Matamua Vasati Pulufana Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Matamua Vasati Pulufana
Office4:Minister of Justice and Courts Administration
Primeminister4:Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Term Start4:24 May 2021
Predecessor4:Faaolesa Katopau Ainuu
Constituency Mp15:Faʻasaleleʻaga No. 1
Parliament15:Samoan
Term Start15:9 April 2021
Predecessor15:Sili Epa Tuioti
Party:Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi

Matamua Seumanu Vasati Pulufana is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the FAST Party.

Matamua is the wife of former MP Tiata Sili Pulufana and is a former educator.[1] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2021 Samoan general election,[2] [3] defeating finance minister Sili Epa Tuioti.[4] On 24 May 2021 she was appointed Minister of Justice and Courts Administration in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[5] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.[6] [7]

In December 2021 Matamua suspended the appointment process for the Deputy President for the Land and Titles Court of Samoa on the grounds that a "drafting error" in the Land and Titles Bill meant that there were no legal provisions for appointments to the court.[8] Attorney-General Su'a Hellene Wallwork subsequently issued a formal opinion that the lack of appointment provisions meant that no appointments could be made until further legislation had been passed,[9] and that the Komisi o Fa'amasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa, intended to be an appointments and supervisory body for the court, was legally powerless.[10] On this basis, Matamua ordered the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration not to progress the appointments in any way. Despite this, on 17 December 2021 Fepulea'i purported to swear in Faimalomatumua and two other judges without warrants of appointment from the O le Ao o le Malo, claiming the appointments were "made by God".[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matamua follows late husband's footsteps . Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi . Samoa Observer . 20 November 2020 . 27 May 2021.
  2. Web site: FAST Candidates Displace 4 Ministers and Deputy Speaker . Samoa Global News . 9 April 2021 . 13 July 2021.
  3. Web site: FAST Ushers In More New MPs Than HRPP . Newsline Samoa . 11 April 2021 . 25 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Sili will challenge defeat in court . Samoa Observer . Joyetter Feagaimaali'i . 10 April 2021 . 10 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Fiame Sworn in as Prime Minister under Marquees on Parliament Grounds . Marieta H Ilalio . Samoa Global News . 25 May 2021 . 25 May 2021.
  6. Web site: F.A.S.T. declared new Government as appeal upheld . Samoa Observer . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . 23 July 2021 . 23 July 2021.
  7. Web site: First FAST Cabinet Down to Work – When the Impossible Happens . Talamua Online . 5 September 2021. 29 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731032947/https://talamua.com/2021/07/30/first-fast-cabinet-down-to-work-when-the-impossible-happens/. 31 July 2021. dead.
  8. Web site: Justice Minister halts L.T.C. Deputy President appointment . Samoa Observer . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . 6 December 2021 . 6 December 2021.
  9. Web site: A.G. advice against L.T.C. appointment . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . Samoa Observer . 14 December 2021 . 17 December 2021.
  10. Web site: L.T.C. Commission powerless: A.G. . Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi . Samoa Observer . 15 December 2021 . 17 December 2021.
  11. Web site: "Appointments made by God": L.T.C. President . Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi . Samoa Observer . 17 December 2021 . 17 December 2021.

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