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On 29 January, the party revealed that it had begun talks with the Tautua Samoa Party to form a "grand coalition" to oust the government. [21] Preliminary results from the 2021 election showed the party winning 25 seats in parliament. [22] Independent MP Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio later joined the FAST Party, bringing their total to 26.
This article lists political parties in Samoa. As of 2020 [update] , 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.
The Fa‘atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) government currently occupies 35 seats in the Legislative Assembly, whilst the Human Rights Protection party (HRPP) have 18. [9] The HRPP originally won 25 seats at the 2021 election, but lost seven due to electoral petitions. [10] The seven vacancies resulted in by-elections. [11]
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. [21] [22] [23]
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 ...
Mata'afa served as Samoa's first female Deputy Prime Minister and deputy leader of the HRPP from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial Land and Titles Bill. The following year she joined the newly founded FAST party and was unanimously elected its leader in March 2021. [4] [5] [6]
Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister.He is a member of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party. [1]Onesemo was educated at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering, as well as the University of the South Pacific, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a ...