National Front Party (Papua New Guinea)
The National Front Party was a political party in Papua New Guinea.
The party was established in 2002 by Kundiawa-Gembolg MP and former Minister for Defence Peter Waieng.[1][2] Waeing subsequently resigned his seat due to pending misconduct proceedings against him, but contested and lost the seat at the election. The party won no other seats.[3][4][5]
The party endorsed one candidate at the 2007 election, and won no seats.[6] At the time of the 2012 election, the party was led by Philip Kende.[7]
It was deregistered in 2015.[8]
References[]
- ^ "National Front Party registers for elections in Papua New Guinea". The National. 22 March 2002.
- ^ "Former pilot banking on youth votes". PNG Post Courier. 30 May 2002.
- ^ "MPs on trial today". PNG Post Courier. 13 May 2002.
- ^ "Waieng a determined man". PNG Post Courier. 29 August 2013.
- ^ "NATIONAL ELECTION 2002". PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 14 October 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Gelu, Alphonse. "9. Political Parties and the 2007 National Election: Alignment to Reform?" (PDF). Election 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Parties". PNG Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ "Political parties cancelled". PNG Post Courier. 20 August 2015.
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- Defunct political parties in Papua New Guinea
- Oceanian political party stubs
- Papua New Guinea stubs