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Leading figures ::
Dick Ha’amori (president) and Alfred Sasako
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Status ::
A new party established to contest the 2010 election.
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Links ::
Unknown.
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Parliamentary seats ::
As a new party formed to contest the 2010 elections it held no seats in the last parliament.
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Policies and outlook::
Media coverage of the party’s launch has described the party’s financial policies as radical, and the party has attracted considerable criticism over its intended policy to open up the National Provident Fund for those who are not formally employed. The party’s focus is rural economic development and policy measures include reform to the taxation system and introduction of a proposed transaction tax to replace personal income taxes.
The other primary policy focus is education and includes: turning the College of Higher Education (SICHE) into a National University and universal free education.
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History ::
A new party established to contest the 2010 election. Party president, D
Dick Ha’amori,signed in controversial circumstances from his position as director of the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education in May 2010.
Alfred Sasako is a high profile journalist and former Member of Parliament representing the East Kwaio constituency from 1997 to 2006.
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Contact details ::
To be advised.
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Sources
‘SICHE Director axed..CHENLA wants SICHE’s three tops posts filled immediately while parliament dissolves’,Solomon Star, 10 May 2010
‘New party supports plan to turn SICHE into uni’, Solomon Star, 18 May 2010
‘A return to basics… The only way to move forward’, Solomon Star, 20 May 2010
‘DDP and NPF’, Solomon Star, 25 May 2010
‘DDP’s policy on NPF – Its a blooper’, Solomon Times, 3 June 2010
