Samoa's First Female Prime Minister Sworn in Outside Locked Parliament amid Political Crisis
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa.Photo: Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Ta/AFP via Getty Samoa’s first female prime minister took office on Monday morning in an unconventional ceremony outside a locked Parliament, underlining the pacific island’songoing constitutional crisis. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, 64, had to be sworn in with her FAST Party inside a makeshift tent because the doors of Parliament were locked to keep lawmakers from entering, according toCNNandNPR. While Fiame emerged from the country’s April 9 election with a narrow margin of support, outgoing Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of the HRP Party has refused to accept the results and step down from his position, which he has held for 22 years....