A petition from the People's Committee for Political Reform in Tonga calling for the removal of the Prime Minister and his deputy is now with the King.
The number two People's Representative on Tongatapu and a member of the committee, Isileli Pulu, says just over 5,000 people signed the document.
The submission comes as a Royal Commission of Inquiry continues into the August sinking of the Princess Ashika ferry, in which 74 people drowned.
Mr Pulu says the committee wants the King to replace Drs Feleti Sevele and Viliami Tangi because of the way they handled the disaster.
"We are hoping for the King to give us an answer, we don't know when but we're still hoping that he will because it's very serious. We submitted many petitions before but we hadn't received any response most of the time, no."
Isileli Pulu of Tonga's People's Committee for Political Reform.
