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May 27, 2021
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so the country can rebuild. The country is in a constitutional crisis after the FAST party, which won a one-seat majority in the April 9 election, was blocked from entering Parliament ... <a title="Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/fiame-calls-for-tuilaepa-to-end-samoas-enormous-assault/" aria-label="Read more about Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’">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 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>
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May 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Samoa’s judiciary sent a powerful message today to the other two branches of the country’s democracy amid a political crisis branded by critics as an attempted coup by the outgoing government that has held power for four decades. Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese along with all members of the Samoan judiciary ... <a title="Samoan judiciary sends powerful rule of law message over ‘coup bid’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/samoan-judiciary-sends-powerful-rule-of-law-message-over-coup-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan judiciary sends powerful rule of law message over ‘coup bid’">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s constitutional crisis deepened today with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of Parliament, but still insisting it can form a government today. The FAST party, its leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and a large number of supporters gathered in a tent on the lawn in ... <a title="FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/fast-party-locked-out-of-samoas-fale-fono-as-election-turmoil-continues/" aria-label="Read more about FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil continues">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appealed for people in Samoa to uphold its democracy and institutions. Speaking on RNZ’s Morning Report today, she said New Zealand was closely watching events. “We have faith in Samoa’s democracy and institutions,” she said. [embedded content]The scene outside the Fale ... <a title="NZ’s Ardern appeals to Samoans to uphold democracy as crisis deepens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/nzs-ardern-appeals-to-samoans-to-uphold-democracy-as-crisis-deepens/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Ardern appeals to Samoans to uphold democracy as crisis deepens">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in Apia. Without explanation, the Head of State Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi announced he was suspending tomorrow’s sitting of Parliament. The opposition FAST party had been expected to secure a majority of ... <a title="Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/samoa-supreme-court-hears-fast-party-challenge-over-shock-edict/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April’s general election after weeks of political deadlock. Leaders of the majority FAST party – which won 26 of 51 seats – met with Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aleto’a Sualauvi II today to request that Parliament be called ... <a title="Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-head-of-state-will-convene-fono-parliament-to-swear-in-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Barney Orere in Port Moresby The five reserved seats for women being put forward by Papua New Guinea’s special parliamentary committee on gender-based violence has been rejected by women and a petition is on its way to demand different proposal. The women will petition the parliamentary committee to voice their disapproval about the five ... <a title="PNG women reject 5-seat gender plan as a ‘farce’, propose new scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/png-women-reject-5-seat-gender-plan-as-a-farce-propose-new-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about PNG women reject 5-seat gender plan as a ‘farce’, propose new scheme">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and statehood. This is about acknowledging the humanity and dignity of Palestinians at a time when they are facing extreme violence and degradation, once ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/golriz-ghahraman-our-stand-for-the-statehood-rights-of-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand’s Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition about race-based policy. Opposition conservative National Party leader Judith Collins was asking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about her views of the He Puapua report, which provides recommendations to the government ... <a title="NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/nz-parliament-ejects-maori-party-co-leader-rawiri-waititi-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the government can uphold tangata whenua rights by giving affect to tino rangatiratanga, has become bogged down in the swamp of politics. New Zealand was one of four countries that voted ... <a title="He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/he-puapua-report-proposals-bogged-down-in-swamp-of-politics/" aria-label="Read more about He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’">Read more</a>
