The Social Democratic Party today welcomed the inclusion of an independent declared candidates who recently joined the party. Party Leader and incumbent NCD Governor Powes Parkop welcomed the inclusion of newly declared MP for Kagua Erave Maina Pano along with its declared MPs at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. SDP MPs at Hilton Hotel. Photo by SDP Media Alongside him was newly declared member for Nipa Kutubu Billy Joseph and Central Bougainville MP Simon Dumarino. The inclusion of Pano now takes the total number of SDP’s parliamentary MPs to four with Parkop yet to be declared. Parkop says the party has made a strategic decision to join the coalition of the Pangu led government not just to make numbers but with working and substantive policies to contribute in delivering for the people. He further called on other independent candidates to join SDP and be mentored in politics. SDP had endorsed 34 candidates in the 2022 National General Elections and have four declared MPs so far. SD