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Samoa’s gender quota laws may have spurned chances of nation swearing in its first female PM
More than a week after the Pacific nation went to the polls, Samoa has ruled that not enough women were elected to Parliament in order to fulfil a constitutional gender quota.
Key points:
- Samoa’s Electoral Commission has appointed another woman to Parliament
- The decision gives incumbent party HRPP an additional seat and may derail the opposition’s chances
- The Electoral Commission says the 10 per cent female MPs quota was not reached, with five women making up 9.8 per cent of Parliament
As a result, an additional woman, Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tuuau, was declared MP for the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), joining five other women already elected to Parliament.
The move has complicated the aspirations of former deputy prime…
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