By Loretta B Manele
The electoral commission has been urged to look into the electoral reform and start working on it.
Manasseh Maelanga, minister for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) raised this in parliament during the Sine Die Motion on Thurs, Dec 19th last year.
He said he would like to see that the electoral commission begin working on the electoral reform on areas like registration, how the next voting in 2028 will be carried out and post voting.
Maelanga pointed out that time is moving fast and a year is about to go by.
“I think it’s time that the electoral commission try to look at those issues especially areas like whether people in Honiara will have to go back to their villages or constituencies to vote or can just remain in Honiara and vote”
Maelanga mentioned that of course the government will look into these areas but he would like to see that the electoral commission starts working on the reform before bringing it to government’s attention.
