Political party in Papua New Guinea
The Coalition for Reform Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
It was established in March 2012 by Joseph Lelang, then the former Secretary for National Planning and Monitoring.[2] It won two seats at the 2012 election: Lelang won Kandrian-Glouster Open, while Sasindran Muthuvel became the first Indian-born MP in Papua New Guinea in winning West New Britain Provincial. The party supported Belden Namah against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and subsequently went into opposition.[3][4] Muthevel resigned from the party and crossed to the governing People's National Congress in March 2013, while Lelang remains a member.[5][6]
As of September 2019, Lelang had left the party and joined the National Alliance.
References
- ^ a b "REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES" (PDF). Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Lelang will lead new party in the Elections". PNG Post Courier. 29 March 2012.
- ^ "Weekend of surprises". PNG Post Courier. 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Namah eyes top post". PNG Post Courier. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Muthuvel joins Government". PNG Post Courier. 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Hon. Joseph Lelang, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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- 1 Confirmation of party membership not received by the Registrar (2 September 2019)
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