Chief Secretary & Secretary to Cabinet under fire from media Featured
Prime Minister's Office Tonga
Nuku'alofa, 10 December 2015. The Prime Minister's Office and the Chief Secretary in Tonga are being criticised for lacking transparency and good governance.
A number of Tongan media outlets have expressed concern about the lack of cooperation they receive from the Chief Secretary and others at the office.
They say enquiries often go unanswered and former adviser and publisher Kalafi Moala says he noticed while working with the government that incorrect information has been distributed via the office.
Mr Moala says the government hasn't lived up to the expectations of a pro-democracy government.
"This is the government that promised transparency from the first day and this is the government that says we want to talk to media, we want media to talk to us. We want to be transparent. We adhere to good governance and it is this government that has become far less transparent than previous governments."
Prime Minister's office, Tonga
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Peesi mu'a holo he ngaahi nusipepa e ui 'a Kalafi ke tukuhifo e Sekelitali Pule, toe 'a'au mai mo e ngaahi tonounou. 'I he'eku sio 'oku pau pe 'oku 'i ai e 'uhinga lelei mo e femahino'aki mo e Palemia ke puke 'a e ngaahi ongoongo lahi. Pea ko 'etau nofo foki ko e me'a koee 'oku te fai ki he kakai 'e fai ia 'e he kakai ka kita. Hange ko e PM, loi ia ki he kakai, lohiaki'i leva ia e heene Sekelitali. Ka ko e me'a ne mamafa ia kateau ko e 'ela ta'efai ha ngaue 'a e kau fale'i. Faka'ulia e mate homou konisenisi, ho'o mou vahenoa'ia he kakava 'o e kakai. Ka ne mo'ui homou konisenisi temou 'ofa ki he kakai 'oku tukuhau'i o mou vahe ai, o mou mavahe mei he ngaue na he tamani 'oku 'i ai ha ngaue ke fai. Koeha fau e fu'u tamate koia? Fefe koe PM, ke mea'i lelei pe me'a koena koeha ke kei fakangaue'i ai e kakai koena ke vahe noa'ia pe ta'e fai ha ngaue, pe 'oku toe longo'i moia 'e he Sekelitali?
Na'e tonu ke kaveinga lotu 'aki he malanga 'a e PSA he aho ni, ke lotua e kau taki ke tuku e LOI, ka tuku e loi te tau lava o langa ha fonua lelei.
Pehe hono toutou fakamatala e he ngaahi nusipepa e lau a e Minisita Pa'anga he loi a Mateni, masi'i pe ko e ha koaa 'oku hoko ai e loi ia ko ha me'angaue hono ngaue'i e faitotonu. Ko e faitotonu faingofua taha pe ia ko e LEA MO'ONI. Kapau 'oku 'ikai temou lava 'o lea mo'oni mou maatuku aa ki 'api he 'e kovi ange nunu'a ia temou fekuki moia mo homou ngaahi famili. -
Fisi'ia mai e ngaakau e kau Temokalati mo'oni he ngaue 'a e kau Temokalati faka'uta koeni. Toki mahino he 'aho ni, ta na'e 'ikai kenau mahino'i 'e kinautolu 'a e Temokalati mo hono naunau. Tu'u 'a e Temokalati ki he lelei 'a e taha kotoa 'i he Sosaieti 'o a'u ki he si'i hifo. Ko e Temokalati 'a Tonga ni 'oku kakano 'aki 'a e maanumanu, siokita, loto 'oku kovi, ta'e fieauna pea mo e fie Tu'i, fiema'u mafai. 'Osi taimi ke tuku 'aupito e Temokalati ia mo e fakapiko. He kuo mo'oni e malanga ia 'a Ma'afu Palu, 'omai 'e he 'Eiki hotau fe'unga, ko e Pule'anga FakaTu'i, kuo tau tui tautolu ka 'Akilisi ke liliu he 'oku tikitato pea 'oku ne kai e mo'ui 'a e kakai, pea tau liliu, koeni 'oku tau toe tangi atu he 'aho ni ki he Tu'i ke fakahifo e Minisita fe mo fe, kuo talamai e he Tu'i 'oku 'ikai ke 'iai hano mafai kiai. Koe 'atunga ena 'etau tangi ke tatau kuo tau to 'i vaha'a. Fakafoki e Temo ki he fonua mo e kakai tenau lava 'o fakahoko lelei'i, tau foki kitautolu ki he me'a 'oku fe'unga mo kitautolu he te tau mahaki kitautolu he fa'ahinga tataki koeni 'oku tau lolotonga 'iai.
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Kuo mahino pea kuo a'u ki muli 'a e fakalangalea 'a e ki'i Pule'anga ni. Kuo ha e fakaanga ia he kuohili. Kuo mahino mai 'a e ngata'anga 'o e kautama ni koe fakaanga pe.....
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Kuo mo'oni pe 'etau lea tonga, koia 'oku fakaanga 'e anga'i. Kai hake ena 'Eiki Palemia. Pehee 'e koe teke hopo hake 'o ngaue mo ha kau 'Angelo, kaikehe, 'e hoko e mo'ui puputu'u ko ho konga 'o a'u ki ha'o malolo mei mamani.