People's Representatives were upset last week when the House adjourned again for another fortnight, after only one day's session.
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Monday 12 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 12 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's king is not likely to dismiss his ministers on the basis of a three pages petition, says the Speaker of the Tongan Legislature, Noble Veikune, who believes that Parliament is the place where any impeachment or restructuring of Tonga's political system has to take place.
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Monday 12 September 2005
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Moss Beach, Ca.,USA
The smell of victory for the PSA and the public servants must be sweet and delightful and at best, a means but not the end. Is it too soon to rejoice or is it too soon to lament?
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Friday 9 September 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Cecil Cocker, expressed his disappointment that the striking Civil Servants were encouraging Tongans in New Zealand to demonstrate against the king in Auckland. Akilisi Pohiva reckoned that if government would not give in to the demand by the Civil Servants, the country would be destroyed. From the House. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 27, Monday August 22, 2005.
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Wednesday 31 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Minister of Health outlined salary rises that had been given to 823 of his staff, including 49-100% for lower levels, while some People's Representatives were still calling for a return to the old salary scale. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 24 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister reminded the House that government had still left the door open for negotiation with the strikers but following the vandalism at Tonga College, if this damaging behaviour continued, he warned that government's bucket of endurance could be full. He told parliament that government was concerned about children losing their right to education, and that government would make a decision to protect the interest of the majority and not that of the minority. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Sunday 21 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata warned parliament that soon government would have to make a decision on the strike, either before an arbitrator arrived or after. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 24, Tuesday August 16, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 17 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata asked for the Minister of Justice, Hon. Siaosi 'Aho, to tell the House about efforts that had been made to end the strike, and how each time it was turned down by the strikers, who had even refused to meet and discuss their grievances with the government delegation. He referred to the two who were standing (Prince Tu'ipelehake and 'Akilisi Pohiva) and said they were stirring up trouble in the land. From the House. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 23, Monday August 15, 2005.
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Tuesday 16 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On August 1, before the House decided to go into recess due to the ongoing civil service strike, the Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, expressed his dismay with what Clive Edwards had been saying on television, calling on the strikers to do something about public servants who were not on strike but were still working for government. He thought it was unusual for a former Minister of Police to say things like that. He said that what Clive was doing was inciting people to riot. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 22, Monday August 1, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 11 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A call to give the people of Tonga the right to elect a Prime Minister and Government Ministers, was delivered to the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa today by a small group of political activists.
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Thursday 4 August 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A private bill aimed at reducing the new consumption tax was rejected by the House after its first reading. Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance won a new Regulation giving the Chief Commissioner discretion to exempt organizations from CT - despite protests that it was illegal.
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Friday 29 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A move by the Tongatapu no1 People's Representative, 'Akilisi Pohiva, to resolve the national strike, and get the striking civil servants to return to work was rejected by Parliament yesterday.
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Monday 25 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Akilisi Pohiva wondered why the police arrested Piveni Piukala for a small crime and yet the Shoreline Chairman and Director who had committed bigger crimes were not arrested. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Wednesday 20 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will wind up its disastrous Hawaiian experiment, after calling on parliament to pay USD$233,120 in debts from a failed farming project, following a million dollar investment by the king in Hawaiian land in 1998. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Wednesday 20 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan vanilla growers will receive a $1 million subsidy for green vanilla from government, after People's Representatives pushed a growers' petition. From the House by Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 15 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prince Tu'ipelehake returns to the Tonga Legislative Assembly after winning the Tongatapu no. 1 Nobles Representative seat in this week's nobles by-election.
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Wednesday 13 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first registered political party, known as PEDPIN, says its registration this month was a step toward good governance and accountability in the kingdom.
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Wednesday 13 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan members of parliament left for their annual national tour this month taking a hand-out of $200,000 from the House Vote to be given away for community projects. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Tuesday 12 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A By-Election to elect a new Tongatapu Noble's Representative to the Tonga Legislative Assembly will be held on Thursday July 14.
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Monday 4 July 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After Clive Edwards's proposal for a deduction of $6 million from the total government budget for the next financial year to be set aside "to do something for the people" was supported by the Minister of Finance, other People's Representatives tried to extract funds for public relations handouts and support in various sectors. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 13, Wednesday June 22, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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