Tag: Tongan constitution
Education minister Sovaleni elected as Tonga’s new prime minister
Kaniva News
Tonga’s Parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace Dr Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa.
Siaosi Sovaleni, 51, the current Minister of Education, has won convincingly...
Did sense of betrayal lead Tonga’s Fā’otusia to miss confidence vote?
ANALYSIS: By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Was Tonga's Hon. Vuna Fā’otusia betrayed by his close friends from the nobility and cabinet while being...
Tongan PM seeks royal audience after lawyer’s constitutional advice on law
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The government of Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva has planned an audience with the King of Tonga after a...
Review of laws passed by Parliament ‘not in Tongan king’s power’
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News
The King of Tonga has no right to judge the merits of legislation passed by Parliament, according to a...
