Samoa Caretaker PM welcomes fresh election
Samoa Caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has applauded the decision from the Head of State to call for fresh General Elections to determine...
Samoa AG applies to discontinue FAST hearing
Samoa Supreme Court will hear an eleventh hour application from the Attorney General to discontinue the challenge from Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi...
Samoa’s female PM challenger set for rerun after gender quota row
Samoans could elect their first woman prime minister later this month in the rerun of an April general election that was overshadowed by controversy...
Samoan Head of State intervenes, calls for fresh elections
Samoans woke up to the news today that they will go back to the polls in just over two-weeks’ time, on 21 May 2021.
Calling...
28 election petitions filed in the Samoa Supreme Court
A total of 28 election petitions have been filed in the Samoa Supreme Court following last month’s general elections.
The petitions are registered at the...
Tuilaepa should concede defeat, says FAST leader Fiamē Mata’afa
Samoa caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi should accept the result of the general elections and concede defeat.
This is according to the leader of...
Double voting surfaces in Samoa’s elections final count
Samoa’s Electoral Commissioner, Faimalōmatumua Mathew Lemisio confirmed today that some voters voted twice in last weeks’ elections and they will face legal action.
Double voting...
Unofficial close margins can be swung by special votes in Samoa
As Samoa awaits the official declaration of its 2021 General Elections, results of special votes are eagerly anticipated by those constituencies for which the...
Samoa election result hailed as win for women
Samoa’s cliff-hanger general election is a victory for under-represented women in Pacific island politics, regardless of the final outcome, FAST leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa...
FAST candidates targeting senior Samoa ruling Human Rights Political Party MPs
Across several constituencies, FAST candidates are chipping away at the lead held by Government MPs on their seats, including senior Cabinet Ministers, early figures...
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