Our Development Party
Political party in Papua New Guinea
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The Our Development Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
Our Development Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Charles Abel |
| President | Andrew Terry[1] |
| Secretary | Habia Babe |
| Founder | Puka Temu and Andy Kenemu |
| National Parliament | 1 / 118 |
The party was co-founded in 2011, after the O'Neill Government ousted the Somare Government, by Sir Puka Temu and Andy Kenemu. At the time, it had 25 members in the National Parliament.[2]
In the 2017 elections, the party won two seats, held by Francis Maneke and Temu.[2] Both MPs left the party during the parliamentary term.
As of May 2019, the party had 2 seats in the National Parliament. It is led by Temu, who is its sole MP. Temu returned to the party on 15 May 2019 after leaving People's National Congress.[2]
On 31 May 2019, former Deputy Prime Minister Charles Abel resigned from People‘s National Congress to join the party.
