[2][3] It pledged to abolish provincial governments and administrators and ban the export of whole logs, switching to downstream processing of timber in Papua New Guinea.
It stated that it would not work with the government of Michael Somare, and allied with Mekere Morauta's Papua New Guinea Party.
[9] During the campaign for the 2012 election, Philemon argued that former Prime Ministers Julius Chan, Paias Wingti and Michael Somare should retire to allow for younger leadership.
[11][12] The party initially elected Ronny Knight as their second leader after Philemon's defeat, but by 2016 Bire Kimisopa had assumed the leadership.
The party crossed to the opposition in July 2016 and supported a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister O'Neill.