Samoa's Court of Appeal has voided the legal challenge by a Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) women's candidate, who said she was wrongly removed as an MP.
Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau had been appointed as the 6th woman's MP by the Electoral Commissioner, but then had her appointment rescinded in a decision by the Supreme Court.
That decision gave the newcomer Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party the slimmest majority in the new parliament, and this latest decision now confirms that.
