Tonga’s government elected a new leader on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly after a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal family. Veteran politician ’Aisake Valu Eke was voted prime minister by secret ballot in parliament, securing 16 votes to his opponent Viliami Latu’s eight. Eke was first elected to parliament in 2010 and served as finance minister between 2014 and 2017. Former prime minister Siaosi Sovaleni resigned two weeks ago after butting heads with Tonga’s influential King Tupou VI, fuelling speculation of a deepening rift between the monarch and his government. Oxford-educated Sovaleni, who was
