Tag: Samoa

Samoa. Samoa’s first woman prime minister finally takes office (Kerryn Baker, East Asia Forum)

The prolonged constitutional crisis that had engulfed Samoa since the 9 April 2021 election finally concluded on 23 July with a Court of Appeal ruling. The...

Samoa – Samoa’s political crisis reveals cracks in the Pacific (Anna Powles, East Asia Forum)

Samoa’s political crisis reveals cracks in the Pacific | East Asia Forum

Samoa – Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before (Anthony Regan, The Interpreter)

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa (seated centre, in white) with members of parliament and the judiciary in Apia on 24 May as she is sworn in...

Samoa – Resolving Samoa’s democratic crisis (East Asia Forum)

Henrietta McNeill, ANU and Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide Resolving Samoa's democratic crisis (eastasiaforum.org)

Samoa – Samoa’s elected leader locked out of parliament, deepening crisis (Al Jazeera)

Police bar Samoa’s prime minister-elect from entering parliament as incumbent leader refuses to cede power. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/coup-claim-as-samoas-elected-leader-locked-out-of-parliament

Samoa – Samoa’s 2021 election: The end of a one-party state? (East Asia Forum)

Jon Fraenkel, Victoria University of Wellington Elections in Samoa are usually a foregone conclusion. The ruling Human Rights and Protection Party (HRPP) habitually wins, and...