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The outgoing adviser to the Tongan government says they have achieved some results despite the many challenges since the elections a year ago.

A prominent publisher in Tonga says Pacific governments are finding it difficult to implement reforms because of bureaucracy within the civil service.

Tonga's newly elected prime minister, Akilisi Pohiva, is this morning being sworn in by King Tupou the 6th.

A prominent publisher with links to the Democratic Party in Tonga says the new Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva's trademark will be his delegation and facilitation skills.

Tonga's parliamentarians have elected the veteran democracy campaigner, Akilisi Pohiva, as the country's new prime minister.

Concerns have been raised in Tonga at the management of large funds such as a new US$16 million aid grant from China.

A prominent Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala, who is closely involved with the Democratic Party, says it is confident of winning the support of several of the nine nobles in the new parliament.

Veteran Tonga pro-democracy campaigner Akilisi Pohiva has easily won his Tongatapu 1 seat in Thursday elections but his party did not fare as well as expected.

An activist working with Tonga's Democrats says this year's election is one of the calmest in memory.

Nominations for next month's elections in Tonga end this afternoon, and already there are signs this poll will be markedly different from the last one.