Samoa’s head of state defies courts as election crisis continues | The World

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For months, Samoa has been embroiled in a political and constitutional crisis after an election earlier this year didn’t result in a clear winner. In recent days it’s gotten even messier with the Head of State going against a Supreme Court ruling for Parliament to meet immediately. As Tahlea Aualiitia explains, they’ve instead called for the chamber to convene on August 2nd.

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In This Story: Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands, Savai’i and Upolu, two smaller inhabited islands, Manono and Apolima, as well as several small uninhabited islands including the Aleipata Islands.

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