Today's scheduled sitting of the Tonga Parliament has been deferred.
No new date has been given in what is the second deferral of parliament in a little over a week.
It comes as the government needs to present and pass the Budget, and to also confront the issue of four MPs, including three cabinet ministers losing their seats after being found to have bribed voters in last year's election.
Tonga's Legislative Assembly at its temporary location in the Tongan National Cultural Centre Photo: VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox
By law, the Parliament is required to "unseat the members" whose elections have been declared void by the Supreme Court.
But the Prime Minister, Huakavameliku Sioasi Sovaleni, is yet to act.
He has to date been happy for the MPs, who include his finance minister and his deputy, to hold their places, ahead of appeals of the court decisions.
Their support will also be critical to the passing of the Budget.
The government had announced late last week that the Budget was ready and had been submitted to Parliament.
It was to be the first item on parliament's agenda today.
