Sustainable Nation-Building Party
Sustainable Nation-Building Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Sione Fonua |
| Founded | 4 August 2007 |
| Dissolved | 2017 |
The Sustainable Nation-Building Party (Tongan: Paati Langafonua Tuʻuloa) was a political party in Tonga. It was launched on August 4, 2007, in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] It was later launched in Tonga itself on August 18, 2007.[2]
The party's president was Sione Fonua, an Auckland-based lawyer. He planned to move to Tonga before the 2008 elections,[3] but did not aim to contest an election until 2010.[4]
The party ran four candidates in the 2010 elections,[5] but did not win any seats. It intended to recruit more members and candidates and contest the following elections in 2014.[6]
Whilst active the party ran on a vague platform, advocating caution regarding reforms, good governance and economic development; though it did not have a manifesto to explain what it meant by these ideals.[7] The party did not run any candidates at the 2017 election, and is now defunct.
References
- ^ Paati Langafonua Tu'uloa (Sustainable Nation-Building Party) media release
- ^ "Paati Langafonua Tu'uloa". Matangi Tonga. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ "Tonga's newest political party recruiting members". Radio New Zealand International. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Freedom in the World 2010 - Tonga". Refworld. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ "Tonga election residency rules for candidates called draconian". Radio New Zealand International. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Unsuccessful Tonga party eyes next election". Radio New Zealand International. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
- ^ Campbell, I.C. (2012). "The Nettle Grasped: Tonga's New Democracy". The Journal of Pacific History. 47 (2): 211–225. ISSN 0022-3344.