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Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Right wing |
Religion | Christianity |
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Protect the Maneaba ( Gilbertese: Maneaban te Mauri, lit. 'Protect the meeting house', MTM), initially known as the Christian Democratic Party, was a political party in Kiribati.
The party was established as the Christian Democratic Party in 1985 by members of the House of Assembly opposed to president Ieremia Tabai. [1] By 1994 it had been renamed Protect the Maneaba, and was a loose grouping of MPs led by Roniti Teiwaki. In the 1994 parliamentary elections it won 13 of the 39 seats. [2] In the subsequent presidential elections two months later, MTM's Teburoro Tito was elected president. [3] In the 1998 parliamentary elections the party won 14 seats, [3] with Tito re-elected president two months later. By the late 1990s the party had two dominant factions, a Christian-Democratic faction led by Tito and a liberal faction led by Tewareka Tentoa. [1]
The party was reduced to only seven seats in the 2002 parliamentary elections, [4] but Tito was re-elected as president in February 2003. However, the government losing a vote on the supplementary budget by a vote of 21–19 in March 2003 led to early parliamentary elections in May. [5] Although MTM won 24 of the 40 seats, [5] in the subsequent presidential elections in July, MTM candidate Harry Tong lost to his brother Anote. [6]
The party was subsequently reduced to only seven seats in the 2007 parliamentary elections, [7] and did not nominate a candidate for the presidential elections. In August 2010 it merged with the Kiribati Independent Party to form the United Coalition Party. [8]
Protect the Maneaba | |
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Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Right wing |
Religion | Christianity |
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Subdivisions |
Protect the Maneaba ( Gilbertese: Maneaban te Mauri, lit. 'Protect the meeting house', MTM), initially known as the Christian Democratic Party, was a political party in Kiribati.
The party was established as the Christian Democratic Party in 1985 by members of the House of Assembly opposed to president Ieremia Tabai. [1] By 1994 it had been renamed Protect the Maneaba, and was a loose grouping of MPs led by Roniti Teiwaki. In the 1994 parliamentary elections it won 13 of the 39 seats. [2] In the subsequent presidential elections two months later, MTM's Teburoro Tito was elected president. [3] In the 1998 parliamentary elections the party won 14 seats, [3] with Tito re-elected president two months later. By the late 1990s the party had two dominant factions, a Christian-Democratic faction led by Tito and a liberal faction led by Tewareka Tentoa. [1]
The party was reduced to only seven seats in the 2002 parliamentary elections, [4] but Tito was re-elected as president in February 2003. However, the government losing a vote on the supplementary budget by a vote of 21–19 in March 2003 led to early parliamentary elections in May. [5] Although MTM won 24 of the 40 seats, [5] in the subsequent presidential elections in July, MTM candidate Harry Tong lost to his brother Anote. [6]
The party was subsequently reduced to only seven seats in the 2007 parliamentary elections, [7] and did not nominate a candidate for the presidential elections. In August 2010 it merged with the Kiribati Independent Party to form the United Coalition Party. [8]