The restoration of the court structure where a unified judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice is the best way forward to deal with the parallel system created by the former administration.This would end the many wrongs that need to be righted when the controversial law was passed in 2020.To dat.
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The Supreme Court called the addition of the extra seat unconstitutional , giving FAST a 26-25 majority.
The crux of Savalenoa s claim is three judges, including Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese, are biased, with her office saying: If we look at the previous trends, all decisions favour FAST!
Savalenoa, appointed by HRPP, says her office has: substantive evidence questioning the impartiality and integrity of the judges
it claims potential favouritism and wants them disqualified
the office proposes bringing in overseas replacements, potentially from New Zealand or Australia.
Law lecturer Fuimaono Dylan Asafo says in his opinion, the claim is a desperate attempt to stop FAST from coming into power.
PM Tuilaepa offers dialogue with FAST - but still wants new poll Samoa s caretaker prime minister said he and his Human Rights Protection Party have held out an olive branch to the majority FAST Party, so the political impasse can be resolved. On his weekly TV3 programme, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi reached out to FAST s leadership for a dialogue to resolve matters. But it came with a caveat – if the HRPP withdraws petitions in the courts, and FAST does so too, the country can go back to the polls. That is what it is now, and it is not hard trying to resolve what s happening. We can easily withdraw our petitions from the court and we should go back to the polling booths, said Tuilaepa.