He also announced that the Government is committed to ‘free and fair’ elections.
Prime Minister Marape said on Thursday, October 14 after a briefing by Electoral Commissioner, Simon Sinai to MPs on preparations for the elections.
During the briefing the Electoral Commissioner told the Prime Minister and MPs that PNGEC would require K400 million to hold the 2022 elections, compared to K399 million in 2017 and K235 million in 2012.
In the 2017 elections, K278 million was used by the PNGEC on election costs, while the balance of K121 million was spent on security.
