Change in Tonga?

It was a small story in Saturday's Dominion-Post, but a significant one: Tonga's elderly king is expected to sack his Prime Minister and replace him with a commoner. We can but hope. This would signal a sea-change in the kingdom away from noble rule and towards democracy - something that Tongans have waited far too long for. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens over the next month or so...