The Honourable Arthur Somare is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was first created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea, but gained its current name with the granting of independence in 1975....

. He represents the electorate of Angoram Open in East Sepik

East Sepik

East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 343,180 people and is roughly 42,800 km square in size.-History:...

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Arthur Somare was first elected to the national Parliament in 1997, and has served in several ministerial roles, including Minister for Communications and Minister for Planning.

He is also one of the key political tacticians of the National Alliance Party

National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea)

The National Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 1995 by Bernard Narokobi, Moi Avei, Bart Philemon and Masket Iangalio, who invited Sir Michael Somare to lead them to the 1997 elections after he had been sacked as leader of the Pangu Party.National Alliance...

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His father is Sir Michael Somare, the former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.

Corruption

Arthur Somare has failed to challenge allegations of official corruption. In a legal bid of charges laid against him by the Ombudsman Commission, he went to the National Court seeking a judicial review but failed.

Arthur Somare allegedly failed to submit several years worth of financial statements and misapplied electoral funding.

Justice Gibbs Salika said their arguments had no merit and he rejected the application when Mr Somare's lawyers argued the commission was biased against Arthur and denied him natural justice.

Mr Somare now has to answer to the charges before the PNG Leadership Tribunal, just as his Father did.