Samoa First (Samoan: Faʻamuamua Samoa), officially the Samoa First Political Party, is a political party in Samoa. The party is nationalist, supporting the protection of customary lands[1] and opposing Chinese immigration.[2] It is led by Unasa Iuni Sapolu.[3]
The party was registered in July 2018.[4] In March 2019 the party unsuccessfully contested the Fa'asalelega No. 2 byelection.[5][6] Following the by-election the party's candidate, Lema'i Faioso Sione, was banished from his village for not supporting the candidate backed by the village council.[7][8]
In May 2020 the party joined other opposition parties in calling for the Land and Titles Bill to be delayed.[12]
The party launched its manifesto in October 2020, promising to repeal the Land Titles Registration Act 2008. It initially endorsed 10 candidates for the 2021 election.[13] but ultimately only nominated 6.[14] On 11 December 2020 the party announced an electoral alliance with the Tautua Samoa Party and Sovereign Independent Samoa Party, under which the parties would support each other's candidates in seats where they are not running against one another.[15]
During the 2021 election the party did not win any seats and earned a total of 207 votes nationwide.[16]
samoa, first, party, samoa, first, samoan, faʻamuamua, samoa, officially, samoa, first, political, party, political, party, samoa, party, nationalist, supporting, protection, customary, lands, opposing, chinese, immigration, unasa, iuni, sapolu, samoa, first, . Samoa First Samoan Faʻamuamua Samoa officially the Samoa First Political Party is a political party in Samoa The party is nationalist supporting the protection of customary lands 1 and opposing Chinese immigration 2 It is led by Unasa Iuni Sapolu 3 Samoa First Faʻamuamua SamoaLeaderUnasa Iuni SapoluFoundedJuly 2018IdeologySamoan nationalismPopulismLegislative Assembly0 53Politics of SamoaPolitical partiesElections The party was registered in July 2018 4 In March 2019 the party unsuccessfully contested the Fa asalelega No 2 byelection 5 6 Following the by election the party s candidate Lema i Faioso Sione was banished from his village for not supporting the candidate backed by the village council 7 8 The party held its official launch in February 2020 9 It then began to prepare to contest the 2021 Samoan general election 10 11 In May 2020 the party joined other opposition parties in calling for the Land and Titles Bill to be delayed 12 The party launched its manifesto in October 2020 promising to repeal the Land Titles Registration Act 2008 It initially endorsed 10 candidates for the 2021 election 13 but ultimately only nominated 6 14 On 11 December 2020 the party announced an electoral alliance with the Tautua Samoa Party and Sovereign Independent Samoa Party under which the parties would support each other s candidates in seats where they are not running against one another 15 During the 2021 election the party did not win any seats and earned a total of 207 votes nationwide 16 Electoral history editElection Votes Seats Rank Government 2021 207 0 23 0 51 New nbsp 4th Extra parliamentaryReferences edit Samoa First leader aims to stop customary land leasing RNZ 17 August 2018 Retrieved 16 August 2020 New political party in Samoa proposes China immigration ban RNZ 8 March 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Catherine Graue 8 August 2018 New Samoa First Party political party wants to challenge status quo ABC Retrieved 16 August 2020 New political party registered in Samoa RNZ 25 July 2018 Retrieved 16 August 2020 New Samoa party to contest by election this month RNZ 5 March 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Samoa ruling party candidate wins by election RNZ 25 March 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Samoa First sues village council over candidate expulsion RNZ 8 May 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Banned Samoa politician seeks mediation RNZ 16 July 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Soli Wilson 20 February 2020 Samoa First Party launched calls out P M Samoa Observer Retrieved 16 August 2020 Lanuola Tusani Tupufia Ah Tong 28 April 2020 2021 General Election date confirmed Samoa Observer Retrieved 15 August 2020 Samoan 2021 election date announced RNZ 29 April 2020 Retrieved 15 August 2020 Samoa political parties call on PM to delay controversial bills RNZ 1 May 2020 Retrieved 16 August 2020 Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi 10 October 2020 Samoa First reveals election plan in Savai i Samoa Observer Retrieved 12 October 2020 Soli Wilson 23 October 2020 The 200 to contest 2021 general election Samoa Observer Retrieved 29 November 2020 Soli Wilson 11 December 2020 Tautua Samoa First and S I S announce election alliance Samoa Observer Retrieved 11 December 2020 Adam Carr Independent State of Samoa Psephos Retrieved 4 February 2022 nbsp This article about a Samoan political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samoa First Party amp oldid 1203208568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
