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Samoa right now? the duly-elected new prime minister, the woman, i think, in reality, but officially, the old guy won t go. which in technical terms is a coup. him keeping the parliament doors locked and refusing to relinquish power so the newly duly-elected prime minister cannot replace him, that s a coup. and at this point, it s a bloodless coup, thank god. but this is how democracies get their throats cut and bleed out. dude s been there for 22 years. and over the course of his 22 years he s made all these gradual legal changes that have made it harder and harder for people to be allowed to dissent from his rule. he s made it harder and harder for opposition parties to run and compete against him. that kind of stuff was enough, those kind of legal shifts were enough to keep him in power for all that time. but now that he has lost an election and it s time to go, he won t accept that. he won t accept that the election had a real result and ....
Power transfer a power take place? i don t know. who s the prime minister of samoa? the woman, i think in reality. officially the, owned the old guy won t go. in technically in technical terms this is a coup. him keeping the parliament doors locked and refusing to languish power, so the newly duly elected prime minister cannot replace him this is a coup. this is how democracy s get their throats cut and bleed out. he has been there for 22 years this dude. over the course of the 22 years he s made these gradual rules to make people have a hard time competing against him and releasing his rule. those legal shifts enough to keep him in power for all that time, but now he has lost an election and it s time to go, he won t accept that. ....
Tent outside parliament because she was locked out of the parliament building. the old guy, the one who has been in power for 22 years, he says, well, that swearing in wasn t official, doesn t count. after all, it was in a tent. it wasn t in parliament. and therefore he says that he is still the leader of the country. her prime ministership is not in effect, it s not official. he s refusing to go. refusing to let her take power. also refusing to recognize the ruling of the country s supreme court telling him otherwise. and so tonight when i say did the transfer of power take place? i don t know. who is the prime minister of samoa right now? the duly-elected new prime minister, the woman, i think, in reality, but officially the old guy won t go. which in technical terms in a coup. him keeping the parliament doors locked and refiezing to relinquish power so the newly, ....