Polling at the University of Papua New Guinea is yet to start.
Student voters have demanded the Presiding Officer to bring in the Returning Officer to explain to them why most of their names are not on the Electoral Roll.
Students say there about 5000 to 6000 registered student voters at the University of Papua New Guinea but only 1326 names are on the Electoral Roll.
From the 1326 names, about 200 are names of former students.
East Sepik student leader, Smith Wani, says some of the names on the updated electoral roll are names of students that voted in 2012 but have already left the school.
“I hail from East Sepik Province and I know the students who had attended the university three to four years ago, but on this paper, they are registered to vote,” says Wani.
“Because of the (student) crisis, we made it our obligation to register because we knew that through the ballot paper, our voices will be heard.
“From the 1326 names on the Electoral Roll, about 700 to 800 students will be eligible to vote.”
Joseph Pundu, another student leader, claims this is another one of the current government’s tactics.
“We think there is a plan at the back of this one. The current government is manipulating all the system now. The government knows for sure that UPNG will vote against them because they fought against them.”