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The People's Party (TPP) is a
Samoa 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 Island, Manono an ...
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political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
. It was founded in July 2008 by campaigners from People Against Switching Sides, protesting against legislation aimed at changing the side of the road driven on (from right to left). The party's chairman is Tole’afoa Solomona To’ailoa, who has stated that he does not intend to be the party's leader."Backers of The People’s Party under wraps"
, ''Samoa Observer'', July 29, 2008
According to To'ailoa, the party "will not be focusing on the road change only but ..will be focusing on all the other issues which are affecting the lives of our people right now." The party was deregistered in February 2020 after not paying its registration fee.


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