Results for Parliament

The Legislative Assembly 2023 session will convene on Monday, 12 June. The first item on the agenda is the reply to the address by King Tupou VI that was delivered during the state opening on 1 June. Also top on Parliament's agenda is deliberation on the Budget Estimate for 2023/24 financial year, which must be passed before 1 July.

Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala delivered HM King Tupou VI's address, at Parliament House today, 1 June, on the opening of the 2023 session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly. The King said that while superpower countries are competing against each other, “we must find ways to maintain our ties with all of them, while safeguarding the welfare of our country,”

In a very short “soft closing” of the 2022 session of Tonga’s Legislative Assembly, King Tupou VI extended his hope that work would continue to assist the economic development of the country, while acknowledging the assistance of foreign partners.

Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala and two other nobles will close the Legislative Assembly of Tonga 2022 session, in a soft closing ceremony on 25 May. A state opening is scheduled for 1 June.

The Legislative Assembly of Tonga which convened on Wednesday 10 May was adjourned to resume on Monday, 15 May after a day of deliberations.

The Legislative Assembly of Tonga convened on Wednesday 10 May and started discussing pending agendas, including Government Annual Reports and Constituency Reports.

The Legislative Assembly has approved three Public Bills submitted for urgent discussion in Parliament on 29 March.

Tonga's parliamentary Speaker, Lord Fakafanua, was elected to the Board of the IPU Forum of Young Parliamentarians, while attending an assembly of parliamentarians in Bahrain this week.

MPs were reminded of their constitutional role to effectively represent their electorate and voters, at the opening of a three-day induction program on 27 February. The Clerk told MPs one of the effective means of Parliament’s oversight role of the Executive is “Question Time”, which is widely used in overseas Legislatures, where Cabinet Ministers respond to questions from MPs. She said it is considered an effective tool used in the Legislature to scrutinise the government’s work.