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.

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…