Drop in support for democracy movement predicted
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With Tonga set to vote in its next parliament later this week, at least one analyst is predicting the Pro-Democracy movement can expect a drop in support. In 2010, the Tongan people, will for the first time, elect the MP's which will form the island nation's government. Currently the government is appointed by His Majesty King George the Fifth. For many years the pro-democracy movement has dominated the people's representatives. But many of those MP's are facing charges over the riots of November 2006, which destroyed central Nuku'alofa, left seven people dead, and still has the city under emergency law.
Presenter: Campbell Cooney
Times of Tonga publisher Kalafi Moala
