THE Legislative Assembly of Tonga will resume sitting next Monday, August 1, 2022. This will be the first sitting since the House passed the 2022/2023 National Budget in June.

12 July 2022 – Lord Vaea represented the Lord Speaker and the Legislative Assembly of Tonga in a condolence call at the Japanese Embassy’s Office in Nuku’alofa, following the untimely passing on 8 July 2022 of Mr ABE Shinzo, Former Prime Minister of Japan and a towering figure in Japanese politics and diplomacy.

Conducting and running parliamentary sittings during the Pandemic was the common challenge that most Parliaments in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific including Tonga faced in the last 12 to 18 months. This was raised during presentations and country reports from all jurisdictions.