Tonga PM Sovaleni resigns ahead of no confidence vote, local media reports


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  • Monday, 09 Dec 2024

FILE PHOTO: Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi 'Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., Sept. 27, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. Edwards/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni has resigned ahead of a motion for a vote of no confidence expected to be put to parliament later on Monday, local media reported.

"I'll be resigning immediately according to the constitution," Sovaleni told the Pacific nation's parliament, according to a report on the Matangi Tonga news website citing the parliament office.

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