The Coalition for Reform Party is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. It was established in March 2012 by

Joseph Lelang Joseph Lelang is a Papua New Guinea politician from the People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea), People's National Congress and the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, Member of Parliament for Kandrian-Gloucester District. Since 12 Augus ...

, then the former Secretary for National Planning and Monitoring. It won two seats at the

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: Lelang won Kandrian-Glouster Open, while Sasindran Muthuvel became the first Indian-born MP in Papua New Guinea in winning West New Britain Provincial. The party supported

Belden Namah Belden Namah (born 30 December 1969) is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea for the Papua New Guinea Party, representing Vanimo-Green since 2007. He served in Cabinet from 2007 to 2010 a ...

against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and subsequently went into opposition. Muthevel resigned from the party and crossed to the governing People's National Congress in March 2013, while Lelang remains a member. As of September 2019, Lelang had left the party and joined the National Alliance.

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