Jericho Zalika

Jericho Zalika was a former member of Parliament, and the former leader of the WPA. He succeeded Rebecca Noel following her ouster. Following a scandal involving an alleged plot to coup the government, he resigned from office and was later convicted of treason and formally executed. He was replaced by noted reformist Ezekiel Dasia, who transformed the party by making a series of democratic changes, and reconstituted the party as the APP.