Australian National Review - Samoa’s First Female Prime Minister Finally Concedes She Lost the Election

FAST Party wins Samoa’s crisis election

The FAST Party’s victory resolves nothing—the basic issue facing all factions of the ruling elite is how to further impose the burden of the economic crisis on the population.

Australian National Review - Samoa’s First Female Prime Minister Finally Concedes She Lost the Election

Samoa’s newly elected Prime Minister, FAST Party leader La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt. FAST Party A tense two weeks in Samoa’s capital, Apia, has come to an end today with the country’s first female prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, finally conceding her Samoa Uniting Party (SUP) had lost the election held on Aug. 29. She had refused to acknowledge defeat or make any comment on the outcome since then. We had a problem loading this a…

Christopher Luxon offers congratulations to Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon took to X (Twitter) to congratulate FAST party leader La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt. Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist The leader of Samoa’s FAST party acknowledged as Prime Minister-elect by regional leaders New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon took to X (Twitter) over the weekend to offer congratulations to Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect, leader of the Fa’atuatua i le …