Tag: Swearing in of MPs
New MP marks milestone for Aotearoa – gender parity in the...
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter
The swearing in of Labour list MP Soraya Peke-Mason to Parliament on October 25 will mark a milestone for...
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...
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’s Attorney-General declares FAST’s swearing-in ‘unconstitutional’
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent
Samoa’s Attorney-General’s office is calling yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony of Samoa’s FAST Party unconstitutional and unlawful, and is preparing...
FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil...
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...