I join Senolita Swan’s oped (Democracy and Nopotism, Saturday 24, 2015) letter to Matangi Tonga Online. In regard to newly elected Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva’s nepotistic appointment of his son as Personal Assistant, a gross misuse of power in a democratic society.

Na’a ku fanongo ki he ongoongo na’e tālanga’i ‘i he Fale hono fakangāue’i ‘e he Palēmia hono foha ko ‘ene personal assistant (P.A) ‘a ia ne tukuaki’i koe Nepotism, ko e lea muli ka ‘oku ‘uhinga ki ha filifilimānako ‘a ha taha pule pe ngāue ma’olunga ‘o ne ‘oatu pe hano fāmili ofi ki ha tu’unga ma’olunga ‘i he ngāue’anga ‘oku pule pe ma’u mafai ma’olunga ai. Na’a ku fakakaukau ko e tu’unga tipeiti ma’olunga na’e tonu ke a’u kiai ‘a e Fale. He ko e founga na’e tonu ke fua fekeli ki he fakamatala pe faka’uhinga ‘o e ongo fo’i lea, ko e personal assistant mo e nepotism, pea ko e fekau’aki ‘o e ongo ‘uhinga tene tataki ‘a e tipeiti ke fai.