ULP congratulates Philip on Menyamya Win, applauds Pelika for legacy Votes
United Labour Party Parliamentary Leader Hon Samuel H Basil MP today congratulated Peoples National Congress candidate Benjamin Philip on his declaration as Menyamya MP while applauding John Pelika on the legacy votes he polled in the wake of his late father and former MP Thomas Pelika.
“We knew we were taking a gamble in endorsing young Pelika but we felt it was the right thing to do – to honour the late Menyamya MP and his family and supporters,” said Mr Basil, who is also Minister for National Planning in the Marape-Steven Coalition Government.
ULP endorsed John Pelika with a view to continue the legacy of former Menyamya MP Thomas Pelika who was stalwart supporter of Hon Samuel H Basil and one of the ten founding MPs of the United Labour Party.
“We have no regrets on young Pelika’s endorsement. As Parliamentary Leader, on behalf of the ULP following, I want to thank those who honoured our choice.
“In particular, I want to thank the Prime Minister Hon James Marape and his Pangu Pati who publicly honoured the memory of the late Thomas Pelika by not endorsing a candidate for the Menyamya Open Seat to run against young Pelika.”
Mr Basil said: “As a newly constituted political party, we are a close knit family and want that to be part of our core legacy, while we pursue numbers to expand and play our part in the political life and governance.”
“In line with that, ULP is looking forward to contest the Goroka Open By-Election to build numbers. In the coming 2022 National Elections, our focus will be to retain the current seats we have as part of this close knit core group and seek to expand and build MPs numbers.
“We are currently working on ULP criteria for selection of candidates which we will announce possibly during the ULP membership and awareness drive nationwide.”
Mr Basil said that those who have applied for ULP party membership should be receiving their membership cards soon.
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“We knew we were taking a gamble in endorsing young Pelika but we felt it was the right thing to do – to honour the late Menyamya MP and his family and supporters,” said Mr Basil, who is also Minister for National Planning in the Marape-Steven Coalition Government.ULP endorsed John Pelika with a view to continue the legacy of former Menyamya MP Thomas Pelika who was stalwart supporter of Hon Samuel H Basil and one of the ten founding MPs of the United Labour Party.
“We have no regrets on young Pelika’s endorsement. As Parliamentary Leader, on behalf of the ULP following, I want to thank those who honoured our choice.
“In particular, I want to thank the Prime Minister Hon James Marape and his Pangu Pati who publicly honoured the memory of the late Thomas Pelika by not endorsing a candidate for the Menyamya Open Seat to run against young Pelika.”
Mr Basil said: “As a newly constituted political party, we are a close knit family and want that to be part of our core legacy, while we pursue numbers to expand and play our part in the political life and governance.”
“In line with that, ULP is looking forward to contest the Goroka Open By-Election to build numbers. In the coming 2022 National Elections, our focus will be to retain the current seats we have as part of this close knit core group and seek to expand and build MPs numbers.
“We are currently working on ULP criteria for selection of candidates which we will announce possibly during the ULP membership and awareness drive nationwide.”
Mr Basil said that those who have applied for ULP party membership should be receiving their membership cards soon.
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