Political crisis in Samoa as prime minister-elect locked out of parliament to prevent swearing in

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was set to become the country’s first female prime minister, after her party won a knife-edge election last month. Photograph: Fa’atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Ta/AFP/Getty Images

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was set to become the country’s first female prime minister, after her party won a knife-edge election last month. Photograph: Fa’atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Ta/AFP/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/24/political-crisis-in-samoa-as-prime-minister-elect-locked-out-of-parliament-to-prevent-swearing-in