Star Alliance Party Explained

Star Alliance Party
President:	John Arabel ^[1]
Secretary:	Hone Taylor
Country:	Papua New Guinea
Seats1 Title:	National Parliament

Star Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

It first applied for party registration in 2006, and contested the 2007 election, endorsing 72 candidates but winning no seats.^{[2] [3]}

It won one seat at the 2012 election, with the election of Mehrra Kipefa in Obura-Wonenara Open.^{[4] [5]} The party was reported to have crossed from the government into opposition in July 2016 and supported a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Peter O'Neill; however, Kipefa crossed to the United Resources Party by November 2016, leaving the party once again unrepresented in parliament.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES . Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20170411055235/http://www.pngec.gov.pg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/political-parties-information.pdf . 11 April 2017 . 11 April 2017 . dead .
2. News: Registrar stresses strict conditions for Papua New Guinea political parties . The National . 4 October 2006 .
3. Book: Election 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in Papua New Guinea . 23 September 2013 . ANU ePress. 9781922144300 .
4. News: EHP counting update . PNG Post-Courier . 25 July 2012.
5. Web site: Hon. Mehrra Minne Kipefa, MP . National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. 3 January 2017.
6. News: PNG Government confident of defeating motion of no confidence. PACNEWS . 20 July 2016 . 3 January 2017.
7. News: URP fundraiser a success . PNG Post-Courier . 8 November 2016 . 15 June 2017.
8. Web site: Nominations By Electorate . PNG Electoral Commission . 15 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170712121652/http://www.pngec.gov.pg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/nominations.pdf?sfvrsn=0 . 12 July 2017 . dead .