United Coalition Party
United Coalition Party (Gilbertese: Karikirakean Te I-Kiribati; KTK) was a political party in Kiribati.
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History
The party was established in August 2010 as a merger of the Kiribati Independent Party and Protect the Maneaba.[1] The new party held 12 seats, making it the largest opposition faction, resulting in its leader Rimeta Beniamina being appointed Leader of the Opposition.[1] However, she later defected to the Maurin Kiribati Party (MKP).[1]
In the 2011 parliamentary elections it won ten seats, and was able to nominate Tetaua Taitai for the 2012 presidential elections. Taitai finished second with 35% of the vote.
In January 2016 it merged with the MKP to form the Tobwaan Kiribati Party.[2]
gollark: - To reduce bias in government decision making we will use a random number generator for all major policy problems.
gollark: - To ensure our ancestors' traditions are respected, we should randomly dig them up and drag them to voting booths.
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gollark: - As eating meat places suffering on millions of innocent animals, I believe animal meat should be replaced with human flesh from donors, as humans are able to meaningfully consent to this while animals are not (and don't get a choice in practice anyway).
gollark: - To increase the efficiency of the education system and encourage self-directed learning, I believe schools should lock children in individual cubicles with textbooks for 5 hours a day instead of using classrooms and teachers.
References
- Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
- Kiribati party merger ahead of presidential poll Radio New Zealand, 29 January 2016
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