Robert Tapaitau has been reinstated as Deputy Prime Minister for the second time after suspension amid criminal charges, but a leader of an Opposition party says the reinstatement is ‘unfair’.
A question of theft and fraud still remains among delays hampering the outcome of a high-profile corruption trial involving a suspended Deputy Prime Minister and two former senior public servants.
The final submissions in the high-profile corruption trial involving the suspended Deputy Prime Minister and two former senior public servants have been pushed back after the judge sought clarification on some legal issues at their last hearing.
The trial of former National Environment Service director Nga Puna, his wife and former Secretary of Infrastructure Cook Islands, Diane Charlie-Puna, along with suspended Deputy Prime Minister Robert Tapaitau has wrapped up after close to four weeks.