Samoa s FAST party is seeking clarification of an Appeal Court decision about extra parliamentary seats for women.
Samoa s Fiame Naomi Mata afa and her FAST party seek clarification from the courts over the matter of extra parliamentary seats for women.
Photo: Ame Tanielu
An Appeal Court decision last week upheld the Supreme Court s earlier voiding of an extra women s seat in the aftermath of April s national election.
The ruling meant the FAST party maintained its majority of 26 seats in the 51-seat Parliament.
But the court also ruled that six rather than five women MPs was the correct number under Samoa s system providing for 10 percent of parliamentary seats to be reserved for women.