Parliament struggles with palpable frustration
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 23:06
The Tongan Parliament today was struggling with a multitude of problems: reporting five cases of the Zika virus; worrying about an over-weight population with a shorter life expectancy; realising that education was not making people smarter; and noting a palpable frustration among the people that had even led to threats on the life of the Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Koe me'a tatau pe foki 'ae
Ko e me'a tatau pe foki 'a e felauaki faka-politikale 'a e kau takii ia 'i hono fakalele 'oha pule'anga. Ko e konga pe ia 'o e mo'ui faka-politikale ke to'o hake 'a e vaivai'anga 'aha pule'anga ke sio kiai 'a e kakaii. Pea he 'ikai ha pule'anga ia tatau pe kohai 'oku ne takii 'e ta'e 'iai hano vaivai'anga, pea ko e fatongia pe ia 'o e faha'i koee 'e tahaa ke nau puhi'i mai ke fanongo kiiai e kakai. Ko e faka'ilonga lelei 'eni ia e Falealeaa pea mahino 'oku fai 'enau ngaue na'e fili ai kinautolu 'e he kakaii. Ko e me'a mahu'inga 'oku mau vakai atu mei muli nii, 'oku 'i ai fa'ahinga fakavalevale 'aupito 'oku nau hanga 'o feinga ke hiki'i hake 'a e ta'emelinoo, pea mo e malu'i (security) 'o e kau fakafofonga Falealea pehee ki he Palemiaa ki ha tu'unga 'oku 'ikai ke tau fiema'u (he would shoot the PM). Ko e kau 'atamai vaivaii pe te nau fakapoongi ha taha 'i he ngaahi alea mahu'inga peheni 'a e Falealeaa. 'E ma'uma'uluta ange pe si'i Tongaa ke tauhi pe melinoo he levolo lolotongaa, he ko e lelei fakalukufua ia ki he kakai kotoa 'o e 'otu Tongaa. 'Oua 'e feinga ke toe hiki hake ki 'olunga e malu'i hotau kau takii, he te ne uesia melino fakalukufua e fonuaa.........SAIA