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
  1. "National Front Party registers for elections in Papua New Guinea". The National. 22 March 2002.
  2. "Former pilot banking on youth votes". PNG Post Courier. 30 May 2002.
  3. "MPs on trial today". PNG Post Courier. 13 May 2002.
  4. "Waieng a determined man". PNG Post Courier. 29 August 2013.
  5. "NATIONAL ELECTION 2002". PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 14 October 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. 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.
  7. "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)
  8. "Political parties cancelled". PNG Post Courier. 20 August 2015.


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