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Members of the House of Representatives will on Tuesday commence debate on the 68 reports laid by the Chairman, Special Ad-hoc Committee
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Thursday rescinded its earlier decision to commence the voting on the 68 recommendations of the Special
Chairman, House of Representatives’ Special Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, Hon. Idris Wase on Wednesday formally laid the
Fuimaono Dylan Asafo * Opinion - In my view, the first meeting of the new parliament on the afternoon of Monday 24 May 2021, which included the swearing-in of Fiame Naomi Mataafa as the Prime Minister of Samoa (along with the swearing-in of the Speaker, Cabinet Ministers, and elected members) was constitutional in light of the extraordinary circumstances Samoa was facing. In other words, the FAST-led government did not carry out a 'coup', but rather they acted in a way which was necessary to prevent one. It is best to first address the claims made by the Office of the Attorney-General allegin...
Leaupepe Toleafoa Fa'afisi Photo: VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox The court on Sunday had declared the Head of State, Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto'a Sualauvi II, acted unlawfully on Saturday in suspending parliament. The extraordinary session of the Supreme Court found in favour of the newcomer Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party's challenge to Tuimaleali'ifano's edict voiding his previous call for parliament to convene tomorrow. FAST was expected to declare its majority when parliament met, and announce Samoa's first woman prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa. Public notice from Samoa's Sp...