PM 'Akilisi Pohiva has no intention of ever allowing 'Akosita Lavulavu back into Cabinet Featured
'Akosita Lavulavu
13 April, 2018. The Tonga Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, has no intention of ever allowing sacked Internal Affairs Minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, back into Cabinet.
She has been dumped after she and her husband Etuate Lavulavu were charged with using forged documents and obtaining credit by false pretences in relation to the Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute that they had set up.
Ms Lavulavu was arrested five weeks ago and a spokesman for the prime minister, Lopeti Senituli, said the government had been waiting for her to voluntarily step aside.
He said Mr Pohiva would have returned her to Cabinet if she had stood down and then been found innocent.
"That is what he had been hoping he would be able to do, if she had resigned voluntarily," Mr Lopeti explained.
"And that is why he kept deferring his decision until now. And she had refused to do that. She had refused to resign voluntarily. And as far as the question you raise the answer is no, he is not going to bring her back into Cabinet."
Mr Pohiva informed the King of the sacking but Mrs Lavulavu's successor had not been announced.
The Lavulavus are charged with three counts each of knowingly dealing with forged documents and three counts of obtaining credit by false pretences.
This relates to a number of irregularities in an audit of the 'Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute in 2016.
They appeared in the lower court in March and their case was adjourned to May 28.
'Etuate Lavulavu preceded his wife in her Vava'u seat but was fired last term after being found gulity of bribery.
-RNZI
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'AKAHI 'E HE PM 'A PR 'AKOSITA LAVULAVU KI HE LALO PASI. Tamoloki ai mo 'ene ngaahi palomesi kia 'Akosita ke fili PM 'ia 'Akilisi pea 'e tanu kotoa 'a e ngaahi hala Pule'anga 'o Vava'u 16, pea 'oange mo e sea 'i he Kapineti. Neongo na'e puke 'o fakahu pilisone 'a PR 'Akosita 'oku kei tonuhia te'eki ai fakamaau'i 'i fale hopo.
'I hono fekau faka-fefeka'i ke fakafisi mei he Kapineti ko e founga faka-kominiusi mo e faka-tikitato ia. 'Oku Mo'oni 'a 'Akosita he kuo faka-hala'iai'i ia 'e he PM 'i hono fakamanamana'i ke fakafisi te'eki ai ke fai 'ena hopo. -
MALO VAVA'U LAHI...Toki mahino ho'o faka-oli 'aki (humor, satire, etc.) 'a e tu'unga 'o e ongo Lavulavu. 'Io ko hono sauni 'o 'ena fakaoli 'aki (irony) 'a 'ena faka-katakata'i 'a 'ena mio'i holo e ngaue hala 'aki e pa'anga 'a e Pule'anga, kuo vave ni ke na fetaulaki mo e 'aho fakamaau. Tau fale-fakamaau ki ai VAVA'U LAHI e?
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Mokofisi, fakamolemole, 'oku 'ikai 'uhinga 'eku lau na'e faitotonu 'a 'Akosita. Ko 'eku 'oatu 'e au 'a e konga 'o e ngaahi phrase na'e ngaue'aki he kemipeini 'a 'Akosita. Ko 'eku fakakata pe ia 'a'aku ko e 'ai pe ia ke sio ki ai homau kainga vkt ki he anga 'enau fili na'e fai toki 'alu atu pe 'a 'Akiosita mo Lavulavu 'o taki'aki kinautolu e tanu hala, fale lalanga moe tufa fale malolo loi 'e'e....kuo nau 'oho fili ai tokua ko e fefine 'ofa mo faitotonu, Langa hoku kete he kata. Fai mo fai 'a e hopo ka tau lua he 'ehe'eheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Mokofisi, ko Vavau Lahi ia mahalo koene post mai ana mei Niua Foou ikai ilo ia kihe elito e ongomea. Koe hala pe mei ai, koia ia ne ne puke peni fakamooni a e ongomatua he takohi holo he u paanga hhhhh
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Ilonga e hu a Lopeti he folinga oe tali koeni.
Netau toki sio he internet he press conference a Lord Sevele Samiu Vaipulu mo Lord Nuku, tau sio ange pe e fefee ha ai mai e Lopeti haane tali, he nae tuu mo Lord Sevele he Puleanga kimua e. Pea tetau ilo leva ai hono lanu totonu. -
VAVA'U LAHI...Na'e faitotonu 'a 'Akosita lolotonga e kaiha'a 'a 'Etuate mei Pule'anga? Pea mo 'ena kaiha'a mo e kaakaa 'i he fakalele 'o e "Unuaki Institute, tohinima kaakaa 'o lohiaki'i 'a e Pule'anga 'aki e fanauako tokolahi ka ko e fu'u kau ta'e ako, etc.
Ko e fine'ofa Mamonga kaakaa mo e kaiha'a 'oku ke ui ko e faitotonu? -
TOKI FO'I TU'UTU'UNI TONU 'ENI 'A 'AKILISI NEONGO 'EKU TA;EFIEMALIE KI HE'ENE FOUNGA TAKI. KO E ONGO LAVU IA 'OKU 'IKAI SOLA KIAI HA TAHA PEA TUKU KETAU FEPAKI.
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Me'a eni 'oku ui koe HIA FAI 'ILO. Ko e ha e me'a na'e faka-nofo ai? Pea ko eni ku tali ui pe ki he tokotaha. 'Oku 'alu atu pe eni mo e kau Minisita ia ke toe katuni 'aupito ange ia.
"That is what he had been hoping he would be able to do, if she had resigned voluntarily," Mr Lopeti explained. Ko e ha? Ta'eilo pe ko e ta'e fie fakahifo mei he sea, etc.
Pea koe lau ko eni fekau'aki mo L. Seintuli ke fale'i ki he PM pea toe kau ki he Tu'i 'oku hala lahi ia. He'ikai lava keke tauhi 'Otua 'e 2 he taimi 'e taha. Hala faka-konisitutone pea 'oku toe hala faka-folofola 'aupito ia. 'Oku ke hange koe ha sipai pe ko ha tama 'oku ngutu piva (hange ha finemotu'a). Tonu ke ui ha faka-taha 'a e kau hou'eiki ke toe faka-manatu kia nautolu honau fatongia ke fai.
'Oku totonu ke ha'u ha taha mei he tafa'aki 'a e hou'eiki ke taki faka-fepaki faka-politikale (opposition leader) he ko eni kuo temokalati 'a Tonga ni. Ka lava ia e toe lelei ange e fai fatongia ki he kakai. -
Lopeti nofo ma'u 'i ha tafa'aki 'Akilisi pe ko e Tama Tu'i 'oku 'ea kovi ho'o 'oho takai holo ai. 'Oku 'ikai keu 'ilo pe koeha 'oku ke kei kau ai he kau matapule 'a Ve'ehala he 'oku ngali kovi e Hou'eiki ho'o ngaue. Na'a ke toki fai e fo'i faka'uhinga hala 'i he tu'utu'uni 'a e Tama Tu'i ke veteki e Falealea pea fakatonutonu ko e 'e he Fakahinohino Lao Le'ole'o. Kuo ke 'oho eni kia Sita, kataki koe vale pe 'e tui ki ha lea 'a Akilisi he ko e tangata loi taha eni kuo tau 'ilo kiai ho tau hisitolia. Ko e kau loi na'e 'iloa ko e kau fakaoli/fakakata hange' ko Mosese Niuafe 'oku kei talanoa'i pe 'e ne ngaahi fa'u talanoa. Ko Akilisi ko e loi matu'aki fa'u ke ma'u ai hano mafai, loi fakapolitikale. Ko 'ene taangata'i a Sita ka ko hai tene ta'ofi hano toe vilo atu 'e 'Etu 'ene fo'i vai ko ena 'oku tau kei tali ai ki he tautea na'e palomesi 'e Akilisi tene fakahoko kia Etu, PE mahalo ko e toki fakahoko eni e tautea. Kuo tau kina he ko e me'a eni 'oku tau ui koe Puhi Veve (PV) pea ko e tonu ke tau ui hotau PM ko e PV.
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Vv 16 'Akosita Lavulavu ki ai ! Tau fili 'ia 'Akosita Lavulavu he ko e fefine 'ofa mo faitotonu.