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The caretaker Prime Minister, former Speaker, Attorney General and Clerk of the House\u00a0 facing contempt charges.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

By Lagi Keresoma<\/p>\n

APIA, SAMOA 29 MAY 2021:<\/strong> The Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi – FAST party has lodged a contempt application in Court against the Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and former Parliament Speaker Toleafoa Faafisi.<\/p>\n

Also included in the contempt application are the Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale and the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Tiatia Lima Gramme Tualaulelei.<\/p>\n

The FAST leader and Prime Minister elect, Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mata\u2019afa confirmed the application to charge the four accused for failing to uphold the decisions of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now await when the Court can hear the application,\u201d she said in a weekend press conference.<\/p>\n

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Fiam\u0113 said Tuilaepa has said a lot in public to ridicule and belittle the integrity of the judiciary and decisions of the Court other than upholding those decisions.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis should not happen especially from those who have held respectful and influential positions in Government,\u201d said Fiam\u0113.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, Tuilaepa attacked the judiciary and judges of the Supreme Court for \u2018aligning itself\u2019 with the FAST by walking to parliament on Monday and confirming the parliament chambers doors were locked. Tuilaepa then named four judges and why he thought they had a bias against his government.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General also applied in court to recuse all the Supreme Court judges for the same reason. Her office also put out a damaging press release last Thursday against the judiciary which was later recalled and she apologised to the Chief Justice and the court saying the press release was not authorised.<\/p>\n

FAST MP\u2019s Charged<\/strong>
\nMeanwhile, all FAST MP\u2019s are facing charges for taking part in the swearing-in ceremony on Monday 24 May which the Attorney General and Tuilaepa said was \u201ctreasonous and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fiame said the MP\u2019s and the lawyers that conducted the swearing in of the Speaker, Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu and Matafeo George Latu are charged separately.<\/p>\n

Using the Principle of Necessity, the group of 26 MPs made a Resolution to appoint a Public Notary in Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu, a former Attorney General, to swear in the Speaker, Papalii Li\u2019o Ta’eu Masepa’u who then swore in the rest of the FAST Members of Parliament, the Prime Minister and Cabinet.<\/p>\n

Fiam\u0113 told the media that some of of the party have received summons whilst others have not.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to speed up this legal process so some of us went to the Attorney General\u2019s office only to be told by the staff that they were not aware of such a case,” said Fiam\u0113.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This made Fiam\u0113 wonder where the Attorney General was preparing these matters from, whether her office of Tuilaepa\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General is challenging the legitimacy of the swearing in ceremony in Court and is one of the two major cases that arose from the 9 April 2021 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA 29 MAY 2021: The Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi – FAST party has lodged a contempt application in Court against the Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and former Parliament Speaker Toleafoa Faafisi. 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