Tag: Parliament

ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva The frequent detention and questioning of some of Fiji's political leaders by the police late last month for merely engaging in...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Violence can only hinder Fiji’s safe passage leading up to next year's next general election, says former prime minister Sitiveni...

RNZ Pacific After previous calls for the Samoan Parliament to convene so a national budget can be passed, the ruling FAST Party now says there...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's opposition MPs who were arrested after their criticism of a government land bill say they will not be intimidated or silenced. Police have...

ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry, The Village Explainer I wasn’t invited to the inaugural Vanuatu media awards a couple of weeks ago. Nor was I asked...

RNZ Pacific A convicted Tongan government minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu have each been jailed for six years. They were sentenced today in...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that the FAST party's swearing in at Parliament last month was illegal. But it has also ruled that Parliament...

RNZ Pacific The Court of Appeal in Samoa says its ruling from June 2 on the sixth women's seat cannot be used to delay the...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has upheld a decision by the former Speaker of Parliament to expel 19 government MPs from...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country's Parliament. On Tuesday, the...

RNZ Pacific The speaker of the Vanuatu Parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Social media posts by two outspoken Suva-based lawyers have been raised in Parliament over a critical culture “that has been...

ANALYSIS: By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo Samoa's Court of Appeal (CA) ruled yesterday that Article 44(1A) of the Constitution requires that six women should sit in...

EDITORIAL: By the Editorial Board As the focus of Samoa’s political crisis shifts to the courtrooms of our Supreme and District Courts, and with Monday,...

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so...

RNZ News Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she does not think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's election-winning FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has been named the country's first woman Prime Minister, in a swearing-in ceremony her rival...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Samoa's judiciary sent a powerful message today to the other two branches of the country's democracy amid a political crisis branded...

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's constitutional crisis deepened today with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of Parliament, but...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appealed for people in Samoa to uphold its democracy and institutions. Speaking...

RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April's general election after weeks...