Publication

This policy brief examines the factors which could exacerbate tensions in Papua New Guinea’s 2012 national elections and set out a series of recommended actions to avert the violence. As the country gears up for the national elections due to be held mid-2012, there is increasing concern that the electoral process will be marred by violence. With the country already gripped by a series of constitutional crises in the wake of the parliamentary election of Peter O’Neill as Prime Minister in August 2011, flawed elections will further dent public confidence in the government’s ability to uphold democratic principles.