Talk:Politics of Samoa

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This article repeats the statement made at the CIA World Factbook that only members of the matai class are eligible for election to the Samoan seats of the Fono. But the Samoan Constitution contains no such provision. Can anyone provide a source for this statement? Adam 02:06, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 6 years later, the article has a source, but just to note: Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1963, contains:

... "any person who is registered as an elector of any constituency is the holder of a Certificate of Identity pursuant to section 135A of that Act and is the holder of a Matai title is qualified to be a candidate and to be elected as a Member of Parliament for that constituency" ...
 * --Michael Billington (talk) 04:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Election to parliament
That provision is not in the constitution but in the Electoral Act. Incidentally there are twi seats 5Individual Voters° for election of Non Matai.

Also some of the data is out of date and incorrect eg its ii Tupa Tamasese Tupuola Efi (don't know if some jerk has deleted my entry or not on that)and he is now a member of the Council of Deputies.

There are some changes now, the above is now the Head of States for Samoa, His Highness Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, his term will be for five years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.246.8.82 (talk) 09:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Important notice
The government section of the "Outline of Samoa" needs to be checked, corrected, and completed -- especially the subsections for the government branches.

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Faulty Reference
Nowhere is the following statement substantiated in the cited reference:


 * However, the right to stand for elections remains with matai title holders. Therefore, in the 49-seat parliament, all 47 Samoan Members of Parliament are also matai, performing dual roles as chiefs and modern politicians, with the exception of the two seats reserved for non-Samoans.

The reference is : Drage, Jean (1994). New Politics in the South pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. p. 162. Retrieved 11 April 2010.

Here is a link to the book ,http://books.google.com/books?id=ZUpmpeJz-8gC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=New+politics+in+the+South+Pacific.&source=bl&ots=wxjMqeabjS&sig=tCcQ6n4vhsuAqeGx8ufuscqdvdg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dceGUuqqBaWniQL63YC4AQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=New%20politics%20in%20the%20South%20Pacific.&f=false>.

Page 162 discusses female parliamentary representation. Not parliamentary representation for non-indigenous minorities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.229.36.37 (talk) 01:26, 16 November 2013 (UTC)