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The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was formed in September 1969 by Thomas Kavali, Sabumei Kofikai and Siwi Kurondo when the three MPs broke away from the Compass Party. It was formally launched on 14 November 1969. (Kofikai later rejoined the Compass Party).
The National is a weekday English language newspaper published in Papua New Guinea. It is also published online. It is also published online. The paper is owned by Malaysian logging company Rimbunan Hijau .
Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth realm with Charles III as King of Papua New Guinea. The monarch's representative is the governor-general of Papua New Guinea, who is elected by the unicameral National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975.
This is a list of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, as elected at the 2022 election. [1] Leadership. Speaker: Job Pomat, Pangu. since 2 August 2017
Papua New Guinea has a unicameral National Parliament, previously known as the House of Assembly. It has 111 seats, with 89 elected from single-member "Open" electorates and 22 from province-level "Provincial" electorates. Members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms.
In December 2019, the autonomous region of Bougainville voted in a landslide for independence from Papua New Guinea. Due to the country's immense ethnic and linguistic diversity, some national parliament members feared that Bougainville's departure could inspire other regions to demand independence from Papua New Guinea. [11]
Of the 124 members, 102 are elected from "open" seats (increased from 96 in the 2022 elections), [1] with the remainder elected from "provincial" seats based on the twenty provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. The winners of the provincial seats also become the provincial governor.