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2006 Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Samoa on 31 March 2006 to determine the composition of the 14th Parliament. The main contesting parties were that of incumbent Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP); and the Samoan Democratic United Party (SDUP). In addition, three other parties, the Christian Party (SCP), the Samoa Party (SP), and the Samoa Progressive Party (SPP), competed in the election. The result was a landslide victory for the HRPP, which won 33 of the 49 seats. The newly founded SDUP secured ten seats, and the remaining six were won by independents. After the election, three independents joined the HRPP, increasing the party's seat count to 36. Background During the previous Samoan general election in 2001, the incumbent HRPP won 23 seats but fell short of a majority to form a government. The opposition Samoan National Development Party (SNDP) won 13 seats, whilst the newly founded Samoan United People's Party secured a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Samoa
The Legislative Assembly ( sm, Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa ( sm, Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) and the Legislative Assembly. In the Samoan language, the Legislative Assembly of Samoa is sometimes referred to as the Samoan Fono while the ''government'' of the country is referred to as the Malo. The word ''fono'' is a Samoan and Polynesian term for councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils. The modern government of Samoa exists on a national level alongside the country's '' fa'amatai'' indigenous chiefly system of governance and social organisation. In his or her own right, the O le Ao o le Malo can summon and call together the Legislative Assembly, and can prorogue or dissolve P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Le Ao O Le Malo
The ''O le Ao o le Malo'' ( Samoan for "Head of State") is the head of state of Samoa. The position is described in Part III of the 1960 Samoan constitution. At the time the constitution was adopted, it was anticipated that future heads of state would be chosen from among the four ''Tama a 'Aiga'' "matai" paramount chiefs in line with customary protocol. This is not a constitutional requirement, so Samoa can be considered a parliamentary republic rather than a constitutional monarchy. The government Press Secretariat describes Head of State as a "ceremonial president". The holder is given the formal style of ''Highness'', as are the heads of the four paramount chiefly dynasties. Members of the Council of Deputies act as deputy heads of state, standing in for the head of state when they are unable to fulfil their duties. The current O le Ao o le Malo is Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, who was elected to a five-year term which started on 21 July 2017. Tuimalealiʻi ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi
Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi (born April 1967) is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is the founder of the Tautua Samoa Party. Lealailepule was first elected to Parliament at the 2006 Samoan general election, representing the Faleata West (Faleata i Sisifo) as an independent. He had previously served as chief executive of the Samoan airport authority, and won election with 795 votes, 165 more than his rival, the former minister of police. As an independent, Lealailepule campaigned against the planned government sale of the public broadcaster Radio 2AP. Since the formation of Tautua Samoa, he has also expressed doubts about the ability of the police commissioner to function in office following a damaging Commission of Inquiry Report, and called for the release on parole of former cabinet minister Toi Aukuso, jailed in the 1990s for the murder of Minister of Works Luagalau Levaula Kamu. In November 2008, Lealailepule was one of twelve (later whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patu Ativalu
Patu Togi II Ativalu Vaimasanu’u Tunupopo (7 September 1941 — 6 November 2019) was a Samoan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He was a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party and Human Rights Protection Party. Patu was born in Vaiala. He worked for the Samoa Ports Authority, as a teacher, and then as a police officer, eventually rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent. He was a member of Samoa's rugby team at the 1963 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji. Ativalu was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party in the 2001 election, but he lost his seat at the 2006 election He initially filed an election petition against the victorious candidate, Anauli Pofitu Fesili, then dropped it. Following the death of Sililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva he contested and won the 2007 Vaimauga West by-election as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party. After the by-election, he was accused of bribery and treating, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or 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 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 running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Fono 2006
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands ( Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga (closest foreign country), northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a unitary parliamentary democracy with 11 administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Western Samoa was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976. Because of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unasa Mesi Galo
Unasa Mesi Galo (~1939 – 27 October 2019) was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Unasa was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 1991 election. He lost his seat in the 1996 election, but was then re-elected in 2001. After being narrowly re-elected at the 2006 election he was appointed Minister of Justice. In December 2006 he was accused of contempt of court after violating an order from the Land and Titles Court of Samoa to cease logging on disputed land. Following the dispute the government banned commercial logging of native forest. In February 2010 he won a defamation suit against a woman who had accused him of drunk-driving. He lost his seat at the 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Observer
The ''Samoa Observer'' is the largest newspaper group in Samoa published in both English and Samoan. The ''Samoa Observer'' is published Monday to Friday, the ''Weekend Observer'' on Saturdays and the ''Sunday Samoan'' on Sundays with all editions available online. Coverage includes local and international news, editorial opinion, sports and investigative journalism. The Samoa Observer was founded in 1978 by Editor in Chief, Savea Sano Malifa, a poet and leading Pacific journalist who was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Astor Award for press freedom in 1998. The independent paper has received other awards for investigative journalism and press freedom.Samoa Observer website Retrieved 1 August 2010 It has faced lawsuits from government officials and business leaders following the publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Progressive Political Party
The Samoa Progressive Political Party was a small political party in Samoa. The party was launched in January 2006 and led by former Cabinet Minister Toalepaiali’i Toesulusulu Siueva Pose II. The party ran a single candidate in the 2006 election, but failed to win a seat. To'alepaialii blamed his election loss on bribery, and subsequently had the families of those who did not vote for him banished from his village. He then claimed to have entered an arrangement with the victorious candidate Vaeolenofoafia Tapasu Leung Wai in which he would accept $30,000 in exchange for not filing an electoral petition, and complained of underpayment. References Political parties in Samoa Politics of Samoa Political organisations based in Samoa {{Samoa-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Party
The Samoa Party was a small party of Samoa. The party was founded in September 2005 by former auditor-general Su'a Rimoni Ah Chong on a platform of restoring the independence of watchdog institutions such as the Auditor-General. The party also aimed to provide free education, and impose a term limit on future Prime Ministers of two terms. During the 2006 Samoan general election, it did not secure any seats. The party was disbanded in September 2010 and merged with the Tautua Samoa Party. Samoa Party leader Feo Nemaia Esau explained that the merger would form a more "united opposition" to the ruling Human Rights Protection Party The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, sm, Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1982 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defea .... References Political parties in Samoa Political parties disestablished in 2010 {{Samoa-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Rights Protection Party
The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, sm, Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1982 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defeat in 2021. Va'ai Kolone and Tofilau Eti Alesana co-founded the party in May 1979 in opposition to the government of Tupuola Efi. It has governed the country since first winning power in 1982, except for a brief period in 1986 and 1987 when internal differences forced it into coalition. The two founders of the early party, Kolone and Alesana, both became Prime Ministers of Samoa. Former prime minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi has led the party since 1998. The U.S. State Department's 2010 human-rights report (published on 8 April 2011) stated that the Human Rights Protection Party remained the only officially recognized party in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa (the Fono) as of that date. After the April 2021 Samoan general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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