Court reserves ruling on injunction application [1]
Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 15:00. Updated on Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 15:04.
Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen has reserved his ruling on an application for an Injunction, and a Judicial Review of a decision by the Minister for Infrastructure and Tourism, Hon Semisi Sika in June 2016, to remove the Chairman and a Director of the Tonga Tourism Authority Board TTAB.
In July 2016, Cabinet approved the appointment of five new members of the TTAB.
The applicants, Tomifa Paea and Simana Kami were offered their positions as a Chairperson and a Director of the TTAB on 5 October 2015.
The hearing was held on Thursday, 8 September at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. The legal counsels for the two applicants, Tomifa Paea and Simana Kami, the former Chairman and a director of the TTAB was Petunia Tupou, and Sione Sisifa was for Hon Semisi Sika.
The applicants applied to the court for an injunction and for Judicial Review of the Minister's decision on the ground that his decision was in contrary to law.