Government Petition

Tonga petition to be answered next week

Tonga's Finance Minister says he is confident allegations calling for an investigation into himself and six of his cabinet colleagues will be satisfactorily answered next week.

Pohiva Tu'ionetoa is named in a petition tabled in parliament which alleges the ministers breached the Constitution and acted illegally.

The petition also accuses them of bad governance and misuse of government properties and taxpayers' money.