Samoa to head into early elections after PM Fiame dissolves parliament
Samoa will go into early elections after parliament failed to pass the national budget this morning.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced that she will seek a dissolution of parliament and will await the Head of State to advise when the national election will be called.
The ABC's Adel Fruean recounted what unfolded in parliament this morning and shared with Nesia Daily what this now means for the country.
Also in the program, we spoke with Luna-Rossa Lomitusi-Ape, a young beekeeper from Samoa who is on a mission to build up and protect the population of bees in the country.
Moses Cakau Willie joined us to acknowledge the passing of Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician and chief who was the first woman elected to the nation's parliament in 1987, and eventually became Vanuatu's first female minister in 1991.
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