Political campaigns and elections have become a source of divisiveness and corruption in our families, clans, communities, State, and even our nation. On one hand it has become standard practice among many incumbent legislators to use government funds to buy votes. On the other hand, we citizens have readily accepted such handouts with utter disregard for the future of our children. We must advocate for an attitudinal and structural reform in our election and campaign practices in Chuuk to rebuild our sense of pride in ourselves as a people and our ability to rise above corruption.
I totally agree with this subject matter, “Election Reform is a Must.” It’s been more than two decades now and our election system remains the same as the TTPI time. For instance, the official eligible voters master list that had been issued every election year was never been updated accurately.
In addition, there were names of those who had already been passed remained on such list, Sometimes names were duplicated with different date of births, but same individual. Supervision and conduct of the election at the designated polling place were unprofessional and sometimes err.