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Samoa Parliament
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Under the Constitution, Parliament should convene 45 days after an election. Samoa s general election was held on 9 April.
The emergent Fa atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party has a one seat majority in Parliament, following a court case on Monday.
The Office of the Electoral Commission and the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) sought a court order to stay the execution of a Supreme ruling earlier this week in which a sixth women s seat was declared void.
The motion to stay the execution of Ali imalemanu Alofa Tu uau s seat was rejected today in the Court of Appeal, and she will not be able to sit in parliament when it convenes.