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For those interested, I will be compiling all of the Samoa Observer's reporting on the LTC Bills passage in Parliament in a thread here. As we love to say: this is a developing story. 1/
The morning started with two ousted MPs returning triumphantly to their seats after the Supreme Court overturned the call to boot them on Monday. https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/76205
Not long into the morning, two members had to be separated. Never a quiet day in Samoa. https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/76216
The committee tasked with public consultation on the bills tabled their report the morning of Parliament. No one had early access. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa asked for time to read it and was denied. Report: Approved. https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/76212
Chair of the committee, Gatoloaifa’aana Amataga Gidlow, defended the bills vigorously. But she was met with non-stop questions by Fiame, one of just four opponents of the bills in the House. http://samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/76218
But despite intense opposition from lawyers and Judges both local and abroad, the three bills were passed. They will fundamentally reshape Samoa’s judicial system and amend its constitution. https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/76210
