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TONGA - DEMOCRACY

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Year
1992
Reference
10123
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1992
Reference
10123
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:06:26
Credits
RNZ Collection
Pohiva, 'Akilisi, 1941-2019, Interviewee
Robinson, Geoff, Interviewer

About 600-700 people have attended the first day of a pro-democracy conference in Tonga.
Tonga is a kingdom with a Parliament dominated by nobles and members selected by the king. Tongan Radio was banned from broadcasting news of the conference and overseas speakers barred from attending.
Geoff Robinson interviews Samuel 'Akilisi Pohiva, pro-democracy politician and campaigner in Tonga.