Samoa has been plunged into a constitutional crisis as the woman who won an election last month was locked out of parliament and the previous leader claimed he remained in charge.
It was the latest twist in a bitter power struggle that has been playing out in the Pacific nation since it elected its first female leader.
Prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at parliament on Monday to form a new government, but were not allowed inside.
She and her FAST Party later took oaths and appointed ministers in a ceremony held under a tent in front of the locked parliament, actions that opponents said were illegal.