Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands)

The Covenant Party was a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands advocating governmental and financial reform. In the legislative elections of 2003, the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. In the 2005 elections, the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the strongest parties in the Commonwealth when Benigno R. Fitial, the party's gubernatorial candidate, won the election. The Covenant Party won seven of eighteen seats in the commonwealth's House of Representatives and three of nine seats in its Senate. In the Commonwealth Legislature 2007 elections, the Covenant Party won only four of twenty seats in the House of Representatives.

Covenant Party
PresidentGreg Camacho[1]
FounderBenigno Fitial[1]
Founded2001
Dissolved2013
HeadquartersNorthern Mariana Islands
IdeologyPopulism
Political positionBig tent
ColorsGreen & White
Senate
0 / 9
House of Representatives
0 / 20

In December 2010, Governor Benigno Fitial proposed that the Covenant Party merge with the Republican Party.[2] Republican and Covenant Party leaders rejected the proposal, and the Covenant Party contested the 2012 midterm elections.[1][3]

In September 2013, Governor Eloy Inos again tried to merge the Covenant Party with the Republican Party.[4] The party is considered de-facto dissolved when Inos departed the party and rejoined the GOP in 2013.[5] In August 19, 2021, during an interview on the 2022 gubernatorial election, Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios mentioned that the GOP did vote to approve the merger in 2013.[5]

Members
  • Oscar M. Babauta, Secretary of Public Lands[1]
  • Greg “Kazuma” Camacho, Covenant Party President
  • Melvin Faisao

References
  1. Eugenio, Haidee (March 25, 2011). "10-year-old Covenant Party to field candidates for 2012 midterm polls". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013.
  2. "Covenant, GOP to merge", Saipan Tribune, 2010-12-10 Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Eugenio, Haidee (October 27, 2012). "Today's rally brings together Covenants, Dems, independents". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  4. Eugenio, Haidee (September 19, 2013). "Inos, Covenant Party members rejoining GOP". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  5. Erediano, Emmanuel T. "Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios will 'most likely' run for governor with Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang as his running-mate". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved 2021-12-17.


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