Pacific Games Council keen to steer clear of politics ahead of Tonga no confidence vote Featured
Tonga team at Port Moresby in 2015
3 August, 2016. The looming vote of no confidence in Tonga's Prime Minister, Akilisi Pohiva, has added a new twist to the ongoing saga of the 2019 Pacific Games which are due to be staged in Nuku'alofa.
Mr Pohiva and former Prime Minister Lord Fred Sevele have been in conflict for several months, with Mr Pohiva apparently determined to remove his long time political rival from his role as the Games' chief executive.
That matter is currently before the courts, while there is a suggestion now that as long as Lord Sevele remains in post, and Mr Pohiva remains in power, funding for the Games will be frozen.
But the Executive Director of the Pacific Games Council, Andrew Minogue, says he met Lord Sevele in Australia over the weekend, and no alarm bells were ringing.
-ABC
