Tongan noble calls for anti-corruption action Featured
Lord Fusitu'a
14 October, 2016. A noble MP has called on Tonga's government to stop delaying the appointment of the country's first Anti-Corruption commissioner.
Earlier this month Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva reportedly rejected the Privy Council's candidate for the position despite the law dictating that the royal body make the appointment.
Tonga's Anti-Corruption Commission was formed in 2008 after appropriate legislation was passed in September 2007, but there have been ongoing procedural matters delaying the implementation of the office.
The government has made a submission to parliament that the House take on the appointment process.
Lord Fusitu'a chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Anti-corruption.
He said the appointment needs to be done urgently.
"The institutions are already in place. The structures, legislatively anyway, are already in place," Lord Fusitu'a said.
"So it is just a matter of having the political will to go forward and get it done.
"So I would encourage the Executive to do so and if they are to bring these proposed amendments forward, provided that it maintains the independence and transparency of the office, it is something we can look at, but the ideal model for me would be the current legislation," he said.
-RNZI
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'Oku 'i ai pe mo'oni 'a PM 'Akilisi Pohiva..fiema'u ha kakai 'e taliui ki he kakai kae toe mahuluange 'ene taliui ange ki ai..ke pehe atu pe pehe pea pehe 'o 'ikai hange koe kau CEO mo e kau ngaue fakapule'anga 'oku 'i ai honau 'atamai 'o fakakaukau lelei mo muimui he lao mo e tu'utu'uni ngaue. Fiema'u pe 'e PM 'Akilisi ia ko hono loto pe 'oku fiema'u...Ko hai 'a Tupou VI moe Fakataha Tokoni 'oku potoange ke fakahoa kia PM 'Akilisi Pohiva ?..Kole atu PM 'Akilisi fakasio mai ha tama ho famili 'oku ki'i 'ilo ki he lao pea mono'i atu ai..he 'oku hange pe ko ho'o me'a 'oku ke fa'a lau ki ai.." ..'ikai fu'u fiema'u e kau poto ia fiema'u pe kakai 'oku talangofua mo tui tatau mo koe.."..malie e..
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Ko e fo'i interview ia o Mateni ia heikai toe osi ene takihala'i eia e kakai. Pea oku fakahela, he kuo kona pe loto ia mo e atamai hange pe ko ene Tamai ko Akilisi, E maumautaimi ha fakafekiki atu he oku konahia pe me'akotoa ki he sio mo e fakakaukau. Osi tonu ke ta haane tikite hopo ana ia ki he tala oku ta'efakalao e mafai o e Privy Council, koe me'a 'oku mou hopo ta'ehela ai ko ho'o mou fai pe 'amoutolu ki he LAO 'akimoutolu.
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lolotonga pe hono tukuaki'i 'e Mateni e Tu'i moe Fakataha Tokoni tokua 'oku 'ikai ke nau taliui kihe kakai, kuo 'ita hake ia ki he kakai na'a nau put pressure tokua 'ia pm ke fakahifo a Fe'ao Vakata mei lakanga minisita. Koe me'a ia 'oku tau ui koe taliui ki he kakai; koe fakaha atu 'ehe kakai honau loto pea tokanga ki ai e taki. Kae tala ia 'e mateni koe fakalotokovi moe fieminisita moe fie vahe lahi 'ae kau nopele moe kau fakafofonga 'ikai ke kau he paati PTOA. hoooiii, fielau koe lea 'ae vale 'oku 'ikai ke ne 'ilo e fepakipaki 'ene fakamatala. Ka koe natula pe foki ia e kau ngutu lau, kuo fu'u felea honau loungutu 'ikai ke nau kei lava 'o fakama'opo'opo e veve 'oku ngangana mai mei ai.
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Toe fakatupu vale ange fo'i interview ia 'a Mateni mo Setita. Me'a e kautama 'ikai ke tau 'ilo pe 'oku kei sai koaa e fakafofonga ko eni pe 'ikai, pe 'oku tonu ke 'ave kia Mapa ke sivi. Kole atu ka Mateni ke toe taa'i e fo'i interview ke fanongo lelei ki he'ene fakamatala, taimi tatau to'o mai ha mirror 'o ki'i sio ki ai pe tene fakatokanga'e e tokotaha 'oku 'asi he mirror. Mahino eni ia 'oku fu'u fie tu'i mo'oni pe a 'akilisi ia mo mateni. Mou 'ofa mai 'o 'uluaki sio hifo kia kimoutolu pea mou toki kotokoo mai he interview.
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'O fakavalevale fefe e vahenga? Kapau teke toe fakaikiiki mai ke tau 'inasi kotoa ho'o fo'i fakakaukau ko ia. Ko e fili'i 'o e tokotaha ki he lakanga ni 'oku fakahoko he founga ka 'oku 'ikai tuku e founga totonu ki he tafa'aki kae tafoki hake pe e ki'i palemia ia o nafu 'aki e filifilimaanako mo e fakapone.
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fu'u lahi tama e favaia 'ae palepale ni he fakahafu no'a'ia holo 'a o-e-f. Koe me'a tatau ai pe 'oku puta kalou ki ai e pm ko eni, koe lotokovi ai pe he vahenga moe meheka kihe kakai 'oku nau poto ange ai. Ka ko hai 'oku ne tanaki e fakamole ki he'ene folau noa'ia holo mo PA Po'oi 'o fakamaa'i holo e fonua 'i tu'apule'anga. Kole atu kia o-e-f ke 'omai angee hingoa 'o 'ene kau kanititeiti lelei ki he lakanga ko eni mo tuku'i mai mo ha'ane patiseti ki he vahenga 'oku ne pehee 'oku tonu ke ma'u 'ehe lakanga ni. Mahino eni ia 'oku poto ange a o-e-f ia he fa'ahinga na'a nau fai e fili, pea toe poto ange ia he Tu'i mo e Fakataha Tokoni.
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'Oua teke fu'u hoha'a koe Lord, kihe fkhoko 'oe Komisiona kihe Lao ko'eni, he koe talu mei he 2007 hono fkola, moe 'ikai ke 'iai ha PM 'oe ng kuonga ni kene ma'u ha malohi ke fkhoko ke mahino 'oku mo'ui mo laumalie lelei 'ae lao 'o Tonga 'o fktatau ki he'etau Konisitutone.
Fktokanga'i 'ae me'a 'oku tokanga kiai 'a PM Akilisi Pohiva, 'oku fu'u Fkvalevale 'ae Vahenga pea 'oku fele 'ae kau Kanititeiti lelei kihe Lakanga ni.
Tokanga pe koe ke Tali he'e teka'i atu he kaha'u 'ae ng pulu fefeka, he 'oku ke telenga pe koe hange ko Kanitteiti R Trump o USA, ke toki reveal 'ene tape na'e puli............ -
"...Earlier this month Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva reportedly rejected the Privy Council's candidate for the position despite the law dictating that the royal body make the appointment..."
By what authority is the PM able to get away with such actions??? Either there's more to the statement above or this PM would rather be surrounded by 'Yes' men/women who support his political beliefs.