TIPNG says MPs should follow resignation processes

MPs when resigning from their political parties should do so through the prescribed processes, especially if they are joining a new party, and not just through media conferences as has been happening recently, says Transparency International PNG (TIPNG).
The local anti-corruption group is also calling for the constitutional body responsible for registering political parties, the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission (IPPCC), to clarify to the public which parties MPs belong to before Parliament sits. “There have been public statements through press conferences by members of parliament that they have resigned from their political parties in recent days, and yet almost all have not shown how they have done this formally through the IPPCC,” the board of TIPNG said in a statement.
“It is paramount to preserving Papua New Guinean democracy that an MP ensures that their electorate and the country know they have dully registered their political affiliation as an elected representative.”