The founding principles Sir Mekere Morauta set in 2007 continue to guide the party. Under the parliamentary leadership of Hon. Belden Namah, they translate into a set of stated national priorities.
Restoring honesty and trust in public office as the basis of good government.
Building state institutions that can outlast any individual leader or government.
Sound management of the national economy and the country's resources.
Keeping government answerable to the people it serves.
Priorities championed on the public record by the party's parliamentary leadership — from the floor of Parliament to ministerial portfolios. Tap a pillar to read more.
The party has publicly advocated free universal education as a national goal since its leadership's time in government. That commitment now has a concrete anchor in regional development plans, which set aside dedicated tertiary and technical institutions to build human capacity locally — so young Papua New Guineans can train close to home for the industries a modern economy is designed to create.
Alongside education, the party has called for free universal healthcare. For border and remote electorates this is also a service-delivery question — bringing services closer to communities so families are cared for at home rather than crossing borders in search of care.
The party has repeatedly raised the problem of local produce — gold, vanilla, cocoa and marine goods — leaving the country for a fraction of its value. Its answer is to build formal trade infrastructure that captures fair value at home, alongside agroforestry and rural development to scale smallholder production and processing.
A recurring theme is investing in young people and steering them away from idleness toward meaningful participation in national development, paired with direct support for skills pipelines — including support for PNG scientists and researchers.
The party's central economic argument is that PNG should move from an import-driven to an export-driven economy. The flagship vehicle is the Vanimo Free Trade Zone and Special Economic Zone — a manufacturing and export hub aimed at the vast Asian market reachable through the Indonesian border — tied to enablers such as reliable hydro power, water and port infrastructure.
As current custodian of the Tourism, Arts and Culture portfolio, the party's leadership promotes provincial beaches, reefs and cultural heritage as an economy in their own right — including the 2025 relaunch of Sandaun's first Miss Bird of Paradise pageant in fifty years, aligned with PNG's national Tourism Sector Development Plan.
Follow how the party's leadership is putting these commitments into practice.
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