get rid of corruption, such leaders are involving in corruption have to be
punished.
If we define the real meaning of voting in a democracy, then there will be
less corruption in the system.
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11. Referencing
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Raczyński, M. (2019). The Problem of Bribery in Voting. Can We Solve It? Alpeh Zero.
Roy, E. A. (2017). Papua New Guinea election descends into chaos amid violence and claims of bribery.
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