{"id":5669,"date":"2021-04-28T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T01:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T01:37:17","slug":"news-update-court-dismisses-strike-out-motion-against-fast-partys-legal-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=5669","title":{"rendered":"NEWS UPDATE: Court Dismisses strike out motion against FAST Party&#8217;s Legal Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5515\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5515\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5515\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mathew-Lemisio-scaled.jpg?resize=740%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mathew Lemisio\" width=\"740\" height=\"366\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Samoa\u2019s Electoral Commissioner, Faimal\u014dmatumua Mathew Lemisio.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>APIA, SAMOA &#8211; 28 APERIL 2021:<\/strong> The Supreme Court in Apia has dismissed a strike out motion by the Office of the Electoral Commissioner against the FAST Party legal challenge against the appointment of a sixth woman in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Also accepted by the court this afternoon is the FAST motion to add the elected member of Alataua West, Seuula Ioane as a joiner in the main motion.<\/p>\n<p>The court decision this afternoon means the case has progressed to a substantive hearing next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Crucial to the case is the political stalemate the Electoral Commissioners action has created with a 26-26 hung parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.more details later<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APIA, SAMOA &#8211; 28 APERIL 2021: The Supreme Court in Apia has dismissed a strike out motion by the Office of the Electoral Commissioner against the FAST Party legal challenge against the appointment of a sixth woman in parliament. 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