King Tupou VI will officially open Tonga’s Parliament on Thursday via livestream while the House will sit in-person.
The King will deliver his Royal Address from the Royal Palace in ‘Eua to the Parliament’s Chamber.
A Parliament statement said: “The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will then hold its first meeting next week on Monday 10 January”.
“At this meeting, Members of Parliament, including Cabinet Ministers, will take their respective oaths of office.
“Other agenda items include the election by Parliament of the Chairman of the Whole House Committee and Members of Standing Committees”.
It is normal practice for the Parliament to sit for only two sessions in January every year before a close until further notice was announced.
The first sitting was to sworn in new MPs while the second meeting was to table and approved the agenda.
The Parliament would then close and normally reopened in May for the new government budget.
