Tongan's special election on track for November 2010

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Updated November 3, 2009 17:43:58

Tonga is on track to hold elections for a new, more representative parliament in a year's time, according to the prime minister's office. This is despite parliament still not having voted on proposals to change the composition of the house, and alter the electoral system. Tonga's political system has in the past been criticised as giving more power to the King and the Nobles rather than the people. But a commission on electoral reform is recommending changes which will see the majority of MPs elected by the people, beginning with a special election in November next year. Lopeti Senituli, spokesman for the Tongan prime minister, Dr Fred Sevele. tells Bruce Hill that the timetable to hold the special election can and will be met.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speaker: Lopeti Senituli, spokesman for the Tongan prime minister

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