Tonga’s
Prime Minister is responsible!
“There
is no justification for the actions of those who caused death, injury
and loss”. The action condemned by the Prime
Ministers and diplomats of various countries including the Commonwealth
Secretary General - Don McKinnon. The question often asked by
Tongans: “WHO
IS RESPONSIBLE?” Dr.
Feleti Sevele said, “the government of Tonga is not
to be blamed”, his advisor Lopeti Senituli told TNEWS,
“IT IS partly the government’s
fault......”. The pro-democracy leaders say,
“they are not responsible”. Well, if they
are not responsible, who is then?
In
an exclusive interview with the Chairperson of the Tonga National
Committee for Political Reform - Dr. Sitiveni Halapua provides an
intriguing answer to the one question which dominates the thoughts and
conversations of Tongans at home and abroad. Dr. Halapua
said, “the
day the Prime Minister hijacked the NCPR report’s process and
turned up with his own political model (which
was first given to the people of Tonga via media and not the parliament),
that was the day he stepped out of line. The report indicates
the wish of the Tongan people for their country.
It’s obvious Tongans want political
reformation
but to have it done
peacefully.
The primary purpose of the report is to accomplish the people
of Tonga’s wish. The report mapped out a clear pathway to
accomplish reformation peacefully. That pathway,
was hijacked by the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister of
Tonga, humbly followed the path-way the report sets out to do, Tonga
would not have experienced what they experienced on Thursday, 16th
November 2006. The Prime Minister’s actions fueled
people with anger and to make things worse, he obviously tried to slow
down the debating process of the NCPR report in parliament”.
Well, according to Dr. Sitiveni Halapua, “The
Prime Minister of Tonga is responsible and if he respects the King, the
people, and his role as Prime Minister - he would RESIGN!”
Friday,
1 December 2006
Dr
Sitiveni Halapua speaks out during a TNEWS interview.
Story:
Setita Millar
