Tonga general election set for November 18

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Published: 07 September 2021

TONGA’s general election has been set for November 18, 2021.

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Parliament passes the Illicit Drugs Control Bill 2021 but did not endorse the death penalty.

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Published: 01 September 2021

Lord Fakafanua, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly submitted the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposed the death penalty for certain offences. This included adding the death penalty for the offence of unlawful import and export of 5kg or more of a Class A illicit drug. It also added the death penalty on the third or consequent strike for any person who without lawful excuse supplies, administers, compels or engages, employs or uses a child for illicit drugs offences.

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