Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa was pleasantly surprised by the by the Samoa International Game Fishing Association (S.I.G.F.A.) on Saturday last week.While the Prime Minister was invited as the chief guest for the event, the Association brought out a birthday cake as our leader celebrated he.
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Behind the Pacific country’s political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.
After nearly four months of being taken to the brink of dictatorship, Samoa’s constitutional crisis ended on July 26 when the prime minister for the past 23 years, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, conceded defeat.
With the April 9 election loss, the 40-year dominance of Samoan politics by Tuilaepa’s Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) ended too.
Samoa’s new leader, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, might be the country’s first female prime minister, but she is a veteran politician. As she attempts to bring her nation out of its greatest test in the 59 years since independence, she will need all the deep experience she brings to the role.