[2] He supported Peter O'Neill's August 2011 ouster of Michael Somare as Prime Minister, subsequently declaring that the new government was a "divine intervention".
[7] In January 2012, he was among a number of National Alliance MPs to switch to the new Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party.
[9] He was re-elected in his Rai Coast seat as a Triumph Heritage Empowerment candidate at the 2012 election, having opted not to recontest the permanent governorship.
[11] In February 2015, he was named Shadow Minister for Works and Transport by now Opposition Leader Polye.
[1] He lost his seat to Peter Sapia, the son of his predecessor as MP for Rai Coast, at the 2017 election.