“‘Ikai keu ‘ilo pe ‘oku ou kei Minisitā pe ‘Ikai”: ‘Etuate Lavulavu Featured
Neiafu, 5 Tisema 2015. ‘Oku lolotonga lele foki ‘a e hopo ‘i he vaha’a ‘o Viliami Uasike Latu mo ‘Etuate Sungalu Lavulavu ‘i he Fakamaau’anga ‘i Neiafu. Ko e hopo foki ‘eni fekau’aki mo hono tukuaki’i ‘o Lavulavu ki he totongi fakafūfū mo hono maumau’i ‘o e Lao Fili Fale Alea lolotonga ‘o e Kemipeini Fili Fale Alea 2014.
Na’e fakahoko foki ‘i he ‘aho Falaite ko hono 4 ‘o ‘Okatopa ‘a hono fakafehu’i fakafihi (cross examination) ‘e he loea ‘a Viliami Uasike Latu, William Clive Edwards ‘a Lavulavu fekau’aki mo ‘ene fakamatala fakamo’oni ‘i he hopo ni. Na’e kamata ‘aki foki ‘e Edwards ‘ene fakafehu’i ‘a ‘ene ‘eke kia Lavulavu pe ko e ha hono tu’unga fakaako.
Na’e tali foki ‘e Lavulavu na’a ne ako pe he kolisi Sainehā ‘i Vava’u pea ne lava’i lelei ai ‘a e Sivi Folau Ki Muli. Na’e fehu’i foki ‘e Edwards kia Lavulavu pe koe ‘uhinga ki he ha ‘a e sivi folau ki muli pea tali ‘e Lavulavu koe sivi hū ki he ‘Univesiti. Na’e hoko atu ‘a Edwards ‘o fehu’i pe koe fē ‘Univesiti na’e ako ai pea na'e tali ‘e Lavulavu ko e ‘Univesiti BYU ‘i Hawaii.
Na’e fehu’i foki ‘e Edwards kia Lavulavu pe na’e toe hoko atu ‘ene ako ki ha ‘Univesiti pea tali ‘e Lavulavu ‘io na’e toe hoko atu ki Provo ‘i Utah ‘i he fonualahi ‘i ‘Amelika. Na’e toe fehu’i kiai pe na’e ma’u hano MA pea tali ‘e Lavulavu ‘ikai. Na’e fehu’i foki pe koe ha hono tu’unga fakaako (qualification) na’e ma’u pea fakaha ‘e Lavulavu koe mata’itohi pe mei he ‘Univesiti. Na'e toutou fehu'i pe koe ha 'a e mata'itohi ka na'e tali pe 'e Lavulavu koe mata'itohi mei he 'Univesiti. Na’e ‘iku foki ‘o fakahā ‘e Lavulavu ko e mata’itohi koe BA he education mei he BYU.
Na’e toe fakafehu’i foki ‘e Edwards pe na’e toe ‘i ai hano mata’itohi ma’olunga ange pea tali ‘e Lavulavu kiai ‘ikai. Na’e ‘eke foki ‘e Edwards pe na’e fakanofo ia koha Palofesa pea tali ‘ikai kiai ‘a Lavulavu. Na'e toe fehu'i pe na'e ma'u hano mata'itohi Toketa ka na'e tali 'e Lavulavu 'ikai.
Na’e fehu’i foki ‘e Edwards pe ‘e malava pe kene pehe koe tangata taukei ia mo poto he na’e kau ki he kau fale’i ‘o e Kovana ‘o Utah pea tali ‘e Lavulavu ‘ikai ‘oku vale pe ia. Na’e fakaha foki ‘e Edwards pea koe ha na’e kau ai ki he kau fale’i ‘a e Kovana Utah kapau ‘oku vale?. Na’e tali foki ‘e Lavulavu na’e fili pe ia ke kau kiai.
Na’e hoko atu ‘a e fakafehu’i ‘a Edwards kia Lavulavu ‘o fehu’i pe koe Minisita ia ‘i he Pule’anga pea fakaha ‘e Lavulavu ‘oku ‘ikai kene ‘ilo ‘e ia pe ‘oku kei Minisita pe ‘ikai.
‘Oku ‘amanaki faka’osi ‘a e hopo ko’eni ‘i he ‘aho Tusite 8 ‘o Tisema 2015 pea ‘oku ‘amanaki ke kakato ai pe ‘i he uike kaha’u.
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Talu e kaka 'a Lavu mo 'etau kole ke hifo aa na'a si'i to ka e polepole pe he ko e tangata maheni kaka tokua ne pole'i leva 'e Mateni te ne lakasim 'a Lavu he 'oku kei si'i pea iviivi'ia tokua pea kuo 'uluaki mamate ia pea kuo ne to 'o 'uluaki PAHUU. Ko eni ko si'i Lavu eni kuo ne a'u ki he tumutumu 'ene kaka pea kuo si'i lilika pea kuo mamate hono lulu 'e he Fakamaau Lahi e me'a ne kaka ai pea ko hono iku'anga foki 'ene fu'u kaka ma'olunga pehee ko 'ene to ma'olunga mo e fu'u PAHUU le'olahi 'aupito pea toe TA'ELELESONI.
Kuo taimi ke fai hano imbeach e Minisita Ako he kuo fu'u e'a 'ene vale kua he ola 'o e sivi form 5,6&7 'o e 2015. Ko e ha koaa e me'a 'a Siaosi Pohiva 'oku kei fai he va'a silapa mo va'a sivi ? Kei kuki pe maaka ? Ne tau fanongo ki he pole 'a 'Akilisi he Falealea ki he kau poto ke nau o ange ke ne fakahinohino'i. Kuo hola 'a 'alelo 'o toi kae utua mai 'a vale kukua. Ko e ha 'ene me'a 'oku 'ilo ki he assessment ? Na'e ngata pe 'ene ako faiako he B.ed mo e me'a fakafailautohi pule'anga ka kuo hange ia kuo ne 'ilo kotoa 'e ia 'a mamani katoa.
Tau feinga'i ke imbeach he kuo ne pa'usi'i e falala 'a e kakai pea kuo 'ikai fe'unga 'ene fakahoko fatongia he Potungaue Ako. 'Oku ai e talanoa 'oku sasala te ne fakahu 'a Folau Kioa ke CEO he ko e kau poupou ia e fo'i valekua kuo fai 'e minisita Ako. 'Oku tonu ke fei mo 'asi mai a Soane Vahe, 'Aisake Vaisima, Savelio 'Atuekaho, Paula Fonua, Feleti 'Atiola, Folau Kioa MO E KAU TAKI AKO ne nau poupou'i e raw marks 'o fei mo lea ki he kau tauhi fanau ne tupu e kovi e ola kuo ma'u 'e he sivi ho'omou ngaahi ako ko ho'omou tui pea poupou ki he fo'i valekua 'a e 'EIKI MINI STAR. Ne lahi ho'omou toutou dinner pea afe ai homou loto ke lavaki'i e fonua.
Fei mo li e ki'i founga ko ena ki tu'a fakataha mo Lavulavu kae 'omai 'a Dr. Visesio Pongi pe ko Dr. Fasi ke fei mo fai ha me'a he kuo tau fakaofi kitautolu ki he takele 'o e luo hono tataki kitautolu 'e Siaosi Pohiva mo Piveni. Na malolo a he kuo ma'u e kilu ia.
Minisita Ako 'oku 'ikai ke toe oli ha'o me'a 'au 'e toe fai ki he ako. -
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Ko e POPOAKI FAKAMAMAHI
Tulou mo ha'alotu kae lafolalo atu si'i pulonga kuo ne fakatau'ataina'i a e kau mamahi kotoa ia Tonga ni pea mo Utah Amelika he ngaue a Lavulavu. Ki he kau tautonu. Kuo ongo kia Sihova siomau mamahi pea kuo ne fakafiefiai kimautolu. Oua toe faile ha tangi heikai pe ha toe utu ia e hakea ko tanekinaga pe.
Kihe toenga oe kau Minisita kapau oku mou ofa i hoo mou moui mo e kahau homou fanau pea tukuange a Etuate ke alu koloa kuo lava e konga lahi homou loto pea mou poupoui ai pe a e kovi he osi eni e ta'u e taha.
Kole atu ai pe kiha kautaha oku ne fiemau e papa tuuaki e tangata ke mou ohake o hu'i he e fakalaga mamahi ki he famili kae fakalaga taonakita kihe kau tautonu. Koia ai kau manako laukonga Nepituno tau kii kata ai he toenga oe uike ni he koe mea fakatupu moui lelei pe mea ia koe kata hha hahaha -
Talu 'etau tupu mo e 'ilo'i 'aki pe 'a Tonga ni 'i mamani ko e fonua lotu, fonua ako lelei he ko e literacy oku high aupito. Ko e 'otumotu anga'ofa. Ka ko e 'aho ni, kuo tau ma'u kotoa e hingoa kovi kotoa pe koe'uhi pe ko e founga fakalele kuotau 'iai 'o tautautefito ki hono fakahaofi koeni 'o Lavu kuo global hono ongoongo. Ko e ngaue lelei na'a ke fai 'Akilisi, kuo osi tanu ia e he fo'i me'a koeni 'a Lavu pea 'oku hange ko e lau SAI 'AUPITO.
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Source: http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2005/February/02-10-03.htm
PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT
Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i
TONGAN ‘ODD BALL’ SEEKS SECOND TERM IN ASSEMBLY
NUKUALOFA, Tonga (Matangi Tonga, Feb. 8) – Etuate Lavulavu, the Vava’u No. 2 People's Representative in the Fale Alea, Tonga’s Legislative Assembly, for the past three years, is seeking a second term.
The 46-year-old owner of a fast food take-away business in Nuku'alofa had a colorful first term as a Tongan Parliamentarian.
He has been apprehended by the FBI in the United States, where he fought fraud charges for immigration offences, while on home ground he's been the odd ball in the People's seats, walking in while they were walking out, and not only telling other members to "shut up" but threatening to punch them if they did not.
On one occasion last year he was suspended for three days for fist fighting in the House.
But 'Etuate today prefers to be recognized for his educational achievement as the founder of a new training institute. When the election campaign billboards went up in January, he proudly wrote the title "Ph.D." alongside his name, with a "Prof." that he boasts was given to him by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
That may be so, but neither of 'Etuate's academic titles is recognized by Tonga's Ministry of Education.
But what does 'Etuate Lavulavu hope to achieve with a second term in the House, if he can win back his seat on March 17?
‘Etuate said that during his first term in parliament, 2002 to 2004, the House passed 56 motions, including a number of Private Member’s Bills that he presented. He said that his motions addressed social needs, and proposed moves to boost the development of tourism, agriculture, and fisheries.
One of the Private Member's Bills that was presented by 'Etuate, which caused an uproar in the House, was for newspapers to get permission before printing the names and photographs of private citizens.
‘Etuate believes that it is important for him to serve a second term in the House so that he can push for the implementation of his motions and bills.
"If they will be implemented, Tonga will be fine," he said.
‘Etuate agreed that there is a need for political changes but he supports the dialogue approach. He said that the other alternative, "is to take up arms and to fight government", but he does not favor that.
Despite ‘Etuate’s support for a dialogue approach to bring about political change, he confessed that actually he did not think it will work, and therefore no political change will take place.
‘Etuate Lavulavu has been an odd ball among the nine People's Representatives in the House. At one time when all the PRs walked out of the House, on the next day ‘Etuate returned while the others were still out. On a couple of occasions in the House he has threatened to drop People's Representative ‘Akilisi Pohiva to the floor, and in one instance he was very lucky not to have gone down himself.
Last year 'Etuate was apprehended by the FBI in the United States while trying to board a flight from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. ‘Etuate was enroute to a Commonwealth Parliamentary meeting in Bangladesh. He never made it to the meeting and his arrest opened up an old fraud case against him for an alleged falsifying of immigration papers for Tongans to become American Citizens. He was charged with 11 felonies but convicted on only two counts of illegal use of a birth certificate in the State of Utah District Court, U.S.A., where State prosecutors said they allowed ‘Etuate Lavulavu to plead guilty to the two class B misdemeanor counts. Apparently the state did not want to spend any more money to find witnesses and evidence, and in the end ‘Etuate only had to pay costs.
The local newspaper reported that questions remain about the fate of the 60 or 70 Tongans who obtained U.S. citizenship under false circumstances as part of a forgery scheme involving ‘Etuate and his convicted brother, Samuel, and a U.S. State employee.
‘Etuate has spent much of his energies in recent years on establishing a new school in Nuku'alofa called the ‘Unuaki ‘o Tonga Institute and seeking government subsidies for it.
Then following the closure of the House last November ‘Etuate elevated his academic status to become a self-professed PhD and a professor.
‘Etuate said that the Professorship was awarded to him by the King of Tonga on December 9, following the first graduation ceremony of his newly founded ‘Unuaki ‘o Tonga Institute - less than a year old. The King is the patron of the ‘Unuaki ‘o Tonga Institute.
And as for the PhD, ‘Etuate said he started working on it in 2000 at the University of Phoenix. He then resumed working on it, doing correspondence studies with the University of Eden Vale, UK, in 2002 until it was completed in 2004. ‘Etuate said he did not attend the graduation ceremony but the university posted him his PhD on "Educational Leadership".
The Director of Education said that the Ministry does not recognise ‘Etuate’s professorship because they do not know on what academic background and from what institution the professorship was awarded.
The supervisor of election, Pita Vuki, said he had no legal responsibility to verify that the academic qualifications of candidates are genuine.
February 10, 2005
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‘Etuate Lavulavu is a Tongan politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga for Vavaʻu.
Lavulavu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University–Hawaii followed by a Master of Arts from Brigham Young University in Utah. He publicly claimed to have a PhD from the University of Edenvale, and began referring to himself as "Professor" but this was proven to be false, and the institution was recognised as a scam outfit that sells fraudulent higher education certificates online. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2002 election. During his tenure he was arrested in Utah, USA in October 2003 over an immigration scam and was later convicted in 2004, although he had been running from the law since 26 felony charges were brought against him in 1997. He lost his seat in 2005, but was re-elected in the 2008 election. A Deseret Article posted 2003 reports of his criminal allocations in which he was allegedly granted bail. There are no records that he completed a Masters program.
In 2003 Lavulavu apologised to the House after an altercation with fellow MP ʻAkilisi Pohiva. In 2004 he was suspended from Parliament for three days for disrupting the proceedings of the House.
In the November 2010 general election, standing in newly districted single-seat constituency of Vavaʻu 14, he lost his seat to Lisiate ‘Akolo, obtaining 540 votes (22.7%) to ‘Akolo's 665 (28%).
Lavulavu is a Latter Day Saint. more from Wikipedia -
SAI KE TAU 'ILO KO E 'OTU MATA'ITOHI KO E KOTO LOI 'E'E?? 'ATA'ATAA PE IA. MALIE 'ETUATE MATA FEFEKA HE LOI TAU ATU TAU MAI LAVULAVU
HE SIANA 'ENE TA'EMANINIA 'I HE'ENE LOHIAKI'I E LA'AA KUO UNGA FONUA TUPOU IV.KUO HOKO E LOI KO HONO KAKANO PEA KO HONO TAULEVA PE IA KI HE PA'ANGANGALU. -
God bless Tonga
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Malie pea toe lesoni e ngaahi tali 'a Lavulavu. Mahino mai koe ngaahi mata'itohi na'e katoanga'i i mu'a 'oku 'ikia mo'oni ia ee. .