Tongan general election, 2002

Parliamentary elections were held in Tonga on March 7, 2002 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.^[1] Supporters of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement won seven of the nine seats for people's representatives. Voter turnout was 48.9%.^[2]

Following the election, HRDM leader 'Akilisi Pohiva was arrested and charged with sedition over allegations of royal corruption published during the run-up to the election.^[3] He was later acquitted by a jury.^[4]

References

↑ James, Kerry (2002). "The Recent Elections in Tonga: Democratic Supporters Win but Does Democracy Follow?". Journal of Pacific History 37 (3): 313–322. doi:10.1080/0022334022000047858.
↑ James, p. 314.
↑ Michael Field (2002-05-13). "Tonga's king centre piece in sedition court case against politicians and journalists". Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
↑ "MPs acquitted on sedition charges". The Age. 2003-05-20. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

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