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Female minister outside parl’t selected, as Tu‘i‘onetoa names cabinet lineup

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Kalino Latu
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UPDATED 30/Sept/2019: Dr Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa has named Tonga’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Dr ‘Amelia Afuha’amango Tu’ipulotu from outside parliament as new Minister of Health.

Lord Nuku had been listed as the new Minister of Police while Lord Tu’ilakepa had been named as the new Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Lord Ma’afu who became the Minister of Land, Survey and Natural Resources as well as Minister of His Majesty’s Armed Forces in late ‘Akilisi Pōhiva’s cabinet has retained his seat in the new cabinet list.

Three other PTOA Party MPs listed in the lineup were MP Vātau Hui, the new Minister of Internal Affairs and MP ‘Akosita Lavulavu has been named as the new Minister of Infrastructure and Tourism. Lavulavu was dismissed by the late PM Pōhiva in April due to criminal charges.

MP Poasi Tei from the Party continued in his position as Minister of MEIDECC ( Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications.).

Tēvita Lavemaau, the former minister of Finance and Siaosi Sovaleni, the former minister of Public Enterprises, and who were also dismissed by the late Prime Minister in 2017 after what had been described as an attempt to undermine the government, have been also returned to office by Hon Tu’i’onetoa.

Lavemaau is the new Minister of Finance, Minister of Customs and Revenue while Sovaleni is the new Minister of Education.

Former Deputy Prime Minister MP Sāmiu Vaipulu was named as new Minister of Labour.

Tu’i’onetoa  has chosen Tongatapu 7 MP and Minister of Justice Sione Vuna Fā’otusia as Deputy Prime Minister.

As we reported earlier this week, Dr Tu’i’onetoa and Fā’otusia, who were ministers in good standing in the late Pōhiva government, earlier this week crossed the floor to form the new People’s Party and gain the support from a united group of nobles and independent MPs.

The Prime Minister has the power to nominate his cabinet lineup before recommending the king to appoint them, according to the constitution.

He also has the constitutional power to appoint no more than four cabinet ministers from outside Parliament.

The list has been confirmed to Kaniva news by the Prime Minister this morning Monday 30.

The lineup list is expected to receive its royal assent soon.

The new lineup:

1. Dr Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa – Prime Minister of Tonga, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Public Enterprises

2. Sione Vuna Fā’otusia – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Prison

3. Tēvita Lavemaau – Minister of Finance, Minister of Customs and Revenue

4. Siaosi Sovaleni – Minister of Education

5. Dr. ‘Amelia Afuha’amango Tu’ipulotu – Minister of Health

6. ‘Akosita Lavulavu – Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Tourism

7. Poasi Tei – Minister of MEIDECC

8. Lord Nuku – Minister of Police

9. Samiu Vaipulu – Minister of Labour

10. Vatau Hui – Minister of Internal Affairs

11. Lord Tu’ilakepa – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

12. Lord Ma’afu – Minister of His Majesty’s Armed Forces, Minister of Land and Survey and Natural Resources 

Tonga’s King appeals to UN for greater protection from risks to peace

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Kaniva Staff
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By Radio New Zealand

Tonga’s King has addressed the General Debate in the 74th Session at the United Nations in New York, appealing for protection of his people from a range of threats to peace.

King Tupou VI thanked the Secretary General Antonio Guterres for his inaugural visit to the Pacific in May, to understand the climate crisis up close.

He commended the UN session’s four priorities of; peace and security especially conflict prevention; stronger action on climate change; accentuating human rights for women and young people, and boosting the Sustainable Development Goals.

The King also expressed his gratitude for a more inclusive attitude by the UN towards small island states strengthening their voices.

“We continue to look to the Security Council to protect the innocent from threats to international peace and security in whatever form.

“Be they traditional threats such as armed conflict, or newer threats like climate change and sea level rise, and health epidemics, to ensure that no one is left behind.”

The King said securing climate finance is a priority.

He welcomed plans by the United Kingdom to double it’s contribution to the Green Climate Fund.

The King said Pacific leaders in Tuvalu last month endorsed the strongest statement to date on climate change, the Kainaki II Declaration, declared a climate change crisis in the Pacific Islands Region.

It called for urgent action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to prevent catastrophic global warming and disasters.

King Tupou VI said extreme events like cyclones and typhoons, flooding, drought and king tides are frequently more intense inflicting damage and destruction to Tonga’s communities and ecosystems, putting people’s health at risk.

He acknowledged the recent destruction in the Bahamas and said climate change is not only a political issue for Tonga, it is a matter of survival.

Tonga’s NRL suspended by rugby league’s world body

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Kaniva Staff
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By Radio New Zealand

Tonga’s National Rugby League has been suspended by the international governing body as a tumultuous month for the sport in the country continues.

Last night the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) made the call which could see the Tonga’s top players return to the fold in upcoming tests against Australia and Great Britain, after they initially threatened to boycott the games unless action was taken against the TNRL.

The international federation said the TNRL was suspended pending a full investigation into issues raised by a number of parties.

The decision was made after Tonga’s Acting Prime Minister Semisi Sika told the federation the TNRL had lost the trust and support of its members, clubs and players.

Earlier this month the TNRL sacked popular coach Kristian Woolf over disagreements around control and finances which led to a group of players, including Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita, to threaten a boycott of the country’s upcoming internationals.

Now Woolf is expected to be reinstated by an interim national body, paving the way for the players to make themselves available.

The interim body, called Tonga Ma’a Tonga, is expected to receive endorsement from the RLIF shortly.

Semisi Sika, whose letter to the RLIF sparked the TNRL suspension, was president of the previous administration which was replaced by a Supreme Court order because of concerns around financial mismanagement.

The current TNRL board, elected this year, had said it maintained the support of the majority of clubs in the country and had done nothing wrong.

It had also warned that more court action would be imminent, as it sought to prove its legal standing.

Parliament elects Dr Pōhiva Tu‘i‘onetoa as new PM

By
Kalino Latu
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Dr Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa has been elected by a majority of Members of Parliament to become Tonga’s Prime Minister to replace late ‘Akilisi Pohiva.

A total of 15 members out of the 26 Members of Parliament voted for Tu’i’onetoa, while eight MPs voted for the rival candidate, Semisi Sika.

Tu’i’onetoa, was a member of the PTOA Party but he crossed the floor to form the new People’s Party and gain the support from a united group of nobles and independent MPs.

Five MPs from the PTOA defected and supported Tu’i’onetoa.

Before the election this morning, only four MPs of the PTOA Party, including Tu’i’onetoa were understood that they left the Party. The trio were MP Vatau Hui, Minister of Justice Vuna Fa’otusia and MP ‘Akosita Lavulavu, leaving the Party with only nine MPs.

The results of the election showed, another MP from the nine loyal PTOA MPs also defected.

Tu’i’onetoa said in his speech this morning before the election, that he promised to bring unity to the politically divided nation and outlined changes he would bring if elected.

Dr Tu‘i‘onetoa may challenge for PM; Hon. Tapueluelu wants to stand with loyal MPs

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Kalino Latu
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MP for Tongatapu 10 Dr Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa will challenge Deputy Prime Minister Semisi  Sika for the premiership, reliable sources have told Kaniva news.

Kaniva news understands that three other Democratic MP and cabinet members have defected.

They have been named as Minister of Justice Vuna Fa’otusia, MP Vatau Hui and outgoing minister MP Akosita Lavulavu.

The challenge against Hon. Sika, who the late Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva  wanted to succeed him, will be confirmed tomorrow when the Speaker opens the envelopes with the names of the candidates.

A press release from the Speaker of the House suggested there would be two candidates.

A special meeting has been called for tomorrow at 10am to elect the Prime Minister.

The Speaker of the House, Lord Fakafanua called  for nominations following the death of Hon. Pohiva.

Nominations for the election closed at 4.30pm today.

Police Minister Mateni Tapueluelu told Kaniva news earlier this week the Democrats did not have the numbers in the election for Prime Minister.

However, yesterday he and the remaining PTOA (Democrat) cabinet ministers and MPs were negotiating with some noble MPs and Independent MPs to vote with them.

Lord Ma’afu was a cabinet minister and it is believed he has stayed loyal to Hon. Sika and would help in the negotiations to persuade the nobles to vote for him.

Asked why did not they support Hon. Tu’i’onetoa to block the nobility and royalist MPs from having a greater voice in running the government, Hon.  Tapueluelu said his preference was to stand together with the loyal PTOA members who were familiar with the Party’s vision.

It is understood that eight members of the nobility and the three independent MPs have tried to woo some Democrat  MPs with promises of ministerial positions if they vote for another candidate.

The main points

  • MP for Tongatapu 10 Dr Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa will challenge Deputy Prime Minister Semisi  Sika for the premiership, reliable sources have told Kaniva news.
  • Kaniva news understands that four Democratic MP and cabinet members have defected.

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Squabbling MPs mean Democrats no longer have the numbers warns Minister as royalists and Nobles battle to regain premiership

Squabbling MPs mean Democrats no longer have the numbers warns Minister as royalists and nobles battle to regain premiership

Land Court finds Lands Minister failed to comply with Act in dispute over tax allotment

By
Philip Cass
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The Land Court has ruled in favour of the plaintiffs in a long running dispute over a tax allotment that has previously involved a dispute between two Nobles and a Chinese quarry company.

Judge Niu’s judgement was based on the Minister for Land’s failure to properly publicise the proposed surrender of the allotment.

In January 2011, Lord Nuku and Paula Kava made an agreement that Paula Kava would surrender his tax allotment at Malapo and that Lord Nuku’s son, Faka’osifono Valevale, would apply to hold it as his tax allotment.

In return Lord Nuku would pay him $130,000 in cash and would have another tax allotment granted to him in the estate of Ha’ateiho.

Lord Nuku would arrange to have Paula Kava’s brother’s town allotment at Tofoa, which was low-lying, filled with coral to an agreed level.

Paula Kava explained that agreement to the first plaintiff and that as he was the heir to his tax allotment, he would not lose out under the agreement because another tax allotment at Ha’ateiho would be granted to him and that the first plaintiff would still be heir to it, as he was to the Malapo allotment.

The first plaintiff agreed to it and signed a letter of Paula Kava to the Minister of Lands that he, Paula Kava, wanted to surrender his said tax allotment at Malapo.

The agreement was made so that Lord Nuku’s son could lease it to a Chinese company which would quarry coral rocks from the allotment for road construction at a rent of $500,000 for 20 years.

Lord Nuku paid the agreed $130,000 to Paula Kava and authorised the Chinese company to commence quarrying on the allotment and it did.

However he failed to have the town allotment of Paula Kava’s brother filled with gravel or secure the grant of the tax allotment at Ha’ateiho to Paula Kava, who asked Lord Nuku that quarrying be stopped until the exchange for his tax allotment was completed.

On 27 June 2011, because nothing had been done by Lord Nuku Paula Kava wrote to the Minister and cancelled his letter of surrender of his tax allotment.

Having been told that the tax allotment at Ha’ateiho was available to be granted, Paula Kava wrote to the Minister to proceed with his surrender of his tax allotment and lodged his application and asked the Minister to process his application for the tax allotment at Ha’ateiho.

Samiuela Kava, who claimed that he was the lawful heir of Paula Kava, was not immediately unaware of this letter or the continuation of the surrender.

Cabinet approved the surrender of the allotment under S. 54 of the Land Act in February 2012.

The Minister signed a notice which called on any person who claimed he was heir to the allotment to lodge his claim in writing with the Minister, failing which it would revert to the estate holder.

Paula Kava was subsequently told he would have to wait a year for the surrender to be complete. After a year he was told the tax allotment at Ha’ateiho that he was applying for, had already been registered in someone else.

He wrote to the Minister of Lands in 2013 asking for advice.

“I am very disappointed and unhappy about the lie and incorrect advice that was given to me,” he said.

“I have already surrendered my allotment and lost it and I have not got another.”

Because of the letter of surrender signed by Paula Kava in 2011, Lord Nuku authorised the Chinese Technical Team company, Yan Jian Group Co. Ltd, to begin quarrying coral rocks from the tax allotment of Paula Kava.

It did not cease to stop quarrying until Lord Luani stopped it in May 2013 when he claimed that the tax allotment of Paula Kava had lawfully reverted to him.

Lord Luani brought an action against Lord Nuku and Yan Jian Group Co. Ltd and another company for the damage caused by the quarrying done to the allotment. The Land Court awarded $5,556,000, damages.

The defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal which upheld the decision of the Land Court, but lowered the amount of damages to $3,380,335.

Samiuela Kava said that the tax allotment had not reverted to the estate holder, Lord Luani, in accordance with the requirements of S. 54 of the Land Act. He claimed the Minister of Lands had failed to comply with the requirements of the Act.

Lord Luani argued that the tax allotment had lawfully reverted to him and that the matter had been litigated and the Court, as well as the Court of Appeal, had held that the tax allotment had lawfully reverted to him, and that he was awarded damages as lawful holder of the allotment.

Judge Niu ruled that the Minister had failed to meet the requirements of the Act in having proper publicity given to the proposed surrender of the allotment.

Only one notice appeared in the press and none in the government gazette.

“Accordingly, as I have already found as a fact, that there was only one publication of the notice, I must hold, and I hold, that the tax allotment of Paula Kava has not reverted to the estate holder Lord Luani at all, and that it would not, until the Minister has published the notice exactly as he is required by to do and if the heir of Paula Kava does not claim it by the specified date in the notice,” Judge Niu said.

“I consider that the Minister must start afresh, that is, that he must issue a fresh notice with a fresh specified date and publish it in the Government Gazette and in three issues of three Tongan newspaper within two months of the date of the fresh notice.

“Upon publication of the first notice, the first plaintiff may then lodge his claim in writing with the Minister as provided in the notice.”

The judge ordered that Lord Luani must immediately give up any right to the tax allotment under dispute.

Costs were awarded against the defendants.

Read more
https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2017/05/lord-nuku-will-keep-title-estate-court-case-says-attorney-general/

Woolf ready to return as Tonga coach after PM intervenes

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Kaniva Staff
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By Brad Walter NRL.com Senior Reporter

Kristian Woolf is set to be reinstated as Tonga coach for the upcoming Tests against Great Britain and Australia, and possibly the World Cup Nines, after the Prime Minister asked the RLIF to officially recognise a new governing body in the island kingdom.

Tongan Prime Minister Semisi Sika has sent a letter to be considered by the RLIF board on Thursday in which he said the Tonga National Rugby League had “lost the trust and support of its members”, the domestic clubs and international players.

The clubs have registered Tonga Ma’a Tonga Rugby League as their new governing federation, and endorsed the Tonga Sports Council as the interim body responsible for selection, coaching and management of the Test team.

The move follows a trip to Tonga last week by RLIF chairman Nigel Wood, who met with Mr Sika to discuss concerns about the viability of the October 26 Test against Great Britain in Hamilton and November 2 Oceania Cup clash with Australia at Eden Park.

Mate Ma’a Tonga players, led by Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita, are now expected to return after refusing to play until TNRL chairman George Koloamatangi and secretary William Edwards stood down.

Woolf, who has been appointed as St Helens coach, is understood to be willing to again take charge of the Tonga team he built into an international powerhouse if the players want him to return.

The TNRL board last month sacked Woolf by email and announced the appointment of former Kiwis coach Frank Endacott for the Tests and ex-Gold Coast mentor Garth Brennan for the Downer Rugby League World Cup 9s.

Brennan has since resigned and Endacott has privately indicated he was willing to step aside for Woolf amid concerns about Tonga’s ability to field a competitive team.

Prime Minister Sika said in the letter: “As a result of the actions of its board, TNRL will be unable to field a national team with the best Tongan players”.

It is unclear if Woolf will also take the reins for the World Cup Nines but officials are believed to be keen for him to do so and hope Tonga will field its strongest team at the tournament on October 18 and 19.

With Tonga boasting a large contingent of players from the NRL and Super League who have been loyal to the red jersey since the 2017 World Cup, and earlier in many cases, there is unlikely to be any room for Israel Folau.

The TNRL announced on Monday that Folau and his brother, John, had made themselves available for selection but both have been playing rugby union.

If Woolf returns, he is likely to be spoilt for choice in the outside backs, with Will Hopoate, David Fusitu’a, Daniel Tupou, Michael Jennings, Robert Jennings, Kotoni Staggs, Konrad Hurrell, Mahe Fonua and Solomone Kata among those eligible.

Brennan quits as Tonga Nines coach over ‘political’ infighting

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Kaniva Staff
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By Brad Walter NRL.com Senior Reporter

Brennan’s decision to stand down from the role comes ahead of an RLIF board meeting on Thursday to discuss the internal problems around the Tonga team and a shock bid for Israel Folau to play in the two Tests.

The Tonga National Rugby League announced Brennan as World Cup 9s coach, while giving Kristian Woolf his marching orders over a bitter dispute between the players, led by Andrew Fifita and Jason Taumalolo, and TNRL chairman George Koloamatangi and secretary William Edwards.

However, Brennan believed he would be working with Woolf, who was behind Tonga’s rise at the 2017 World Cup to become an international powerhouse after convincing the likes of Fifita and Taumalolo to choose their nation of heritage over Australia and New Zealand.

“I wasn’t aware that there were all these underlying things going on in the background with the board and all the players when I first agreed to the job,” said Brennan, who recently parted ways with Gold Coast Titans.

“When I found out that there was a bit of a shit fight going on behind the scenes I just felt like I didn’t want to get involved at this point so I withdrew. It was too political for me and I have just come out of a difficult situation at the Gold Coast so it wasn’t something I wanted to get myself into straight away.

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“When I was asked to do it I thought I was doing it as a bit of a favour to Kristian Woolf and I thought it would be a bit of fun and chance to get back involved in footy but when I found out how political it was I just felt that wasn’t the best course for me at this point.”

Woolf’s return would ensure an end to the stand-off that threatens to undo much of the good work behind Tonga’s rise to be the game’s fourth-ranked nation and establishment of regular Tests against the Kangaroos and Kiwis.

Tonga is scheduled to play Great Britain in Hamilton on October 26 and Australia in an Oceania Cup match on November 2 as part of a tripleheader at Eden Park.

Former Kiwis coach Frank Endacott has been appointed to replace Woolf as coach for the two Tests but it is understood that he would be prepared to walk away for the good of the game if he believed his resignation was going to help resolve the dispute.

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Endacott is also understood to be concerned about the strength of the team at his disposal, with Folau and his brother John so far the only players to publicly declare their availability for the Tests.

However, the RLIF is yet to approve Folau after directors, including ARLC chairman Peter Beattie ad NRL CEO Todd Greenberg, were taken by surprise when the TNRL issued a press release on Monday declaring the brothers would return to league with Mate Ma’a Tonga.

Fifita, Taumalolo, Will Hopoate and Sio Siua Taukeiaho have said they will not play while Koloamatangi and Edwards remain on the TNRL board.

Squabbling MPs mean Democrats no longer have the numbers warns Minister as royalists and nobles battle to regain premiership

By
Kalino Latu
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With one day to go before the campaign for the premiership election closes, one fact is becoming clear – the next Prime Minister for Tonga may not be the man the late ‘Akilisi Pōhiva wanted.

Police Minister Māteni Tapueluelu told Kaniva news this afternoon the Democrats did not currently have the numbers.

He blamed infighting among Democrats for the situation.

The Democrats are split, with some PTOA members not wanting Deputy Prime Minister Sēmisi Sika to become the next Prime Minister..

There are fears the PTOA will not be able to win the premiership election as it did when they successfully voted for late Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva in 2015.

“The simple fact is we no longer have the majority as we speak,” the Minister of Police Hon Tapueluelu told Kaniva news this afternoon.

“There is a huge squabble for power within PTOA based on the few who challenged ‘Akilisi Pōhiva’s own pick for PM,” Hon. Tapueluelu said.

Hon. Tapueluelu said it was the wish of late Prime Minister and Democratic campaigner Hon Pōhiva before he died for the PTOA MPs and cabinet ministers to support Hon. Sika to become the next new Prime Minister.

“Tonga should pray that opportunists are kept away from power,” the Police Minister said.

It is understood, the nine members of the nobility, excluding Lord Fusitu’a, as he was sick in Auckland, together with the three independent MPs, have mounted a strong campaign to woo some non-Cabinet PTOA MPs with promises of ministerial positions if they vote for another candidate.

The nobles and their allies have also been wooing some Cabinet Ministers with promises of supporting them to become Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

Only 13 MPs need to vote for a candidate to make him or her Prime Minister.

The nobles and royalist independent MPs won the premiership election in 2010 after they voted for Lord Tu’ivakanō, despite the fact there were more people’s MPs in the House than the nobility.

Five PTOA party MPs who were non-Cabinet ministers were outgoing MP Akosita Lavulavu, MP Veivosa Taka, VP Vatau Hui and MP Mo’ale Fīnau.

We say

Kaniva news believes the late PM Pōhiva was the only person who had the skill to unite the party members in the last premiership election and during the offensive snap election campaigns after the king dissolved parliament in 2017.

It is apparent that that capability is absent from many of the key party members.

However, the Democrat MPs should work urgently to resolve any differences so they can elect a Prime Minister who will honour the wish of the late Hon. Pōhiva and the majority of the democrats in Tonga.

There is no need to give the royalists an opportunity to run the government because it could hinder or reverse the great democratic reform process that have been underway since 2010.

The then king, the late George V, wanted the people to run the government.

King George relinquished his executive power, laying a stepping stone for the people’s battle to bring democracy to Tonga’s political system. His Majesty wanted a commoner to become the first Prime Minister in 2010.

But this did not happen because the majority of Parliament eventually chose a noble to become the prime minister.

New Zealand scholar Christine Bogle said in her doctoral thesis Democratisation in Asia-Pacific monarchies that the king was disappointed when a noble was elected in 2010, rather than a commoner.

The late king’s vision for a fully democratized executive government for Tonga was hindered by some constitutional issues that could have been – and could still be – easily fixed.

This included the constitutional clause which allows members of the nobility to run for the premiership when they were only elected to parliament by their 33 colleagues and not the people.

This clause of the constitution remains a threat to the hopes of the democrats who have represented the majority of Tongan voters who supported the democratic reforms. .

Although the majority of the House is dominated by the 17 people’s MPs, while the Nobles only have nine seat, there was no guarantee that all 17 people’s representatives elected to Parliament will all be Democrats.

Some of them were royalists and this means the nobility, despite their minority standing in the House, will always look for these royal supporters to make up their numbers so they can outvote the Democrats in the election of the Prime Minister.

This system is unfair and needs to be changed.

These problems could be resolved by changing the constitution to disallow the nobility from running for premiership because they were not elected by the people.

Legalising the party system in Tonga would mean voters would understand where party members stand and what policies they support before they go to the polls. This would allow supporters on both sides to know which party to support.

Such a change to the constitution would also give the party the power to make sure their members were loyal to their charter, policies and guideline. It would also provide a framework in which a member of party could be removed immediately if they breached their charter or crossed the floor.

Light sentence for father who molested daughter and granddaughter because he was remorseful

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Kaniva Staff
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A Tongatapu father  received a 5-year sentence after he committed incest with his daughter and granddaughter in 2005 and 2018.

Tapakautolo ‘Epenisa, 66, was sentenced to four years and six months for raping the girls. 

As he handed down the lenient sentence, Acting Chief Justice Charles Cato cited the father’s early guilty plea, show of real remorse and he was a first time offender.

He pleaded guilty after he was charged with counts of incest, serious indecent assault and one count of domestic violence. 

On the count of incest by a male person, the accused is sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment. 

On the count of serious indecent assault, the accused is sentenced to one year and nine month imprisonment. Six months of which is to be served concurrently upon the sentence of four and a half years, making a total of five years imprisonment to be backdated to the date of his remand in custody. 

The final two years of his combined sentence is suspended on the following conditions. 

a). The accused is not to commit any offences punishable by imprisonment for the period of suspension. 

b). The accused is placed on probation for the period of his suspension to live when directed. 

c). The accused is not to drink alcohol during the period of his suspension. 

d). The accused is not to reside in any location where girls, or young women under the age of 18 resides,

e). The accused is to attend at the direction of Probation a curse on sexual abuse of girls or young woman. 

f). The accused is not to initiate any contact with either of the complainants but may only have contact with them if they initiate the contact. 

On the count of domestic violence, the accused is sentenced to eight months imprisonment to be served concurrently with count one and two.

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