Nauru First
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Nauru First Naoero Amo | |
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| Founded | 2003 |
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| Political position | Centre-right |
| Parliament | 5 / 19 |
Nauru First(Nauruan:Naoero Amo) is the only formalpolitical partyinNauru.
Philosophy and leading members
[edit]Its positions tend to beliberal,pro-governmenttransparency,andChristian democratic.Its founding members wereKieren Keke(amedical doctor),David Adeang(a legal counsel and formerminister of finance),Marlene Moses(former health minister),Roland Kun(director of the island'sfisheries),Sean Oppenheimer(manager of Capelle's, the country's largest private enterprise), who has since resigned from the party due to death threats, andSprent Dabwido(an insurance worker). Its official publication is the irregularly-publishedThe Visionary,which contains harsh criticism of government officials.
Elections
[edit]In the May 2003 elections three members of Naoero Amo were elected: David Adeang, Kieren Keke, andRiddell Akua.Adeang became finance minister and Keke minister of health, sports, and transportation. Akua became the Chairman ofNauru Phosphate Corporation.The ministers lost their posts again when PresidentLudwig Scotty's government was ousted in August 2003 but regained new posts when he regained power on 22 June 2004.
David Adeang was theMinister of Foreign Affairsand theMinister of Finance.The party continued to support President Scotty, and in the 2007 parliamentary elections, Scotty supporters won most of the seats in Parliament. The party system inNaururemains somewhat fluid and it is not known how many of these supporters are members of the Nauru First Party, but it is known that most of the members currently supporting Scotty were reelected, includingDavid Adeang.
Controversies
[edit]In December 2007, a dispute among Nauru First Party membersDavid Adeang,Kieren Kekeand others led to avote of no-confidencein theParliament of Nauru,unseating the Administration of thePresident of Nauru,Ludwig Scotty,and the appointment of a government led by newly appointed PresidentMarcus Stephen.This new Administration excluded Adeang in the ministerial team; he was replaced as minister for Foreign Affairs by Keke.
References
[edit]- "A new cabinet in Nauru".Radio Australia.20 December 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 16 December 2007.
- Keith-Reid, Robert (1 November 2001)."Revolt Looking in Nauru: President Rene Harris under the spotlight".Pacific Magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 7 September 2008.
