Photo: RNZI/Koroi HawkinsA Samoa Supreme Court ruling has "cleared the path" toward a final election result. In what seemed like mounting support for opposition FAST party, Malielegaoi called for a second election to break the deadlock, with further comments where he said he was "appointed by God" to lead the country. Samoa's Supreme Court ruled the appointment of the additional MP as unconstitutional which gave FAST a one-seat majority to form a government. FAST leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa told TVNZ Breakfast this morning that the court ruling came after a "very lengthy process" with more issues to confront. Mata'afa said however that it "cleared the path" toward a final election result.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 17, 2021 23:03 UTC