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Asafo: A critique of the Samoan Court of Appeal's decision - an unfortunate case of judicial overreach


By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo
Opinion - law lecturer Dylan Asafo argues the Samoan Court of Appeal has made an incorrect decision in making its ruling about how the law protects the proportion of women in the Samoan parliament.
Samoa s parliament
Photo: RNZ Pacific /Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia
Yesterday, the Court of Appeal (CA) ruled that Article 44(1A) of the Constitution requires that six women should sit in Parliament. With all due respect, I believe that that the CA s decision was incorrect.
This is on the grounds that the CA have overreached their powers by encroaching on the law-making powers of parliament and have made an unpragmatic (or impractical) decision that has now prolonged and further complicated Samoa s constitutional crisis. ....

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