Parties
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The Parties
SIX political parties, a national unity group and many independents will contest this month’s general election.
Most are predicting no one party will get a clear majority, thereby forcing parties to join ranks to form a government.
The parties are: • Andrew Nori’s National Front for
Progress (NFP);
• The newly formed National Action Party of Solomon Islands (NAPSI) led by Frances Saemala; • Prime Minister Solomon Mamaloni’s old party the People’s Alliance Party (PAP) now led by veteran politician and businessman David Kausimac; • Opposition leader Joses Tuhanuku’s Labour Party; • The Liberal Party led by Bartholomew Ulufa’alu; and • The United Party.
The Prime Minister is standing as an independent but is to lead members of his government in the national unity group. The group will include his 15-member cabinet and the govern ment’s seven backbenchers in the last parliament.