He cited this as his reason for running for parliament when, in 2007, he challenged former Prime Minister Paias Wingti in his seat of Western Highlands Provincial.
[4][5] Olga campaigned on a platform of fighting government corruption and mismanagement and stemming the exploitation of the country's resources.
The result was widely considered an upset, with the potential to end Wingti's thirty-year career in national politics.
[7] Wingti subsequently filed a petition challenging the result with the Court of Disputed Returns on 17 August.
[10] In January 2012, he joined Don Polye's new Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party.