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March 25, 2024
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku has resigned as Minister of Defence in order to appease King upou VI, says a senior government official. The Tongan Independent reports that the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister ‘Utoikamanu had resigned from their portfolios. Senior sources within the Tongan government ... <a title="Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne tension" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/tongan-pm-resigns-as-defence-minister-to-appease-king-over-throne-tension/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne tension">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2024
Tonga has been locked in a political standoff between the country’s King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku which erupted into a heated row in Parliament this week with two MPs being suspended. Here Kaniva News editor Kalino Latu gives his recent reaction to an ultimatum by the Tongan nobles. EDITORIAL: By Kalino ... <a title="Kaniva News: Nobles’ letter demanding PM resign over royal memo takes Tonga back to dark ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/kaniva-news-nobles-letter-demanding-pm-resign-over-royal-memo-takes-tonga-back-to-dark-ages/" aria-label="Read more about Kaniva News: Nobles’ letter demanding PM resign over royal memo takes Tonga back to dark ages">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Just days after the appointment of Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola as Tonga’s new Minister of Health, King Tupou VI has withdrawn his consent for two other Cabinet appointments. An undated memo from the Lord Privy Seal, Viliami Malolo, to Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Paula Ma’u seen by Kaniva ... <a title="Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/tongan-govt-tight-lipped-about-kings-withdrawal-of-consent-for-ministers/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers">Read more</a>
