Samoa's PM-elect slams rival's 'games' amid vote crisis

Samoa's PM-elect slams rival's 'games' amid vote crisis
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25/05/2021 - 04:00
Samoa's Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has accused her predecessor, who has refused to cede power, of playing 'electoral games' Handout Fa’atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST)/AFP/File
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Apia (Samoa) (AFP)
A constitutional crisis in the Pacific nation of Samoa headed back to the courts on Tuesday as Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa dismissed the "electoral games" of her predecessor, who has refused to relinquish power.
Mata'afa was sworn in as the country's first female prime minister at an extraordinary ceremony in a tent outside parliament on Monday after the island nation's long-serving ruler refused to cede power and ordered the doors of the building to be locked.

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