{"id":5025,"date":"2021-03-09T14:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T00:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T23:42:07","slug":"breaking-news-fast-elects-fiame-naomi-mataafa-as-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=5025","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: FAST elects Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mata\u2019afa as Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>APIA, SAMOA &#8211; 09 MARCH 2021:<\/strong> Former Deputy Prime Minister, Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mataafa has been elected unanimously as the leader of the <strong>Fa\u2019atuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi<\/strong> party.<\/p>\n<p>Fiame was unanimously elected at the Party first official meeting this afternoon and follows the presentation of Fiam\u0113 by her constituency of Lotofaga to the FAST Party yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Former Speaker Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao was elected Deputy Leader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Details and Live Press Conference coming up<\/strong> on talamua youtube channel and Fast Party pages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vVqpZOP1rUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-NZ&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APIA, SAMOA &#8211; 09 MARCH 2021: Former Deputy Prime Minister, Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mataafa has been elected unanimously as the leader of the Fa\u2019atuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi party. 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