Further to his comments about the domestic issues raised by the ANU Observer Report on the 2017 election, the Member for Moresby North-West, Sir Mekere Morauta, today voiced his concern about the general assessment of the 2017 election by foreign governments and organisations and their whitewashing of the rigging and corruption associated with it. He also said that in the future he would like to see all Observer reports be of greater value by making recommendations that could

The Member for Moresby North-West, Sir Mekere Morauta, today renewed his call for a commission of inquiry into the 2017 election, following the release of a damning observer report by the Australian National University. The report is a comprehensive account of the election, based on observer teams led by Papua New Guinean experts who covered 69 electorates in all four regions with detailed studies of 44 electorates. “It is very clear from the report that the 2017 election was