The Role of Political Parties in Papua New Guinea’s Democracy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59890/ijsss.v3i1.304Keywords:
Papua New Guinea, Role, Political Party, DemocracyAbstract
Political parties offered a means of educating and organizing the populace in colonial PNG for advancing the independence struggle. Political parties played a crucial role in both providing the populace with a voice in choosing leaders as well as attracting fresh talent for PNG's burgeoning political landscape following the nation's declaration of independence in 1975. Within a political body, political parties carry out a variety of tasks. The principal among such responsibilities is representing society concerns in legislative bodies, political instruction and interaction, fostering political engagement and involvement, identifying those in power, formulating policies, while fostering national togetherness is somewhat foremost within the tasks at hand. The way the executive branch, the judiciary, and legislative body interact is greatly influenced by them. In this paper will be exploring the PNG’s role of political parties in the areas of mobilization, recruitment, education, economic, development, policy-making and socialization function. In order to determine the function of political parties in PNG's democracy, a descriptive research approach that includes secondary materials has been used in this study
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