Tuvalu ponders relevance of Queen as Head of State Tuvalu ponders relevance of Queen as Head of State Apr 20, 2021
The status of the Queen as Head of State in Tuvalu will again come under scrutiny as the first public consultation for Tuvalu s Constitutional Review gets underway. The Constitutional Review process began in 2016 and has undergone a number of different phases. Beginning from Tuvalu s July 2020 Parliament Session, the Review is being conducted by a Constitutional Review Parliamentary Select Committee composed of five Members of Parliament, chair of the Committee and Minister for Justice Simon Kofe told
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The current public consultation process began yesterday (April 19, 2021) and will continue after the end of the April 2021 Parliament Session. Topics include The Queen as Tuvalu s Head of State; Tuvalu s Current Bill of Rights; Its Relationship with Culture and Tradition; and Balancing Culture, Tradition, and Human Rights