Sifa Tu'utafaiva chairs House [1]
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 19:00. Updated on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 20:01.
Tongatapu People's Representative Siosifa Tu'utafaiva has been voted by the House as the new Chairman of the Whole House Committee during this afternoon's session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly, following his unexplained absence during the morning.
The house resumed at 2:00pm this afternoon and Sifa Tu'utafaiva was sworn in as a new member of parliament since he was absent during this morning's ceremony.
Sioasi Vete of the Parliament Office said a ballot was carried out to elect the Chairman of the Whole House committee, from the two nominees Sifa Tu'utafaiva and Sangstar Saulala.
The House took a break at 3:00pm before resuming for the rest of the afternoon session to look at general affairs of the House and some bills.
The House will be working overtime tonight to look at the state of the Tongan economy.