Tag: Samoan democracy
Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia, Samoa
Samoa's electoral commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley told the media the official count kicks off on...
Polls open in Samoa’s 2025 general election with one seat declared
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific reporter in Apia, Samoa
Voting commenced in Samoa's general election today, with more than 100,000 eligible voters heading to the...
Samoa parliament to be dissolved in June, election date to come
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist
Its official. Samoa's Parliament will be dissolved next week and the country will have an early return to the...
Samoa’s PM Fiame sacks AG over ‘lack of public trust’
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has sacked the Attorney-General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale, effective immediately.
The government suspended the Attorney-General and the Clerk...
Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the...
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It would be an understatement to say that we are stunned to see that the Human Rights Protection...
Sāmoa’s defeated Tuila’epa launches attack on NZ’s Jacinda Ardern
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Sāmoa’s defeated prime minister Tuila’epa Sailele has fired a verbal blast at Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
Samoa Observer: The ‘failed state’ fallacy and HRPP propaganda
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
It has become obvious in recent weeks that the strategy of Samoa’s oldest political party is to “repeat...
Sāmoa’s defeated PM using civil unrest in bid to seize back...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Sāmoa’s defeated prime minister is plotting civil unrest that will climax when a new Legislative Assembly...
NZ reaffirms support for Samoa’s Fiame, as Tuila’epa grumbles
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government says it has full confidence Samoa's new government and its judiciary will continue to act with integrity.
This comes after...
La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia
Veteran Samoan parliamentarian and chairman of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) has criticised what he...
Tuila’epa supporters demonstrate over ‘disintegration’ of Samoa constitution
By Soli Wilson in Apia
Heavy rain early today failed to deter more than 1000 Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) supporters who gathered in front...
FAST now says it needs to delay Samoa’s Parliament convening
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...
Samoa’s FAST party gets quickly down to work after court ruling
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's new FAST Party government has got down to work this morning, meeting with the heads of government departments, more than 100 days...
Samoa’s highest court declares FAST government legal – impasse ends
By Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong in Apia
Samoa's Court of Appeal ruled today that the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party was the...
Samoa Observer: For Tuila’epa, what follows defeat?
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
When Australia’s second-longest ever serving Prime Minister faced a complete wipeout at the national elections after 10 years...
Samoa’s HRPP loses more seats as political impasse drags on
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's HRPP party -- the country's caretaker government -- has now lost six seats since the April 9 general election, with eight byelections...
FAST to ask Samoa judges to recognise impromptu swearing in
RNZ Pacific
The FAST Party in Samoa has filed an application with the Supreme Court to have it recognise an impromptu swearing-in ceremony of elected...
Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How quickly things change.
If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then...
Samoa’s Supreme Court declares Parliament must sit within week
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...
Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted
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...
Samoan court declares Sagaga 2 seat void – 26-24 balance for...
By Soli Wilson in Apia
A Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) associate minister has had his seat of Sagaga 2 in the Samoa general election...
Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In the latest twist in Samoa’s political rollercoaster, the FAST party has accused the rival HRPP leader of contempt of court,...