Samoans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections on Friday after months of political turmoil
Samoa will go to the polls on Friday in a national election called early by the caretaker prime minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, after months of political turmoil.
Official campaigning ceased on Sunday with billboards blacked out, posters taken down and social media endorsements suspended under strict orders from the electoral commissioner.
The vote is tipped as unpredictable, with three main contenders vying for leadership.
While most Samoans are focused on cost-of-living pressures, the result will also shape the country’s approach to China, Australia and the US in a region marked by intensifying geopolitical rivalry.
