NET was established on 28 April 2012 by blogger Gerry Taama.Scrutin Présidentiel au Togo : Qui est Gerry Taama ? Lomé Infos, 15 April 2015 The party joined the Rainbow Alliance prior to the 2013 parliamentary elections,Togo : Six partis de l'opposition en Coalition Arc-En-Ciel pour les législatives Afriquinfos, 4 August 2012 with the alliance winning six of the 91 seats in the National Assembly. In the 2015 presidential elections Tamaa ran as the party's candidate, finishing fourth in a field of five candidates with 0.1% of the vote.
