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Despite a veneer of democracy, Samoa is sliding into autocracy
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Despite a veneer of democracy, Samoa is sliding into autocracy
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Head of State to call for second election in Samoa; FAST reacts with anger
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Thursday, 29 April 2021, 2:34 pm
John Braddock
Nearly three weeks after Samoa’s
elections, the country’s leader of 22 years, Tuilaepa
Sailele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party
(HRPP), is on the verge of being ousted by former deputy and
Samoa’s first female MP Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, leader of
the new FAST (Faith in the One True God) party.
The
HRPP has ruled the small Pacific island country for 39
years, with Malielegaoi one of the world’s longest serving
prime ministers. Despite having only been formed last June,
and running 50 candidates against HRPP’s 100, FAST held
the HRPP to a dead heat in the April 9 poll. Each party won