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Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST; English: Samoa United in Faith) is a political party in Samoa. It was founded and is led by MP Laʻauli Leuatea Polataivao , [ 2 ] FAST was led by Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa from 2021 until she was removed as leader in January 2025.
This article lists political parties in Samoa.As of 2020, Samoa has six officially recognized political parties, the ruling Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party, the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), the Tautua Samoa Party, the Samoa First Party, and the Samoa National Democratic Party. [1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa were elected on 9 April 2021.According to preliminary results, the 51 members consisted of 25 representatives of Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST), 25 from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), one from the Tautua Samoa Party and one independent.
In October 2020 he switched his allegiance to the FAST Party to contest the April 2021 Samoan general election. [2] While preliminary results showed him losing to another FAST candidate, the final result showed him ahead by 9 votes, and he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa .
On 30 July Schmidt registered the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Party to contest in the 2021 Elections. [19] He ran as a candidate for the party in the 2020 Gagaifomauga No. 3 byelection [ 20 ] and was successfully re-elected.
The April 2021 elections resulted in a hung Parliament, with the HRPP and FAST each tied on 25 seats, with independent Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio holding the balance of power. . Ponifasio later joined the FAST Party, [4] [5] [6] but in the interim the Samoan Electoral Commission controversially declared the HRPP's Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau elected due to the requirement that a minimum of 10% of ...
The following morning, the FAST caucus and supporters arrived at parliament only to find it locked and surrounded by police. When the O le Ao o le Malo did not show up, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa and the FAST caucus were sworn in outside parliament under a tent. [51] Tuilaʻepa denounced the ceremony and accused Fiamē and the FAST party of treason ...
Schuster was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2011 Samoan general election, as a candidate for the Tautua Samoa Party. [4] In August 2012 he took part in a roadblock in his village of Satapuala which sought to block access to land the village was claiming. [6] [7] He was subsequently charged with unlawful assembly and ...