People's Action Party (Papua New Guinea)
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The People's Action Party is a right-of-centre
political party
in Papua New Guinea
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At the legislative elections
in June 2002, the party won 5 out of 109 seats in total (with 5% of the vote in total). At the last legislative elections, in June and July 2007, the party won 6 seats. It supports the government of Prime Minister Michael Somare
.
Right-wing politics
In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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At the legislative elections
Elections in Papua New Guinea
Elections in Papua New Guinea gives information on election and election results in Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea elects on national level a legislature...
in June 2002, the party won 5 out of 109 seats in total (with 5% of the vote in total). At the last legislative elections, in June and July 2007, the party won 6 seats. It supports the government of Prime Minister Michael Somare
Michael Somare
Sir Michael Thomas Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH, CF, KStJ, MP was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2011; he had previously been Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985. Somare's first two terms were as a member of the Pangu Party, but he then...
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