Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa new Acting Minister of Tourism [1]
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 17:21. Updated on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 17:27.
The termination of Lavulavu's ministerial appointment also recommended by the Prime Minister, followed a Supreme Court ruling which declared Lavulavu’s election as Vava’u no.16 People’s Representative to Parliament void after he was found to have committed bribery and had overspent during his 2014 Election campaign.
Parliament unseated Lavulavu as a member following the court's ruling on Friday, 29 January.
Lavulavu’s ministerial exit comes just only two-months after talking up the tourism portfolio on November 27, 2015.