Tonga's caretaker prime minister says bribing members is not uncommon in parliament.
There have been allegations of nobles attempting to bribe members of the Democratic Party to join forces with them.
Speaking to the Tongan programme Le'o 'o e 'Otu Felenite, 'Akilisi Pohiva says as far as he's concerned, his democratic party is united and no one has buckled under any of the bribes.
He says if re-elected, he's determined to eliminate corruption in government so that they're able to move forward as a nation.
Pohiva says corruption is hindering Tonga's progress and although he cannot get rid of it, they'll definitely try to reduce it.
Nominations for Prime Minister have closed and there are 2 nominations for the post including one for Pohiva.
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