However the aim of the people's representatives (today) is to form an opposition so that there will always be debates and confrontation which could r… - Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga

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However the aim of the people's representatives (today) is to form an opposition so that there will always be debates and confrontation which could result in the house being not able to do any work.

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About Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (4 July 1918 – 10 September 2006) was the King of Tonga from 16 December 1965 until his death in 2006. He was the eldest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III and served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 1949 to 1965.

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Native Name: Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV'
Alternative Names: Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
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I shall be the first head of state to visit a reunited Berlin. Tonga had an understanding with Bismarck and provided coaling stations for German ships. It was before our Treaty of Friendship with Britain. Germany was a South Pacific colonial power - in Samoa and New Guinea - until 1919. There is thus some historic significance in my going there now, I suppose.

The history of Tonga tells us that the governing of the country was carried out by the King himself. When parliament was installed it was then carried out by the king in partnership with the nobles, then the people's representatives were brought in, still to be in partnership with the King and the nobles to work together.

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