Results for Opinion

I am shocked to read that the people's representatives were behind the destruction of Nuku'alofa. Tonga is on the verge of bankruptcy and they claim victory? - Eleanor Gee

Na'e mahino mo'oni he ngaahi to'onga fakamoveuveu ne fakahoko ko e ngaue'aki eni 'e he kakai honau mafai ma'ae kakai 'o hange koia 'oku fa'a lea 'aki 'e he kau taki 'o e feinga liliu (the power of the people for the people). Me'apango pe, he ne tau ngaue'aki hotau mafai ke faka'auha ai pe kitautolu kakai e fonua. He na'e ma'u 'etau ngaue ki mu'a ka 'i he 'aho ni kuo 'ikai. Na'e mo'ui 'etau fanau ka ko e 'aho ni kuo nau mole meiate kitautolu, koe'uhi pe ko 'etau ngauehala'aki hotau mafai 'o 'ikai ke fai aki ha me'a ke tau fakalakalaka faka'ikonomika ai ka ko e fai e ngaue ia ke tau to e foki ai pe Tonga 'o tu'utamaki. - Jan

Double-talking gives comfort to these terrorists who took the law into their own hands: violating people...’s freedom, violating their right to live in peace without fear, to enjoy their human rights of 'dignity', and the democratic right to own properties. - Sione Mokofisia

Please do not lose sight of those who orchestrated and put in motion the rapid decline of your economy. Yes, the Crown Prince and family are right in the middle of this mess, but a closer look at this situation is prudent. - Myron Wilson

Hufanga atu he ngaahi talamalu 'o e fonua na'e tuku 'e he 'Uluaki Fa ki Langi, kae fakaa'u atu ki Tonga'eiki 'emau loto mafana & poupou lahi faufaua ki he sipinga kuo taa 'e he Tama Tu'ipelehake he tapuni 'o e Falealea 'o e 2006. Tangane! pea tuha pe mo e feitu'una! 'Oku 'i ai nai ha kete [tapu mo hou'eiki] 'o e kau fakafofonga kehe mo e hou'eiki falelalea ke fakahaa'i ki he kau Temoo 'oku fulikivanu pea 'oku papeliane 'enau founga taki. - Sisilia Tupou-Thomas

I would like to express my deep sorrow to hear that such events have taken place in our motherland, Tongatapu. An island and people, once upon a time, offered up to God by our King ‘Otua mo Tonga ko hoku tufi‘a. What the people haven't thought of is the precedent they have now set. They have unknowingly or if willingly, publicly opened up the land of Tonga to a world of violence and disobedience, outlaw and ruthlessness. - Amanda Kalauta

Could the recent tragic events in Tonga have been avoided by its Parliament? I would like to think that "common sense" could and should have warned its educated members that there were eminent dangers looming by and urgent measures were needed to thwart them. I think that it's time for the leaders of the government to stop the games; the people are now smarter and fed up. - Siosaia Fatani

Many of us in Hawaii watch the recent events in Tonga, and as outsiders we are confused and saddend that so much destruction has happened to many of Tonga's innocent businesses and people.... Now at the end of 2006, we Hawaiians, find it interesting that an island with people like us...…are destroying a city to compel democracy....Tonga is going through riots for forced democratic reform, while here many of us (not me), sing songs of protest and march in the streets...…wishing King Kamehameha'’s royal line was still in command. - Joe

How is it that the Government and its National Security Agencies allow the situation to get to a point where our capital continues to be engulfed with flames?For now, this event is unimaginable to go this far, and we can only read and listen to news overseas with immense disappointment for leaders who were involved, especially in inciting the riot in the first place, and also at all political parties involved for failing to put an end or at least prevent such acts from happening. - Molisi Manu'atu