Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker 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. The island nation now finds itself in the position of having two governments claiming a mandate to rule, and the UN is urging the party leaders to find a solution through discussion. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson is the editor of Pacific Environment Weekly and has been covering events surrounding Samoa's election.