'Etita,
"Mediation process successful in settling civil disputes" ('oku ui 'eni 'i he nofo faka-tonga "fakalelei")
'Oku 'ikai ke fai ha ofo ia 'o hange ko e fakamatala 'a e tangata faifatongia koia ma'a Tonga ko Chief Justice Anthory Ford.
"mediation as a process of settling disputes out of court has been the biggest achievement of Tonga's first Law Week, according to Tonga's Chief Justice Anthony Ford."
Ko e founga foki ko 'eni 'oku fai ki ai e lave' na'e fokotu'u mai 'e 'Akilisi he konga ki mu'a 'o e ta'u' 'i he'ene pehe 'oku totonu ke fai e fefakamolemole'aki pea tuku e me'a kotoa ki mui kae fai e ngaue kihe feinga liliu fonua. Ko e tonounou 'o e fokotu'u ko 'eni he na'e 'ikai ha mai ha loto ma'ulalo ia ke mahino ne fai ha fehalaaki pe 'o hange koia ne hoko he 16/11.
'Oku 'ikai koha founga fo'ou 'eni ia ki Tonga, na'e kamata pe founga ko 'eni' mei hono 'uluaki fatu 'o e fonua mo hono ngaahi 'ulungaanga (culture). Na'e fai pe fefakamolemole'aki ia te'eki ke fokotu'tu'u e konisitutone. Na'e kamata pe 'e he ngaahi famili 'i he taimi 'oku hoko ai e ta'efemahino'aki pe koha vaatamaki 'o tupu ai ai maumau pea 'oku 'alu leva e tokotaha halaia mo hono famili 'o kole fakamolemole kihe famili 'o e tonuhia pea 'oku ta'utu leva e ongo famili pea fai e ouau 'o e fefakamolemole'aki (fakalelei).
Chief Justice Anthony Ford, said that the mediation process is a, "Quick, cheap and informal way of settling a dispute. A case that would take three or four days in the Supreme Court would take only a day with the mediation process."
'Oku mo'oni mo e fakamatala ko 'eni he ko 'ene ma'ama'a mo faingofua he 'oku fakamolemole'i pe 'o 'ikai toe fai ha tautea ka kuopau ke 'ilo 'e he tokotaha 'oku ne fai e hala' na'ane fai e pango pea 'oku ne ongo'i mo'oni 'a 'ene fehalaaki pea 'i he 'ene pehe' 'oku tuku leva ki he tokotaha tonuhia kene fai e fakamolemole'i. Ko e founga 'eni na'e totonu ke ngaue'aki 'e he kakai na'a nau fai e maumau he 1611, na'e totonu ke nau fakaha ko e tutu 'o e ngaahi 'api mo e koloa ko e ngaue hala pea ta'e fakalao. Ko e fakamolemole 'oku tuku leva ia ki he kakai na'e faka'auha mo vela honau ngaahi 'api mo 'enau koloa ke nau fai 'a hono tali mo ta'e tali 'o e kole fakamolemole' (fakalelei').
Na'e toe fakamamafa'i foki 'e Anthony Ford, "Tonga's Constitution is far ahead of most countries and to think that it was put in place in 1875 is just incredible."
"It is a wonderful document that all Tongans should be proud of. It has survived for a long time now, and this is a very good reason why we don't want to mess with it," he said.
'Oku mahino 'i he fakamatala 'a e mataotao ko 'eni 'oku lolotonga faka'ofo'ofa pe 'a e Konisitutone ia 'o Tonga pea 'oku totonu ke tokanga e kakai ke 'oua te nau maumau'i e me'a 'oku lolotonga faka'ofo'ofa pe ia. He 'ikai lava e feinga liliu' kapau he 'ikai 'uluaki fai e fakalelei fakafo'ituitui pea loto ma'ulalo e fielahi' 'o tala 'enau fehalaaki.
Malo e feinga
Joshua Moimoiangaha
Joshua [dot] Nehasi [at] AlaskaAir [dot] com
