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June 18, 2021
By Soli Wilson in Apia A Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) associate minister has had his seat of Sagaga 2 in the Samoa general election declared void by the Supreme Court following a legal challenge, triggering a byelection. This means previously elected Member of Parliament Seiuli Ueligitone Seiuli, a member of the HRPP has been ... <a title="Samoan court declares Sagaga 2 seat void – 26-24 balance for FAST" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/samoan-court-declares-sagaga-2-seat-void-26-24-balance-for-fast/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan court declares Sagaga 2 seat void – 26-24 balance for FAST">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In the latest twist in Samoa’s political rollercoaster, the FAST party has accused the rival HRPP leader of contempt of court, reports Pacific Media Network News. Tuila’epa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has been accused of ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to convene Parliament, when FAST should have been sworn in as government. ... <a title="Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/10/samoas-caretaker-pm-tuilaepa-sued-for-contempt-of-court/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect, FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, says negotiations remain at an impasse between her party and the rival Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP). The parties met yesterday in Apia to try and resolve the stalemate resulting from the April 9 election. In a statement last night, Fiame maintained that FAST ... <a title="Samoa leadership talks fail to resolve political impasse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/samoa-leadership-talks-fail-to-resolve-political-impasse/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa leadership talks fail to resolve political impasse">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board Buoyed as he is by [Wednesday’s] court decision, Samoa’s caretaker Prime Minister has shown a character flaw weighing down upon our national politics: an inability to face up to hard truths. Despite Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi having just alleged the judiciary was conspiring against him, the Appellate Court ... <a title="Samoa Observer: For Tuilaepa, the truth hurts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/05/samoa-observer-for-tuilaepa-the-truth-hurts/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: For Tuilaepa, the truth hurts">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific The leaders of Samoa’s two main political parties have finally found something to agree upon since the April 9 general election – they will meet. Following yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling, both the caretaker prime minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi and prime minister-elect, FAST Party leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, announced they plan to meet. ... <a title="Samoa’s two leaders both keen to meet following appeal court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/samoas-two-leaders-both-keen-to-meet-following-appeal-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s two leaders both keen to meet following appeal court ruling">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of the Samoa Observer Samoa’s 59th Independence Day has come and gone, without the usual fanfare and intense patriotism we have grown accustomed to from previous years. What we’ve seen for the last few weeks and indeed months has tested the strength of our democracy at the highest of levels ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/samoa-observer-democracy-tested-as-samoa-celebrates-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific A Court of Appeal decision today may pave the way for the FAST party to assume control of the Samoan government. Samoa’s Court of Appeal has voided the legal challenge by a Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) women’s candidate, who said she was wrongly removed as an MP. Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tuuau had been ... <a title="Samoan court voids appeal over additional women’s seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/samoan-court-voids-appeal-over-additional-womens-seat/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan court voids appeal over additional women’s seat">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer’s editorial board Amid a mountainload of work this week in the [Samoan] Attorney-General’s Office – as the caretaker government’s lawyers look over the constitution for ways to “delegitimise” Monday’s Parliament swearing-in of Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party members – Attorney-General Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale still finds time ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The Attorney-General’s fall from grace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/samoa-observer-the-attorney-generals-fall-from-grace/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The Attorney-General’s fall from grace">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Editorial Board As the focus of Samoa’s political crisis shifts to the courtrooms of our Supreme and District Courts, and with Monday, 24 May 2021, going down in the history books as a tale of alternate realities, we are left wondering if there is something missing. Wherever you stand and whoever you ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Where is the Head of State?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/samoa-observer-where-is-the-head-of-state/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Where is the Head of State?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
RNZ News Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect says she does not think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having a hard time letting go of power. Samoa’s Attorney-General has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court, claiming yesterday’s ad-hoc swearing in of the FAST party MPs was unconstitutional. The ... <a title="Samoa incumbent leader needs to ‘get a grip’, says PM-elect Fiame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/samoa-incumbent-leader-needs-to-get-a-grip-says-pm-elect-fiame/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa incumbent leader needs to ‘get a grip’, says PM-elect Fiame">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s FAST Party is expecting to face another day locked out of Parliament today and is also predicting a long year ahead to resolve the country’s constitutional crisis. Accusations of coups and treason are flying as the standoff between the majority FAST party and the defeated caretaker government shows no sign of ending. ... <a title="FAST heading back to court to try and resolve political impasse in Samoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/fast-heading-back-to-court-to-try-and-resolve-political-impasse-in-samoa/" aria-label="Read more about FAST heading back to court to try and resolve political impasse in Samoa">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s election-winning FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has been named the country’s first woman Prime Minister, in a swearing-in ceremony her rival called “treason”. She named her cabinet this afternoon in the ceremony in a large marque tent erected on the Fale Fono (Parliament) grounds. Whether this ad-hoc ceremony will be recognised ... <a title="Samoa’s caretaker leader rejects swearing in of first woman PM as ‘treason’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/samoas-caretaker-leader-rejects-swearing-in-of-first-woman-pm-as-treason/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s caretaker leader rejects swearing in of first woman PM as ‘treason’">Read more</a>
