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Samoa’s Government may be facing the biggest challenge to its rule in 40 years at April’s election
In Samoan politics, candidates often have to fly before they can run.
Key points:
- The ruling HRPP has been in power for nearly 40 years
- The diaspora community is expected to play a big role in the April election
- Constitutional changes to the structure of the country’s courts and allowing Samoans living overseas to vote are two of the main issues
Support and money from the country’s huge diaspora communities in Australia, New Zealand and the US are so important that usually, those seeking office would head to these countries to raise the funds and backing needed to win.
But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates haven’t been able to travel and their families overseas have been doing the fundraising for them.
This change in tactics appear to…
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