Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni has abruptly resigned ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught relations between his government and the Pacific nation’s royal family. … Sovaleni, who took office in 2021, resigned before facing a vote of no confidence on Monday afternoon brought on by opposition lawmakers. His leadership had survived a previous no-confidence vote in September 2023. A statement on the Tongan parliament’s Facebook page said the prime minister had quit ‘for the good of the country and moving Tonga forward.'” (12/09/24)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/tonga-prime-minister-resigns-ahead-of-no-confidence-vote