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Statements, milestones and media coverage involving the Papua New Guinea Party and its leadership. Filter by topic below.
"Parliamentary Debate | MP Belden Namah | Parliament Sitting | Tuesday 2 June 2026" — courtesy TVWAN Online.
Hon. Belden Namah speaks during a National Parliament sitting, continuing his role as Parliamentary Leader of the PNG Party in his 4th consecutive term for Vanimo-Green River.
As Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Namah launches Sandaun Province's first Miss Bird of Paradise pageant in fifty years, positioned as a platform to grow provincial tourism.
Namah presses the case for the Vanimo Free Trade Zone and Special Economic Zone — a manufacturing and export hub aimed at Asia via the Wutung border, backed by hydro power and port investment.
Re-elected to the 11th National Parliament for Vanimo-Green Open as a PNG Party candidate; appointed Chairman of the Foreign Affairs & Defence Parliamentary Committee under the Marape–Rosso cabinet.
Following the 2022 National General Election, the Papua New Guinea Party holds three seats in the 118-member National Parliament — a smaller footprint than its 2012 peak of 25 MPs, but a continued parliamentary presence.
Founder Sir Mekere Morauta passes away in December 2020. Sam Basil, part of the reform generation who rallied to the party from 2010, dies in 2022. Jamie Maxtone-Graham has also since passed.
Belden Namah is re-installed as Leader of the Opposition in the National Parliament, continuing his long-running role at the centre of PNG's parliamentary politics.
As party leader, Namah serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Forestry & Natural Resources in a coalition government under PM Peter O'Neill, during the 2011–2012 constitutional crisis.
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