Vol. 75/No. 7      February 21, 2011

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California

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Wrong headline
I wanted to draw your attention to the headline “King of Tonga resists democratic reform vote” in issue no. 5, which did not accurately reflect the content of the article.

While, after the election, the nine members of parliament from the country’s nobility were able to win the support of the five independent members and secure the election of a noble as prime minister, therefore blocking the ability of the Democratic Party to form a government, I have seen nothing that suggests the king himself was part of this process.

While his interests as monarch and that of the nobility would be expected to mostly coincide, that is not always the case.

In recent years, as the article says, the king has officially backed limited democratic reforms, under the pressure of demands to modernize the country.

Felicity Coggan
Auckland, New Zealand  
 
 
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