Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1977Vol. 48, No. 10

Tuvalu elections

p. 18 · Read in the full issue

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Tuvalu's elections for the House of Assembly at the end of August saw the defeat of two stalwarts, Isakaia Paeniu (Nukulaelae), who was beaten by 14 votes by ex-Financial Secretary Henry Naisali, and Slone Tui Kleis (Nui), Speaker in the last House, who lost by one vote to Petero Koveu. Naisali is confidently expected by some to become Tuvalu’s Chief Minister and, probably, its first Prime Minister. The new House will have 12 elected members, an increase of four. These seats were won by ex-junior civil servants Alia Tav i t a (Funafuti), Motofoua Peso (Nanumea), Tepepe Papua (Niutao) and Thomas Puapua (Vaitupu).

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