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18-627: As of May 2019, the party has 1 member in the National Parliament . Polye had first entered Parliament in the 2002 general election , as a member of the National Alliance Party , whose leader Sir Michael Somare became Prime Minister . In August 2011, the NAP-led Somare government was brought down in a parliamentary motion of no confidence (whilst Somare was recovering from surgery in hospital), leading to

36-488: A fractious political culture, and no party in the history of parliament has yet won a majority. Therefore, negotiations between parties have always been necessary to form governments. New governments are protected from votes of no confidence during their first 18 months and during the last 12 months before a national election. More recently, in a move aimed at further minimizing no-confidence motions, then-Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced changes that prevented members of

54-717: A rural and urban housing scheme, strengthening the village court system through improving salaries and living conditions, strengthening existing delivery systems by DSIP, promoting gender equity, free education for all ages and to support technical skills." In addition to the acronym it produces, Polye explained the name of the party as follows: Upon its launch, the party reportedly included 22 MPs, including nine Cabinet ministers. Among its founding members were Jeffery Nape (parliamentary Speaker), Benjamin Poponawa , Alphonse Moroi , Mark Maipakai (Minister for Intergovernment Relations & District Development), Tom Olga (Governor of

72-424: A split in the party, between members who remained loyal to Somare, and others - including Polye - who joined Peter O'Neill 's new government. In October, it was reported simultaneously that the party was expelling the latter, and that Polye had assumed leadership of the party. What had happened was a split, with two opposing factions both claiming to constitute the party. In January 2012, Polye purported to de-register

90-575: Is only found in the Manus province; it heralds dawn and signals sunset. NBC Radio Station had changed its name to Maus Bilong Chauka several years earlier. Bulei explained that the colour brown on the flag represents the inland people and the blue represents the island people. The other important symbol on the flag is the green snail, which is unique to Manus Province. Manus Province has a single district, which contains one urban ( Lorengau ) and eleven rural Local Level Government (LLG) areas. Manus District has

108-707: The Western Highlands Province ), James Gau , Benjamin Mul , Andrew Mald (Minister for Community Development, Religion, & Family Affairs), Philip Kikala , Mathew Poiya , Pitom Bombom , Sali Subam (Minister for Sports), Sai Beseo (Minister for Correctional Services), David Arore (Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science, & Technology), Miki Kaeok , Yawa Silupa , Buka Malai , Michael Sapau (Governor of Manus Province ), Ano Pala (Minister for Foreign Affairs & Immigration), Peter Humphreys and Leo Dion . In March 2014, Don Polye

126-655: The 20 provinces, the autonomous province of Bougainville , and the National Capital District . Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position, in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province. From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used. The first past the post system was used from 1977 until 2002. Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced Limited Preferential Voting , in which voters numbered three preferred candidates. LPV

144-811: The NAP, despite the existence of a rival faction. The members of his faction reconstituted themselves as the Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party, ahead of the June 2012 general election . The new party was officially launched at the Granville Motel in Port Moresby on 23 January. When three National Alliance MPs ( Timothy Bonga , Sasa Zibe and Bob Dadea ) chose to join O'Neill's People's National Congress Party rather than Polye's new party, Polye reportedly said "that

162-471: The battle lines for the formation of new government after the coming elections were being drawn between his new party and O'Neill's party", suggesting the two parties would become the major political forces of the country, eclipsing what was left of the National Alliance. During his inaugural speech which launched the party, Polye said it would be "focusing on trying to restore Christian values,

180-475: The churches to give counselling on the value of the family unit as family is the foundation of a stable society". It would also, he said, address the issues of " climate change , environment and wildlife conservation ". The party would seek to promote a "diversified economy", and, in terms of foreign policy, would "modernise strategic partnerships". He added: "I want a policy to improve the salary, working and living conditions for all professional public servants,

198-768: The government coalition. National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Opposition (13) Other (3) The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea . It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975. The 111 members of parliament serve five-year terms, 89 of whom are chosen from single-member "open" electorates, which are sometimes referred to as "seats" but are officially known as constituencies. The remaining 22 are chosen from single-member provincial electorates:

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216-424: The government from voting in favour of such a motion. All citizens over the age of 18 may vote, although voting is not compulsory. Manus Province Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea in terms of both land area and population, with a land area of 2,100 square kilometres (810 sq mi), but with more than 220,000 square kilometres (85,000 sq mi) of water, and

234-532: The highest number of LLGs of any other district in Papua New Guinea . For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units. The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1977 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, notably the introduction of the Organic Law on Provincial Government and Local Level Government 1995,

252-470: The national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea . The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament . There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate. Job Pomat as Manus District Open Member, elected into office in 2016, made history as

270-557: The total population is 60,485 (2011 census). The provincial town of Manus is Lorengau . The province consists of only one district (Manus District; with identical boundaries to those of the province), 12 Local Level Governments (LLGs) and 127 Wards . The province is made up of the Admiralty Islands (a group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago ), as well as Wuvulu Island and nearby atolls in

288-536: The west, which collectively are referred to as the Western Islands . The largest island in the group is Manus Island , where Lorengau and a former Australian immigration detention centre are located. The Manus friarbird , known locally as the chauka, is represented on the Manus provincial flag. The designer of the Manus Province flag Luke Bulei explained his reasons for its design in 1977: chauka

306-474: Was dismissed from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill 's government, for not abiding by Cabinet solidarity. In May, with their party leader now sitting on the Opposition benches, Cabinet ministers Douglas Tomuriesa (Forestry), Delilah Gore (Higher Education) and Benjamin Poponawa (Labour and Industrial Relations) all resigned from the party, staying with the government. In September, the party was expelled from

324-580: Was first used nationally in the 2007 election . As in other Commonwealth realms , the party or coalition with the most seats in the parliament is invited by the Governor-General to form a government, and its leader subsequently becomes Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea . The Prime Minister then appoints his cabinet from fellow parliament members. Members of parliament are seated in a similar manner to other Westminster system parliaments, but use chairs instead of benches. Papua New Guinea has

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