Privy Council declines PRs petition for Cabinet resignations [1]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 14:05. Updated on Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 12:14.
Since Friday, Tonga's People's Representatives and their supporters have presented two letters of petition to the Privy Council, calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister and all the Cabinet members.
Lopeti Senituli, the Press Secretary for the Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele, said that yesterday, November 20, People's Representative 'Isileli Pulu represented a petition calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
"The Privy Council declined the petition," said Lopeti.
Was there any ultimatum offered in the petition?
"You should go and ask them," said Lopeti. "We have not been able to make any contact with the PRs."