Samoa Former PM

Court voids suspension of Samoa's former prime minister

Samoa Observer reports Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese and Justice Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke ruled on Tuesday afternoon that the suspension of former prime minister Tuilaepa Sai'lele Malielagaoi and Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi was unconstitutional.

Party leader Tuilaepa and Lealailepule were suspended from parliament without pay last October for two years after a government-instigated decision made through a secret ballot vote.