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	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - TUVALU: Deputy PM concerned over constitutional change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Saufatu Sopoanga is concerned the mid year referendum is being under-sold to the people of Tuvalu as simply a change to the country's head of State.
		SOPOANGA: It raises the question of the head of state but the real question is whether the people, the majority people of Tuvalu wants to continue the current government, the model of government or wants to have a change.
		SOPOANGA: Most of the older segment of the population would tend to have that sort of view, that they would continue to stay with the Queen, even with the British flag in the Tuvalu flag.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s1322715.htm (522 words)

	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - TUVALU: Acting PM still reeling from no confidence vote
		Tuvalu's Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga was yesterday taken by surprise when the opposition tabled a vote of no confidence in him.
		SOPOANGA: "Well on the first day of this parliament session yesterday one of the members of the opposition raised a motion without notice so the Speaker agreed for this to be raised, so it proceeded.
		SOPOANGA: "Yes, because they still don't have the numbers, so I'm asking the chap in New Zealand who has improved a lot if he would be able to spare a couple of days to come for this election and we can go back to be able to hold a majority."
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s1185916.htm (564 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga urged industrialized nations Wednesday to cut greenhouse-gas emissions as soon as possible by shifting to renewable energy sources, fearing his island nation will sink if global warming continues.
		Sopoanga said his government does not want to see people leaving Tuvalu, saying they need to protect their homeland as well as preserve their sovereignty, culture and tradition.
		Sopoanga was on a seven-day trip to Japan to discuss bilateral ties with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /news/archives/2003/2003-12-18.htm (320 words)

	Pacific Islands
		smarting from a prolonged but unsuccessful attempt to topple him as prime minister of one of the region's tiniest democracies, Saufatu Sopoanga is not one to rest on his laurels.
		But Chief Justice Gordon Ward threw out the petition, saying Sopoanga hasn't breached the constitution by running a minority government although the onus is for the Governor-General to act, if he wants to solve the impasse.
		This, according to Sopoanga was the respite he had been praying for.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm122003/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0021 (735 words)

	Freedom in the World 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Such frequent changes as a result of no-confidence votes in parliament have sustained a debate in the last decade over whether citizens should be allowed to choose their leader directly rather than through parliament, which is driven by factional politics.
		On July 3, the opposition took Sopoanga to court for refusing to convene parliament after the election of the new speaker in mid-June following an intervention by the governor-general, who also ordered that parliament be convened.
		Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga was first elected to power in the July 2002 general election.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2004/countryratings/tuvalu.htm (942 words)

	CPA - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Directory of Parliaments and Legislatures Search - Parliament of Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Political makeup of government: Saufatu Sopoanga was elected by Parliament as prime minister on 2 August 2002.
		Sopoanga was defeated in a vote of no confidence on 25 August 2004, and immediately resigned both as prime minister and as a member of parliament.
		Sopoanga was re-elected as a member of parliament in a by-election on 7 October, and on 11 October Toafa was elected prime minister.
	www.cpahq.org /directory/printpage/default.aspx?orgid=190 (317 words)

	Pacific Islands
		Saufatu Sopoang - Tuvalu PM When Saufatu Sopoanga singles out political stability as a priority of his government, he has no choice but to bank his career on that belief.
		Eight months down the road, Sopoanga is in the office Luka once had, and it's obvious he doesn't want to end up the same way.
		Sopoanga, on the other hand, included in his cabinet former prime minister, Bikenibeu Paeniu, who made a successful return to Tuvalu's legislature.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm92002/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0039 (1027 words)

	Tuvalu PM keeps opposition guessing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since the May by-elections in which the government lost its one seat majority, the Opposition has repeatedly written to PM Sopoanga requesting that he recall parliament to hear a vote of no confidence in the government.
		But the Prime Minister Mr Sopoanga is now confident that their on-going negotiations with members of the opposition will result in the majority edging back in the governments favour.
		SOPOANGA: "That in the interest of the country and the nation that this government has not done anything wrong, not done any major mistake to prevent someone from the other side coming to the government, give support to it.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/08/28/28regj.html (933 words)

	Go Asia Pacific On Location Pacific - TUVALU: PM agress with assesment of rising poverty and low growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SOPOANGA: "We are focussing on setting up a joint fisheries to be able to harvest some of our, put value on some of our...
		SOPOANGA: "No, no, not setting up a cannery, it is setting up an export integrated export industry in Tuvalu through obtaining a couple of ships, mainly long-liners to fish our EZ area, and bringing in the catch to the capital island, and then selling it as Tuvalu's export from the capital island.
		SOPOANGA: I'm hoping that there would be a quick upturn on the world economy so that we can have some benefits received from our Tuvalu trust fund, which for the last three years we have not received any drawdown from it.
	www.goasiapacific.com /location/pacific/GAPLocPacificStories_1030611.htm (736 words)

	The Head Heeb: Constitutional games
		The back story: In the last general election, a group of legislators aligned with Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga (Tuvalu doesn't have formal political parties) obtained an 8-7 majority in Parliament.
		Armed with that ruling, the opposition gave Sopoanga a last chance to recall Parliament before the governor-general did so for him, and the prime minister has now given in.
		The drama isn't over yet, and Sopoanga may have the last laugh; in a country without political parties, it is easy for legislators to switch factions, and Sopoanga has predicted that at least two opposition deputies will cross the floor.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/015350.html (766 words)

	Tuvalu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Koloa Talake was chosen to succeed him, but he lost his seat in the elections in July, 2002.
		Saufatu Sopoanga became prime minister the following month.
		Sopoanga lost a no-confidence vote two years later, and in Oct., 2004, Maatia Toafa succeeded him.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/65/tu/Tuvalu.html (392 words)

	Tuvalu -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga was defeated by a vote of no confidence in August 2004.
		Because all seats in the 15-member legislature had to be filled before a vote for prime minister could be taken, Sopoanga resigned his seat to buy more time for negotiating a return to power.
		The new prime minister was Saufatu Sopoaga, the former minister of finance.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9398453 (778 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Tuvalu, prime minister Saufatu Sopoanga will have to wait until Cabinet sits on Friday to find out if the Government has managed to hang on to a narrow majority.
		COUTTS: The by-elections were scheduled after Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga's majority was threatened after losing two of his supporters in February.
		And Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga is in for a nervous wait because the Cabinet session scheduled for Thursday has been delayed until Friday.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /news/archives/2003/2003-05-06.htm (373 words)

	Tuvalu - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		General elections were held on 25 July 2002, with Hon Saufatu Sopoanga appointed as Prime Minister of Tuvalu replacing Hon Koloa Talake.
		On 25 August 2004 the Sopoanga Government lost a parliamentary vote of no-confidence moved by the Leader of the Opposition, Apisai Ielemia.
		Sopoanga resigned as Prime Minister and a Member of Parliament on 28 August, necessitating a by-election in the seat of Nukufatau, which Sopoanga won on 7 October.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/tuvalu/tuvalu_brief.html (834 words)

	Worldandnation: Island paradise Tuvalu can't escape real world
		Kilei, from outlying Nui atoll, led an opposition bid last year to bring down Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga's government, the latest in a series of political scuffles that gave Tuvalu four prime ministers in three years.
		The square-jawed Sopoanga, an ex-civil servant, survived by delaying a Parliament session until he could woo a Kilei supporter away.
		Sopoanga's government hopes to arrange contingency evacuation plans with New Zealand, but Tuvaluans are torn.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/06/20/Worldandnation/Island_paradise_Tuval.shtml (861 words)

	PM to reconvene parliament next month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tuvalu's Prime Minister, Saufatu Sopoanga, says he now has the numbers to reconvene parliament and plans to do so next month.
		Mr Sopoanga, who has the support of seven in the 15-member house, says up to three opposition MPs are expected to cross the floor to his government side.
		Mr Sopoanga says he met with the Attorney General and the Governor General to inform them of his plans.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/08/26/26b.html (137 words)

	Saufatu Sopoanga -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Saufatu Sopoanga -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Saufatu Sopoanga is a former prime minister and foreign minister of (A group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii) Tuvalu.
		He is a former finance minister who was elected Prime Minister by MPs on 2 August 2002 after the general election in which previous prime minister (Click link for more info and facts about Koloa Talake) Koloa Talake lost his seat.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saufatu_sopoanga.htm (194 words)

	troovel.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In July 2002, Saufatu Sopoanga emerged as the new premier.
		However, dissatisfaction quickly accrued and, eventually, an opposition-sponsored vote of confidence in August 2004 saw Sopoanga lose by eight votes to six.
		He quickly resigned and a parliamentary vote saw Maatia Toafa, former deputy Prime Minister, be inaugurated.
	troovel.com /country/tuvalu/1452/HistoryGovernment/en (507 words)

	Tuvalu Island Government Information
		This in part reflects the pressures affecting the small nation, including the transition from an exchange economy to a money economy, an inherited system of government with only limited regard to Tuvaluan traditions of decision making, and the lack of clear path to implement Tuvalu's vision for the future.
		Saufatu Sopoanga, a former civil servant, became Prime Minister in August 2002.
		He was replaced by Maatia Toafa in October 2004 after a vote of no confidence in August 2004.
	www.traveldocs.com /tv/govern.htm (448 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Division - Tuvalu Political, Economic and Relationship Country Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hon Saufatu Sopoanga was appointed as Prime Minister replacing Hon Koloa Talake.
		Sopoanga resigned as Prime Minister and a Member of Parliament on 28 August 2004, necessitating a by-election in the seat of Nukufatau, which Sopoanga won on 7 October 2004.
		Former Prime Minister Sopoanga was a frequent visitor to New Zealand, including to the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland in August last year, and the Special Leaders Retreat in April this year.
	www.mft.govt.nz /foreign/regions/pacific/country/tuvalupaper.html (2225 words)

	Go Asia Pacific On Location Pacific - TUVALU: PM on notice from Opposition to recall parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tuvalu's Opposition has given Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga until the end of this week to announce a date for the resumption of Parliament, before it calls on the Governor-General to force the governnent's hand.
		In May this year, Mr Sopoanga's government was thrown into turmoil after it lost its one-seat majority following by-elections in Nanumea and Niutau.The opposition has since argued that the Government is no longer in a position to govern and want Parliament recalled to hear a vote of no confidence.
		Both the Governor General, Sir Dr Thomasi Puapua, and prime minister Saufatu Sopoanga were approached by Pacific Beat - but were unavailable for comment.
	www.goasiapacific.com /location/pacific/GAPLocPacificStories_924490.htm (1119 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		Speaking exclusively to PACNEWS, Minister for Transport Saufatu Sopoanga said Tuvalu has raised its concerns with the Fiji-based airline, which currently services Tuvalu.
		It is the safety of the Tuvaluan people we are dealing with," Mr Sopoanga said.
		"We are also concerned that the aircraft is not internationally certified." Mr Sopoanga said a trial period should be given for the aircraft to prove itself.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GH03Ad03.html (501 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - By-election puts former Tuvalu PM back in parliament
		Tuvalu's former prime minister, Saufatu Sopoanga, has been re-elected as the member for Nukufetau.
		Mr Sopoanga won the seat by 59 votes over the only other candidate, Lotoala Metia, in Thursday's by-election.
		The by-election was called after Mr Sopoanga resigned and the government was ousted from office in August by a vote of no-confidence.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1215390.htm (119 words)

	Asia Times: Tuvalu's PM cancels Honolulu travel over school inferno
		Secretary to Government Saufatu Sopoanga said the change in plans results from the ''devastating fire incident at our national secondary school over the weekend''.
		Sopoanga said Prime Minister Ionatana will be represented at the meeting, which begins Thursday, by Deputy Prime Minister Lagitupu Tuilimu.
		The two-day session will consider such matters as a memorandum of understanding between the Conference of Leaders and the East-West Center and a strategic plan for the Center's Pacific Islands Development Program.
	www.atimes.com /oceania/BC16Ah02.html (188 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World
		Nearly every month the low-lying atolls are swamped with sea water during high tide, and locals fear time is running out for their tiny nation.
		"It is affecting the food supply of the island the very livelihood of the people," says Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga.
		While international scientists are divided over how fast the sea is rising in tuvalu, Hilia Vavae of Tuvalu's meteorological office says her figures show it is increasing by a centimetre a year.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,258464-1-9,00.html (224 words)

	Tuvalu (12/03)
		The rulings of the High Court can be appealed to the Fiji Court of Appeal.
		Head of the Government (Prime Minister)--Saufatu Sopoanga (also Minister of Foreign Affairs)
		He replaced Koloa Talake, who had replaced Faimalaga Luka after a vote of no confidence in 2001.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/t/37834.htm (1658 words)

	15/8/2002 -- Aust stance on Kyoto slammed
		For the six Smaller Island States - Nuie, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, the Cook Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu - rising sea levels are a more immediate issue.
		They called for urgent action and while not singling out Australia in their joint statement, Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga said he wanted to name Australia, along with the US, for failing to ratify Kyoto.
		Australia is one of our traditional donors," Mr Sopoanga told reporters.
	www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=14333 (907 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Asia Pacific News - Tuvalu PM asks Japan for support against global warming
		Tuvalu's prime minister, Saufatu Sopoanga, has held talks with his Japanese counterpart, Junichiro Koizumi, about environmental degradation in the tiny Pacific country.
		Mr Sopoanga explained to the Japanese leader the threats of global warming to his country, including rising sea levels and subsequent land submergence.
		He called on Mr Koizumi to muster the support of the international community for assistance.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1013011.htm (230 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Solofa Uota, the Tuvaluan Deputy High Commissioner to Fiji, things are starting to "normalise" due to the lifting of the trade ban on Fiji from New Zealand and Australia to follow suit.
		Tuvalu's Secretary of Government, Saufatu Sopoanga, told Pacific Journalism Online that delays had been experienced in receiving food and other goods from Australia and New Zealand.
		But according to Deputy High Commissioner Uota, Tuvalu has not experienced any major disruption in its communications or its air services from Fiji with Air Fiji providing airlinks between the two island states.
	journalism.uts.edu.au /archive/fiji_coup/0630tuvalu.html (213 words)

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