Party Tumu
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The Party Tumu is a political party
in the Cook Islands
. It was founded in July 2010 by Cook Islands Party
MP Albert (Peto) Nicholas
after a split over candidate selection. Originally known as the "Cook Islands party Tumu", the party was forced to rename itself after the CIP successfully sought a cout injunction preventing them from using the name Cook Islands Party.
The breakaway party has attracted the support of influential CIP backer Tupui Ariki Henry, son of CIP founder and former Prime Minister Albert Henry
, but it has not attracted the support of any other CIP MPs. The party's aims are the same as those of the CIP: nationalism and economic development. In addition, the party opposes major political reform and instead supports reforms of the Parliamentary process. It supports coalition government, but will oppose any constitutional amendments. The party also wants a commission of inquiry into crown-owned lands, aimed at compensating former land-owners for land taken for government use.
The party did not attract any other election candidates, and Nicholas failed to win his seat.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
. It was founded in July 2010 by Cook Islands Party
Cook Islands Party
The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....
MP Albert (Peto) Nicholas
Albert (Peto) Nicholas
Albert Nicholas is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament for the seat of the seat of Avatiu/Ruatonga....
after a split over candidate selection. Originally known as the "Cook Islands party Tumu", the party was forced to rename itself after the CIP successfully sought a cout injunction preventing them from using the name Cook Islands Party.
The breakaway party has attracted the support of influential CIP backer Tupui Ariki Henry, son of CIP founder and former Prime Minister Albert Henry
Albert Henry
Albert Royle Henry was the first Premier of the Cook Islands. He was forced to resign from that post in a 1978 voting scandal for which he was later convicted of fraud...
, but it has not attracted the support of any other CIP MPs. The party's aims are the same as those of the CIP: nationalism and economic development. In addition, the party opposes major political reform and instead supports reforms of the Parliamentary process. It supports coalition government, but will oppose any constitutional amendments. The party also wants a commission of inquiry into crown-owned lands, aimed at compensating former land-owners for land taken for government use.
The party did not attract any other election candidates, and Nicholas failed to win his seat.