Following the election Viliami Tangi was appointed interim Speaker.[34] Three candidates initially announced their candidacy for Prime Minister: interim Prime Minister Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, former Finance Minister ʻAisake Eke, and former Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni.[35][36] Tuʻiʻonetoa later withdrew his candidacy, leaving Sovaleni as the frontrunner.[37]