Tonga Rugby Union heading to court Featured
Prime Minister Pohiva Newly Elected President and Chairman of TRU and Former TRU Interim CEO Fuka Kitekei'aho
Nuku'alofa, 25 May 2016. The Tonga Rugby Union is heading to court to answer claims the election of a new executive was unconstitutional.
The Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, was appointed Chair and President of the TRU at a meeting earlier this month.
The meeting also voted to amend the Union's constitution.
Mr Pohiva replaces Fe'ao Vunipola, who was elected on an interim basis in December, following the resignation of Epeli Taione.
The former Tonga Rugby Union CEO, Fuka Kitekei'aho, said they have evidence both meetings were held in breach of the Union's constitution and a court hearing has been schedule for next month.
"We have a couple of issues on that. First is the constitutionality of that amendment and second is to amend the constitution it's required at 75 percent of those people attending the meeting and we have information that they didn't achieve that and we have put affidavits in and we have filed it together with the court to go together with our initial issue. Now we have two issues in front of court."
Fuka Kitekei'aho also challenged Vunipola's election as Interim Chair and President back in December, claiming it too was unconstitutional.
He said representatives from outer island unions should not have been allowed to vote in the election because the sub-unions had not held district rugby competitions in the past four years.
Mr Kitekei'aho also claimed that Fe'ao Vunipola received more votes than the number of people registered to attend the meeting and has called for a recount.
The dispute was scheduled to go into arbitration but the former CEO argued the TRU was deliberately delaying that process, a claim Mr Vunipola rejected.
The entire case will be heard in court on June 20 and Fuka Kitekei'aho said even if the election of 'Akilisi Pohiva is proven to be constitutional, his position will depend on whether the court rules the December meeting that elected Fe'ao Vunipola also followed proper procedures.
"If we win everything thereon will be null in void. The second meeting they had to amend the constitution, despite the fact that the judge was warning them don't hold any more meetings until this is sorted out because all the legality of management and everything is based on our initial case, but they proceeded and called a meeting," he said.
RNZI
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Tauate Valu, he 'oku 'iai koaa ha fakakaukau pehee 'ia 'Akilisi? Ko ene misiona 'ana ko e faka'auha e me'a ne maau pea fokotu'u pe ia ke Pule he me'akotoa. Koena kuo ta'ofi mo e Kava Tonga. Ko e Siana ia ku ha'u pe uike ia mo hono ngaahi me'a ke ne ta'ofi. He is so inlove with power.
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'E TANGATA TAUATE VALU...Ko hai 'e mafai ke filifili 'a e ngaahi me'a 'oku taaú mei he ngaahi me'a ta'e taaú? Ko koe teke fai 'a e fakamaau ko iá, pea 'e fēfē ha'a tau ngāue fakataha mo kakai kākā mo e loi?
Ko e mįtia 'oku fai ai 'a hono fokifokihi 'a e ngaahi me'a ta'e fe'unga 'oku fai 'e he kau ngāue faka-Pule'angá. 'Oku lahi 'enau va'inga mo e fakamole kākā'i 'a e pa'anga 'a e fonuá. -
Fefe kapau te tau tuku etau ngaahi fehala aki moe fe fusiaki katau gaue fakataha mo langa hake akapulu i Tonga ,Vava'u,Ha'apai mo 'Eua!
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MĀLÕ KAUFUSI MO LOHOLOHO...Me'a pangó kuo 'osi fai e kole ngāue ki he Pule'angá, pea na'e talamai kuo u fu'u motu'a, lahi hake he ta'u 60, neongo na'e tu'u kimu'a 'eku hisitõlia akó mo e ngāué. Ko e "age discrimination" ia, ka e toloi atu ia ki ha'a tau toki tālanga 'i he kaha'ú.
1) Ko e fakaangá 'oku lea 'aki mei he taukei ngāue (na'a ku 'osi fokotu'u 'a e Utah Rugby Union, pea u palesiteni ta'u e 5; na'e 'ikai fiema'u ha tokoni 'a e Pule'anga Utah pe 'Ameliká), mo e taukei ako ke matala e 'atamaï 'i hono fokifokihi 'a e ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e Pule'angá. He 'oku nau fai 'aki 'a e mafai ta'e fakangatangata 'o faka-kuihi 'aki e mātu'á 'oku nau fiema'u mo falala ki he totonú.
2) Ko e mafai 'o e mītiá ke fokifokihi 'a e ngāue 'a e kau taki faka-Pule'angá, kau Taki Lotú, kau Taki Ako'angá, mo e ngaahi Pisinisí (private sector). 'Oku fai 'aki 'a e 'atamai fehufehu'i (critical thinking); faka-kata'i (satire); 'atamai faka-'uhinga'i totonu (logic); faka-fehoanaki ki he puipuitu'á (history); mo 'etau tui ki he faitotonu, angama'a, mo e angatonu (morality).
3) Ko e 'uhinga ia na'e hoko ai 'a e "Reformation" 'o mavahe 'a e ngaahi kautaha lotu Kalisitiané (protestants) mei he Siasi Katoliká, pea liliu 'a e ngaahi pule'angá (revolutions) ko e lahi 'o e taki hala'l 'o e kakaí. 'Oku kei hoko pe 'i he ngaahi 'ahó ni 'enau fehālaakí, maanumanu, kākā mo e loi.
4) Tau monū'ia 'i Tongani 'oku 'omai 'e he Konisitūtoné 'a e tau'atāiná ketau pulusi 'etau ngaahi fakakaukaú 'i he mītiá ta'e 'i ai ha'a tau ilifia ki he Pule'angá.
5) Pea 'oku 'ikai ketau ilifia ki he manuki mo e fakamanamana mai 'a e kakaí. Ko e konga ia 'o e temokalatí, ketau tau'atāina ketau fili. -
Oku kole mai e he Palemia ketau fakaanga kihe lahi taha he e tokoni ia kiheenau ngaue koia ai Mokofisi fakaanga koe ke tau ki langi. Pe koe ai loholoho ke hau a Mokofisi o fakalele Puleanga mo e Akapulu kuo osi takitauhi pe fanau famili moe maheni he ngaahi tapa kehekeheeeee
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'Alu atu koe Sione A Mokofisi 'o fakalele 'a e 'akapulu pea mo e pule'anga na'a sai ange ia. Kii lahilahi hoo fakaanga mei he tefito'i niu, ka kou tui 'oku lahi fe'unga ho'o 'ilo keke 'asi atu ki mu'a 'o tokoni ki hono fakalele 'o e ngaue, 'ofa atu
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Semisi, ko e faifai pea matekala e palemia ia he taulofu'u atu e fatongia, tuku atu ki ha toe taha ange, he ko e 'atunga ee kuo halakaka holo e palemia ia he loto'aa kehe kuo tuku ee teke mala'etapulu he konga e Tu'i kuo hiki mai eni ke keli mo mala'ekula, pe koe faiiii koaa koehaaa? Fie fokotu'u hisitolia pe kuo kehe e fakakaukau iaaaa
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fuka you have been in the Tonga rugby for more than enough time to prove yourself. This is ridiculous of you to tautau fkpeka he lakanga CEO without doing anything. Koe akapulu 'a Vv mo Hp 'oku ke pehe was disfunctional the last four years. Koe me'a pe 'oku mahino oku ke tuhu'i mai pe ho'o ta'efai ha ngaue ki he 'akapulu. Ko e ha ho'o me'a 'oku fai 'oku mate ai 'a e 'akapulu 'i Vv mo Hp. Tukuange ki he PM mo e kau memipa fo'ou ke nau fakalele atu e taimi ni na'a ma'u ai ha lelei ma'ae hakotupu 'o e fonua.
Kapau koe tangata ko e 'oku ke 'ofa he maaimoa akapulu pea ke tuku ange ke hoko atu e ngauen kae tuku e faka'ilo mo e fkmoletaimi. -
GOOD FOR YOU FUKA...Hold their feet to the fire! Don't allow them to railroad their way into illegal power.
Everything is turned into a political football. This government wants power to tear down everything, but they don't have a clue how to build anything.