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2023 Siʻumu By-election
A by-election was held in the Siʻumu constituency in Samoa on 15 September 2023. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent member Tuʻuʻu Anasiʻi Leota from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) in order to become an independent in November 2022. Following a protracted court battle, the seat was declared vacant in July 2023. Leota joined the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party shortly after the triggering of the by-election and is one of three candidates who contested the seat; the other two were Tuʻuʻu Amaramo Sialaoa of the HRPP and independent Faʻalogo Kapeli Lafaele. Leota reclaimed the seat, winning with 47% of the vote. His triumph, along with the success of the FAST candidates in the two concurrent by-elections in Faleata No. 4 and Vaʻa-o-Fonoti, handed FAST a two-thirds parliamentary majority. Background During the previous general election, held in 2021, former cabinet minister Tuʻuʻu Anasiʻi Leota of the HRPP won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuʻuʻu Anasiʻi Leota
Tuʻuʻu Anasiʻi Leota is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. Previously a member of the Human Rights Protection Party, he is now a member of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party. Leota was an accountant. He worked for the Treasury as Controller Of Stores/Assistant Secretary of Stores before resigning to run for Parliament. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in 1996. In 2004 he was appointed Minister of Revenue in a Cabinet reshuffle following the death of Seumanu Aita Ah Wa. He was reappointed after the 2006 election. He ran unsuccessfully for deputy leader of the HRPP after the 2011 election, and was not reappointed to Cabinet. In June 2013 Leota outraged the Samoan Parliament by using offensive language during a debate. In February 2014 ''RNZ'' reported that he was one of three Samoan MPs who had left the ruling HRPP to form a new party after a dispute over abuse of power by Finance Minister Faumuina Tiatia Liuga. Leot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Samoa ...
Events in the year 2023 in Samoa. Incumbents * O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II * Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Events ''Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa'' * 24 February – 2023 Vaimauga 3 by-election * 23 March – 2019 Samoa assassination plot: Two men are found guilty of conspiring to kill the former Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi after a trial before the country's Supreme Court. *8 June – Heavy rainfall in Savai'i, causes widespread flooding and infrastructure damage. Sports * 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season References {{Oceania topic, 2023 in 2020s in Samoa Years of the 21st century in Samoa Samoa Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faʻatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi
(FAST; ) is a political party in Samoa. It was founded and is led by MP Laauli Leuatea Polataivao, FAST was led by Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataafa from 2021 until she was removed as leader in January 2025. Formation The party was registered on 30 July 2020, and in August 2020 began announcing candidates for the 2021 Samoan general election. It opposes controversial constitutional amendments proposed by the Human Rights Protection Party government of Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, and supports a two term limit for the prime minister. It also supports decentralising services to villages. On 28 August 2020, party leader La'auli Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt was re-elected to Parliament in the 2020 Gagaifomauga No. 3 by-election. Thus becoming the party’s first elected MP. On 2 September 2020, the party announced it would join forces with the Samoa National Democratic Party and Tumua ma Puleono parties to contest the 2021 election. SNDP and Tumua ma Puleono candidates r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+13
UTC+13:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +13:00. Because it does not contain any land in the Northern Hemisphere, this time zone is exclusive to the Southern Hemisphere. As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Apia, Atafu, Nukuʻalofa'' Oceania Micronesia *Kiribati **Phoenix Islands Polynesia *New Zealand **Tokelau – Time in Tokelau *Samoa – Time in Samoa *Tonga – Time in Tonga As daylight saving time (Southern Hemisphere summer) ''Principal cities: Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington'' Oceania Australasia *New Zealand (except Chatham Islands) – New Zealand Daylight Time Antarctica *Some research bases in Antarctica, in particular the South Pole and the McMurdo Station. At New Year, these places are the first in the world to see the Sun, which is then visible at midnight. History Kiribati introduced a change for its eastern half on 31 December 1994, from time zones UTC−11:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC+14:00, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papaliʻi Liʻo Taeu Masipau
Papaliʻi Liʻo Oloipola Taeu Masipau (born ) is a Samoan politician and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Papaliʻi is a lawyer and former Assistant Police Commissioner. He was first elected to the Fono as a candidate for the Tautua Samoa Party in the 2011 Samoan general election. He lost his seat in the 2016 election. In 2019 he ran as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, ) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1979 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defeat in 2021. Former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele ... in the Faʻasaleleaga No. 2 by-election, but was unsuccessful. He was re-elected as a candidate for the F.A.S.T. party for Faʻasaleleaga No. 3 in the 2021 election. On 22 May 2021 he was nominated by FAST as Speaker. On 24 May he was sworn in in an ad-hoc ceremony after being locked out of Parliament. The appointment was dispute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Samoan Constitutional Crisis
A constitutional crisis began in Samoa on 22 May 2021 when O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II issued a proclamation purporting to prevent the Legislative Assembly from meeting in the wake of the general election in April 2021. Court rulings had upheld the election results, giving a parliamentary majority to the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party, led by Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. On 24 May 2021, a makeshift ceremony was held outside of Parliament to swear in Mata'afa as prime minister. On 23 July the Court of Appeal declared that the ceremony was binding and that FAST had been the government since that date. Background The election of 9 April 2021 resulted in a 25/25 tie between the ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) of former Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi and the FAST party of Fiamē Naomi Mataafa, with the remaining seat held by the independent Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio. On 20 April 2021, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Samoan By-elections
Six simultaneous by-elections were held in Samoa on 26 November 2021. They were called in the aftermath of the 2021 Samoan general election, which resulted in seven seats being vacant due to resignations and convictions for bribery and treating. While seven by-elections were called, the contest in Falealupo was resolved without the need for a poll, after the Supreme Court declared the HRPP candidate Tuitogamanaia Peniamina Le'avai to be ineligible, resulting in the FAST Party's Fuiono Tenina Crichton being elected unopposed. The FAST party won four seats, and the HRPP two. Following the by-election, the electoral commission declared Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau and Faagasealii Sapoa Feagiai elected under the women's quota. Candidates Formal nominations opened on 1 November 2021, but the parties publicly announced candidates before then. 22 candidates were nominated in total: 10 from FAST, 9 from the HRPP, one from the Tautua Samoa Party, and two independents. One candidate was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauʻu Siaosi Puʻepuʻemai
Mauu Siaosi Puepuemai (born ca. 1972) is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party. Mauu was raised in Fagaloa before moving to American Samoa. After returning to Samoa in the 1990s he opened a pizza shop, car rental business, and kava farm. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the April 2021 Samoan general election, defeating four other candidates to win the seat of Vaa o Fonoti. Mau resigned from the HRPP on 25 November 2022 to become an independent, citing a request to do so by his constituents. Following a court challenge, their seats were declared vacant on 19 July 2023. He was subsequently endorsed as a FAST candidate in the resulting by-election. Mauʻu won with a commanding majority. His win, along with FAST victories in the simultaneous by-elections in the Siʻumu and Faleata No. 4 constituencies, handed FAST a two-thirds majority in parliament. Mauʻu was sworn back into pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ale Vena Ale
Ale Vena Ale (born 1951/1952) is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a founding member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Ale had previously served as an MP and as Public Service Commissioner. He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2010 Faleata West by-election. He lost his seat at the 2011 Samoan general election. Ale unsuccessfully contested the 2016 election. Following the election, he filed an unsuccessful election petition against the winning candidate. He was re-elected in the new seat of Faleata No. 4 at the 2021 Samoan general election. Following the election he was the HRPP's choice for Deputy Speaker. Following the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis he called for a full review of the constitution to grant greater powers to the ''O le Ao o le Malo''. In June 2022 Ale revealed that he was unhappy with the leadership of the HRPP and wanted to become an independent. He later urged HRPP leader Tuila'epa Sa'ilele M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
