 In October 2013, the Iauko Group, under the leadership of Tony Nari, merged back into the Vanua'aku Pati, and joined Prime Minister Carcasses' parliamentary majority.From then on, Pascal Iauko sat as a Vanua'aku Pati government backbencher.On 22 October 2015, he was found guilty of bribery, was sentenced to three years in prison, and lost his seat in Parliament.