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May 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s incoming leader has condemned the actions of the former government and demanded it hand over power. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, speaking formally as the country’s elected prime minister, slammed the behaviour of Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi and his Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP). Fiame’s FAST party, which won 26 seats in last month’s election ... <a title="Samoa’s Fiame condemns defeated PM Tuilaepa’s ‘perverse’ actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/samoas-fiame-condemns-defeated-pm-tuilaepas-perverse-actions/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Fiame condemns defeated PM Tuilaepa’s ‘perverse’ actions">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
RNZ Saturday Morning Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government locked the doors to Parliament in an attempt to stop prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa being sworn in to office following her FAST party’s one-seat election win. Samoa now finds itself in the position ... <a title="RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/rnz-saturday-morning-how-will-the-samoan-constitutional-crisis-end/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Forty six people from Fiji’s central division where the capital Suva is located, have covid-19 taking the national total to 195 active cases. Fiji has had 360 cases in total since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 161 recoveries and 4 deaths. Health Secretary ... <a title="Fiji records 46 fresh covid cases – highest recorded in a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/fiji-records-46-fresh-covid-cases-highest-recorded-in-a-day/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji records 46 fresh covid cases – highest recorded in a day">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Attorney-General has recalled a scathing media release questioning the integrity of the country’s judiciary. The release demanded that the judges appointed to hear an election appeal be disqualified because of, it was claimed, the judges’ alleged potential conflicts of interest and potential favouritism. “There is now substantive evidence before our office that ... <a title="Samoan A-G recalls statement critical of judiciary as ‘olive branch’ offered to FAST" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/samoan-a-g-recalls-statement-critical-of-judiciary-as-olive-branch-offered-to-fast/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan A-G recalls statement critical of judiciary as ‘olive branch’ offered to FAST">Read more</a>
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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 Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo who was taken into police custody more than two weeks ago. They were also calling for the release of other Papuan political prisoners, and rejecting Jakarta’s ... <a title="Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/indonesian-police-crack-down-on-free-yeimo-west-papuan-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests">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 The next step in the Samoan crisis is to see where the police land and to get a sense of who is going to line up on which side and who will get “the social licence” to be the legitimate government, says a leading New Zealand academic. Associate professor of Pacific studies at ... <a title="Next question is role of police and ‘social licence’ in Samoan crisis, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/next-question-is-role-of-police-and-social-licence-in-samoan-crisis-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Next question is role of police and ‘social licence’ in Samoan crisis, says academic">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 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
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>
