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Mateni loses Parliamentary seat

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 13:22.  Updated on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 21:58.

Mateni loses Parliamentary seat

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 13:22
Mateni Tapueluelu, the No. 4 Tongatapu People’s Representative to the Tonga Legislative Assembly has lost his seat, in a Nuku'alofa Supreme Court ruling on 11 December 2015 that found his election was unconstitutional because of outstanding debts on a court order from 2011.

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