Naomi Mata'afa

Cook Islands PM Brown congratulates Samoa PM-elect after court ruling

PM Brown said he wrote to his Samoan counterpart “as soon it was confirmed” that the Court of Appeal had issued a ruling in favour of Mata’afa and her FAST Party.

The ruling has ended a stalemate with former PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, who refused to step down after his HRPP Party lost national elections held in April.