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Victoria University s Nanai Anae Dr Iati Iati. Photo: VUW Both the election winner FAST party and the caretaker HRPP continue to battle it out in the courts for the right to rule. Meanwhile, electoral petitions are continuing with multiple by-elections already in the offing and more likely to be forthcoming this week. Victoria University senior lecturer Dr Iati Iati says while the methods may seem strange to external observers, the MPs involved are acting on the advice of their community leaders and constituents. What people should read into this is the strength of the traditional Samoan system, said Iati. It is still there and at times you may not see it but in this particular election you have seen the strength of the traditional system come to the fore in the way that they have influenced individuals to play out petitions in the way that they have. ....
Lucy Craymer05:00, May 26 2021 STUFF Samoa has been in constitutional crisis and mired in controversy since its April 9 election. Samoa’s close relationship with China may be redefined as the island nation’s governing party is set to change for the first time in nearly 40 years. The recently formed Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party won power in the country’s election in April and was sworn in during an ad hoc ceremony Monday. This is the first change in government in almost four decades. However, the island nation remains in a political and constitutional deadlock after the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), the former governing party, refused to admit defeat. ....
Sapeer Mayron in Apia19:12, May 24 2021 STUFF Samoa has been in constitutional crisis and mired in controversy since its April 9 election. Samoa s caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is refusing to back down and has accused the incoming Government of “treason” in a blistering speech. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was sworn in as Samoa’s first female prime minister on Monday evening and her Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party as the new government, in a ceremony held in a makeshift parliament convened in a tent after the defeated government refused to cede power. With the doors to the actual parliament locked to try to stop the transition of power and the ousted prime minister refusing to obey Supreme Court orders, analysts warned that the island nation was experiencing a bloodless coup. ....
With the doors to the parliament kept locked, the party that won Samoa's election has decided to conduct its own ceremony outside to become the country's next Government. ....