Samoa s PM-elect slams rival s games amid vote crisis
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25/05/2021 - 04:00 Samoa s Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata afa has accused her predecessor, who has refused to cede power, of playing electoral games Handout Fa’atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST)/AFP/File 3 min
Apia (Samoa) (AFP)
A constitutional crisis in the Pacific nation of Samoa headed back to the courts on Tuesday as Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata afa dismissed the electoral games of her predecessor, who has refused to relinquish power.
Mata afa was sworn in as the country s first female prime minister at an extraordinary ceremony in a tent outside parliament on Monday after the island nation s long-serving ruler refused to cede power and ordered the doors of the building to be locked.
The leadership of Samoa was left in doubt Monday after the outgoing prime minister refused to leave and locked his successor out of Parliament. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, who is.