Organic law on the integrity of political parties and candidates: a tool for political

Abstract

In this article I wish to provide some insights into the current status of OLIPPAC as a tool for creating political stability and to highlight the challenges of implementing the law. I wish to argue that OLIPPAC is a worthwhile tool for creating political stability in PNG and take issue with the argument that OLIPPAC has failed. Two issues underpin the views I express here. First, is OLIPPAC meaningless or insignificant in the context of a weak party system or endemic political instability in PNG? Second, who is responsible for making OLIPPAC achieve its overall goal of creating political stability? Show more