Amukele attempted to defect to the governing National Alliance Party of Michael Somare, resulting in protests from Wenge; however, this did not occur after Wenge agreed to support Somare.
[3][4][5] In September 2002, the party won a Supreme Court declaration that legislation introducing a value added tax was unconstitutional.
[7] In March 2004, Wenge called for the resignation of Somare, alleging mishandling of the nation's affairs, and stated that he was willing to become prime minister.
[10] Wenge claimed, following the declaration of his seat in a close race against businessman Bob Sinclair, that he would introduce a law to restrict naturalised citizens from contesting elections because Papua New Guinea was "a black country and not white country".
[11] Wenge lost his seat at the 2012 election, and the party did not have parliamentary representation again until 2022.