This document discusses democracy in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It begins by defining democracy as a system of government run by the people directly or indirectly through representation. It then provides a brief history of democracy, noting it originated in ancient Athens and came to PNG after it gained independence in 1975. The document outlines that PNG has a constitutional, federal, multiparty parliamentary democracy where members of parliament are elected every five years. It acknowledges some hindering factors to PNG's democracy like corruption, lack of accountability, weak party systems, and law and order issues. In conclusion, it suggests PNG can strengthen its democracy by fixing political decay, reducing corruption, increasing government accountability, addressing law and order problems, and establishing strong party systems.