There is a growing consenus in Papua New Guinea that the current national election marred by violence, vote tampering and misinformation, is the worst the country has experienced in its nearly 50 years of independence.
RNZ Pacific's correspondent Scott Waide says he has never seen anything like it in his more than 20 years of covering PNG elections.
Don Wiseman spoke with the executive director of PNG's independent Institute of National Affairs, Paul Barker, about the issues affecting the poll, and looked at what needs to change.
Voting in the PNG election Photo: Raguel Kepas
