Samoa's parliament ordered to sit within a week : vimarsana.

Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that the FAST party's swearing in at parliament on May 24th was illegal.
But it has also ruled that parliament must sit within 7 days, giving FAST the ability to declare government and be sworn in.
Photo: RNZ Pacific / Tipi Autagavaia
Currently FAST has 26 seats, while the caretaker HRPP government has 24.
However due to the political and constitutional impasse since April's general election, parliament has not yet convened.
The Court today also warned that any attempt to obstruct the convening of parliament will be considered aso contempt of court and parliament, and would subsequently force the court to validate the invoked principle of necessity "so that the business of the nation can proceed".

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