9 Nov 2017

Wilson to lead Tonga election observer group

2:33 pm on 9 November 2017

A former Attorney General of New Zealand Margaret Wilson will lead the Commonwealth team observing Tonga's election.

Professor Margaret Wilson

Professor Margaret Wilson Photo: Supplied

The team includes Nauru's Electoral Commissioner Joseph Cain, Fiji's Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem and a human rights lawyer from Swaziland Lomcebo Dlamini.

The Commonwealth Observer Group will be in Tonga from today until 20 November.

The election is being held next Thursday.

Official observers from the Pacific Islands Forum and the US Embassy in Suva will also be watching the election.

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