Talk:Politics of Samoa

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This article repeats the statement made at the CIA World Factbook that only members of the matai class are eligible for election to the Samoan seats of the Fono. But the Samoan Constitution contains no such provision. Can anyone provide a source for this statement? Adam 02:06, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Election to parliament

That provision is not in the constitution but in the Electoral Act. Incidentally there are twi seats 5Individual Voters° for election of Non Matai.

Also some of the data is out of date and incorrect eg its ii Tupa Tamasese Tupuola Efi (don't know if some jerk has deleted my entry or not on that)and he is now a member of the Council of Deputies.

There are some changes now, the above is now the Head of States for Samoa, His Highness Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, his term will be for five years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.246.8.82 (talk) 09:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)