House to resume on October 8 [1]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 18:35. Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.
THE Tonga Legislative Assembly will resume sitting on Thursday, October 8 after a two and a half weeks adjournment that allowed members to attend parliamentary meetings abroad, and extra time to to make a tsunami response.
The Acting Speaker Hon Tu'iha'angana said on October 6 that after adjourning on September 21, the house was initially set to resume this week on October 5 because most members including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Speaker were away on overseas trips.
But following the tsunami disaster that affected Niuatoputapu last week, the Prime Minister had returned immediately to Tonga last weekend. In an urgent request this week, Cabinet asked for re-adjournment of Parliament to Thursday to make a tsunami response.
It is understood that he had an audience with the Princess Regent regarding a special two days trip to Samoa and American Samoa with a government delegation leaving on October 6.
Tu'iha'angana said the Speaker Hon Tu'ilakepa, who attended a Parliamentary Meeting in Tanzania in Africa, would arrive in Tonga on Tuesday night.