The prolonged and unprecedented Samoa Elections 2021
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SSGM Seminar Series
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to high demand, this event will be held as an online-only Zoom webinar
After a month of political and judicial uncertainties from a deadlock general election, Samoa’s Head of State declared that the country returns to the polls on 21 May 2021. A day before the intended second general election (may or may not) takes place, this seminar brings together scholars from Apia, Auckland and Canberra to discuss the factors that led to the election stalemate. Moreover, it details the unprecedented process thereafter with a focus on the role of political campaigns, the Samoan diaspora, social media, gender quota, women leaders, and implications for Pacific regionalism and Australia. The unprecedented elections continue…
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Sau’ia Dr Louise Mata’ia-Milo
National University of Samoa (Dean of the Faculty of Arts)
Dr Asenati Liki-Chan Tung
Sustineo Pty Limited
Dr Kerryn Baker
Australian National University
Dr Roannie Ng Shiu
Australian National University
Eliorah Malifa
Australian National University
Salā Dr George Carter
Australian National University
