2021 General Elections

A former opposition party, Tautua Samoa, is gearing up for the 2021 general election with hopes of winning parliamentary seats to end any further one-party rule.

The ruling Human Rights Protection Party has dominated Samoan politics since 1982 and currently holds 47 out of the 50 seats in the Samoan Fono.

Tautua Samoa is working alongside five other parties who together are hoping to form a new government or at the very least a strong opposition grouping.

The party has been registered under the name 'Tumua ma Puleono' which carries the traditional honorifics of the two main islands of Upolu and Savaii.

The party secretary, John Peterson, and eight financial members met on Monday afternoon with the Electoral Commissioner, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, to officially endorse the registration.

The secretary said the party's supporters included Samoans residing overseas.