New Zealand (AP) – Samoa’s current ruling party will return to power with the new steering leader after the first woman’s prime minister was underestimated in the election that followed months of political upheaval.
The former political party of the removable leader Fiamē Naomi’Aafa is fasting in most of the Parlnian Ocean Island Nation September 16th. However, the result will be a new prime minister after the bitter acceleration this year this year.
Fourthulelelelelelele Shariats Schmid is expected to be a distressing Ministry of Mister.
FIME, which since 2021 He was led by Samoa, in January, abandoned La’Aulmalietoa as the Cabinet Minister after he was charged with offenses. La’aulalemalietoa, as well as the chairman of the fast party, in turn, has displaced the fiam from the fast.
Its minority government leaned over before collapsing in May when it could not maintain its budget. This led to her to look for the election earlier than 2026. Voting in which she was forced to flee against her former party.
The Government’s collapse led to interview
August In the vote, FIME camped as the leader of the new Samoa party, but won only three places in parliament and was hoping to return to the Prime Minister. 30 seats quickly won, the Opposition Human Rights Protection Party occupied 14 and independent persons occupied four.
Samoa’s head of state Tuimalealiifano va’Aletoa Oldauvi II, who occupies a solemn post, said Monday that the new Parliament would sit on September 16 to approve the new Prime Minister.
FIME, whose party has won eight places, is needed to sit as a block parliament, it must now decide whether it and the other two legislators will join one of the larger groups or enter independent persons.
The third candidate of the Prime Minister was Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, the leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, who was the prime minister for 22 years until the fimeter took office in 2021.
The election result will be disputed in court
La’Aulmalietoa is expected to win this month’s voting from the FAST that he will become a prime minister, but he faces obstacles. Both FAST competing countries are planning to make legal proposals disputed and claims, including cash allegations, says the Samoa Observer newspaper.
“You just give money, without sugar cover,” said Renate Rivers, a senior journalist and former Samoa civil servant who covered his voice. “This time the scale was very worrying.”
Claims are likely to change the election result. They are also not unusual Samoa, where the Fiame came to power during the legal and constitutional crisis in 2021.
Rivers said the criminal charges faced by the prime minister were also unprecedented. La’aulalemalietoa is waiting for a decision on the accusations he has faced, which he denies. They include harassment using electronic means, defamation and attempt to distort the course of justice.
“I do not think that he was ever a prime minister or a coming prime minister, who was also a cloud of heads before they were sworn,” Rivers said.
The expected Victor promised less central authority control
The cost of living dominated the election campaign. The voters of the little island of about 220,000 people seemed to be caused by the FAST promises to increase the community development budget at local level, which would take away decision -making from the central government.
He also promised lower taxes. La’aulalemalietoa destroyers said he did not explain how he would finance his policy.
FIME and Tuila’epa defeat meant a sudden change in the Samoa after decades of dynasties, said Rivers, adding that La’Aaullemalietoa focused on domestic, not regional policies, directing the Samo course in the geopolitically disputed South Pacific Ocean.
FIME was more cautious than its predecessor for lending from Chinese development projects. Samoa’s debt to China is one of the largest in the world when measured by GDP percentage and reflects the period when Beijing sought to chew on the Pacific by funding infrastructure and law enforcement initiatives.
A rare woman in the Pacific Politics ends in term of office
During her term, FIME pointed out as the first prime minister of the country and the daughter of former Samoa leader. It is one of the longest -standing leaders of politicians and the Pacific Island of the second woman.
Another legislator may still enter parliament. The law requires 10% of the lawmakers to be women, rarely in a region where some of the smallest rates in the world are women in office.
Samoa Observer reported that five women’s legislators who voted in office were one in 10% of the rule and the other place could be included in the quota.