Tonga officially opened its Parliament yesterday, during the speech from the throne, Princess Regent, Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita made it clear the government would move quickly on reform:
She confirmed that the next elections, in 2010, will be conducted under a reformed structure.It's good news, but OTOH, Tonga's corrupt kleptocracy has reneged on such promises in the past, so I'll believe it when I see it.Princess Pilolevu said it would make this session an historically important one, in that it would be the last under a system that has guided the Kingdom of Tonga for the past 133 years.
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Princess Pilolevu said the Tongan Government next month would introduce a bill to establish a constitution and electoral commission to consider the reform and to draft the necessary legislation.