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Mareva would only be the second woman appointed to head the legal office. Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu is the first
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The Commission has received legal advice from the Attorney General that the Public Service charges against Lolofie cannot now be heard because the Commission's authority to hear the charges lapsed when Lolofie's contract expired
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