pn741. What reactions to Samoa's crisis reveal about the state of the Pacific

By Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, Wellington. Incline.co.nz

Tuila'epa (L); Fiame (R)

The political crisis in Samoa is heading into its eighth week. The caretaker prime minister, Tuila'epa Aiono Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, leader of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), who has held power for 22 years, shows little inclination to end the impasse and allow prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T) party to form government.

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