Maualaivao Pat Ah Him Explained

Maualaivao Pat Ah Him
Constituency Mp15:Individual voters
Parliament15:Samoa
Term Start15:4 March 2011
Term End15:4 March 2016
Predecessor15:Hans Joachim Keil III
Successor15:None (Seat disestablished)
Party:Human Rights Protection Party

Maualaivao Patelesio Ah Him (born ~1950) is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party. He is the older brother of Muagututagata Peter Ah Him.[1]

Maualaivao is a businessman.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2011 Samoan general election. Elected as an independent, he immediately joined the Human Rights Protection Party and was appointed Associate Minister of Health. In parliament he unsuccessfully opposed the disestablishement of the individual voters seat.[2] At the 2016 election he contested the newly created constituency of Urban West, losing to Faumuina Asi Pauli Wayne Fong.[1] He subsequently took an election petition against Fong.[3]

In October 2018 he was one of a group of chiefs charged with contempt of court for bestowing the Malietoa title in violation of a court order.[4] [5]

He contested the Sagaga no.2 seat in the 2021 election as an independent,[1] losing to Seiuli Ueligitone Seiuli. An election petition bought against Seiuli resulted in both him and Maualaivao being found guilty of bribery and treating and banned from office for 15 years.[6] [7]

In September 2020 he lodged a complaint with police against Deputy Ombudsman Maualaivao Pepe Seuli over a heated verbal exchange during a village council meeting.[8] Police initially refused to investigate,[8] but in October 2021 charged Maualaivao Pepe Seuli with using insulting words.[9] [10] In December 2021 he lodged a complaint with police alleging that former prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, police commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil, and Attorney-General Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale has conspired to defeat the course of justice in the handling of his complaint against Seuli.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Father and son run for public office . Samoa Observer . 23 October 2020 . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . 9 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Two Samoan MPs strongly opposed to plans to replace their individual voters' seats . RNZ . 9 February 2012 . 9 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Justice confirms one more petition . Pai Mulitalo Ale . Samoa Observer . 31 March 2016 . 9 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Samoa village chiefs and orators in court on contempt charges . RNZ . 2 October 2018 . 9 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Malietoa Moli and Malie chiefs in Court for contempt . Samoa Observer . Deidre Tautua-Fanene . 3 October 2018 . 9 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Seat declared void; election overturned . Soli Wilson . Samoa Observer . 18 June 2021 . 9 July 2022.
  7. Web site: First By-election Confirmed, HRPP Loses One Seat . Marieta H Ilalio . Samoa Global News . 18 June 2021 . 9 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Former M.P. lashes out at the Police . Samoa Observer . 4 July 2021 . Joyetter Feagaimaali'i . 9 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Samoa Deputy Ombudsman faces criminal charges . Loop Samoa . 27 October 2021 . 9 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Deputy Ombudsman Charged Over Words Uttered in Village Council Meeting . Samoa Global News . Ganasavea Manuia Tafeaga . 27 October 2021 . 9 July 2022.
  11. Web site: Former HRPP MP press charges against former PM & Others . Talamua . Talaia Mika . 23 December 2021 . 9 July 2022.

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