{"id":18719,"date":"2024-11-25T00:13:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18719"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:52","slug":"second-motion-of-no-confidence-planned-against-tongan-prime-minister-huakavameiliku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18719","title":{"rendered":"Second motion of no confidence planned against Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni addresses the UNGA in New York on 27 September 2024. <\/span>
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Tonga’s Office of the Lord Speaker has received notification of a plan to move a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni.<\/p>\n

A statement issued by the chief clerk of the Legislative Assembly on Monday confirmed the notice was submitted on Saturday, 23 November, by the member for Tongatapu 5, Dr Aisake ‘Eke.<\/p>\n

It had supporting signatures from nine other members of parliament.<\/p>\n

There are 26 members in Tonga’s Legislative Assembly: 17 publicly elected and nine elected by nobles.<\/p>\n

The chief clerk said they are carrying out the necessary constitutional tasks pertaining to the motion, which requires five working days’ notice before it can be moved.<\/p>\n

He said they will provide more information on parliamentary proceedings in due course.<\/p>\n

If tabled, this will be the second motion of no confidence brought against prime minister Huakavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni by Dr Aisake ‘Eke.<\/p>\n

In September last year, Huakavameiliku defeated Dr ‘Eke’s motion by 14 votes to 11.<\/p>\n

Hu’akavameiliku has been at the COP 29 Leaders’ Summit of the Small Island Developing States on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

The Legislative Assembly will resumes sitting today after being deferred from the 15 October sitting.<\/p>\n

The parliamentary session was expected to feature discussions on a public bill, as well as a review of unfinished business from the previous session, including government department’s annual reports, parliamentary visits reports, committee reports and public bills.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, parliamentarians in Vanuatu are scrambling to scrape together funds<\/a> to start campaigning for a snap-election which was triggered by the President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolving parliament.<\/p>\n

The dissolution came ahead of a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, and a separate motion calling for the removal of the President himself.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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