Star Alliance Party

Star Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

Star Alliance Party
PresidentJohn Arabel [1]
SecretaryHone Taylor [1]
National Parliament
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It first applied for party registration in 2006, and contested the 2007 election, endorsing 72 candidates but winning no seats.[2][3]

It won one seat at the 2012 election, with the election of Mehrra Kipefa in Obura-Wonenara Open.[4][5] The party was reported to have crossed from the government into opposition in July 2016 and supported a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Peter O'Neill; however, Kipefa crossed to the United Resources Party by November 2016, leaving the party once again unrepresented in parliament.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES" (PDF). Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Registrar stresses strict conditions for Papua New Guinea political parties". The National. 4 October 2006.
  3. Election 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in Papua New Guinea. ANU ePress. 23 September 2013. ISBN 9781922144300.
  4. "EHP counting update". PNG Post-Courier. 25 July 2012.
  5. "Hon. Mehrra Minne Kipefa, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. "PNG Government confident of defeating motion of no confidence". PACNEWS. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. "URP fundraiser a success". PNG Post-Courier. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.


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