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Coalition for Reform Party

Coalition for Reform Party

Political party in Papua New Guinea

The Coalition for Reform Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

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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

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "Lelang will lead new party in the Elections". PNG Post Courier. 29 March 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Weekend of surprises". PNG Post Courier. 24 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Namah eyes top post". PNG Post Courier. 25 July 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Muthuvel joins Government". PNG Post Courier. 8 March 2013.
  6. [6]
    "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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