Tuisa Tasi Patea Explained

Tuisa Tasi Patea
Constituency Mp14:Sagaga No. 4
Parliament14:Samoa
Term Start14:9 April 2021
Term End14:28 July 2021
Predecessor14:None (seat established)
Successor14:Tagaloatele Pasi Poloa
Constituency Mp15:Sagaga-Le-Falefa
Parliament15:Samoa
Term Start15:4 March 2011
Term End15:4 March 2016
Predecessor15:Keneti Sio
Successor15:Keneti Sio
Party:Human Rights Protection Party

Tuisa Tulimasealii Tasi Patea is a Samoan politician. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Tuisa is a lawyer.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election and appointed Associate Minister of Police and Prisons.[2] He lost his seat in 2016. He subsequently returned to work as a lawyer.[1] In 2018 he was censured by a District Court judge for giving poor advice to a client.[3]

He was re-elected in the newly created Sagaga No. 4 seat in the 2021 election.[1] On 29 June 2021 he resigned as part of the settlement of an election petition.[4] [5] On 12 July 2021 the Supreme Court of Samoa refused permission for the electoral petitions to be withdrawn in order to hear allegations of bribery and treating against Tuisa and FAST candidate Tagaloatele Poloa.[6] The resignation became effective on 28 July.[7] He subsequently contested the resulting by-election,[8] but was unsuccessful.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Six lawyers cross to become legislators . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . Samoa Observer . 13 April 2021 . 13 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Samoa govt minister returns to work after election petition against him fails . RNZ . 18 May 2011 . 13 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Samoan lawyer censured by judge after ATM trial . RNZ . 10 May 2018 . 13 July 2021.
  4. Web site: By-election as elected M.P. stands down . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . Samoa Observer . 29 June 2021 . 29 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Elected HRPP member to resign per agreement with opponent . Talanei . 28 June 2021 . 13 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Court stops Samoa MP from forcing by-election . RNZ . 13 July 2021 . 13 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Sagaga No. 4 petition withdrawn; Member resigns . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . Samoa Observer . 28 July 2021 . 28 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Twenty-two candidates register for by-elections . Samoa Observer . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . 5 November 2021 . 5 November 2021.
  9. Web site: F.A.S.T. party's Tagaloatele leads in Sagaga No. 4 . Samoa Observer . 26 November 2021 . Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong . 26 November 2021.