Reform of electoral laws and political party laws have been suggested by a number of Pacific countries, both in terms of promoting greater legislative stability, and in the context of promoting women in parliament.

Regular ‘crossing the floor’ to secure favour and resources has caused frequent changes in governments in the Pacific. In Papua New Guinea, this resulted in the passage of the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates 2003, which limits the ability of member of political parties to cross the floor once they have aligned themselves with the Government or Opposition. Governments in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have indicated that they intend to consider similar legislation.

In a number of countries, there have also been suggestions that legislation should be amended or enacted to promote women in Pacific legislatures, for example, through the introduction of party quotas to promote more women candidates and/or electoral reform to introduce reserved seats for women.