{"id":602042,"date":"2021-07-24T23:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602042"},"modified":"2021-07-24T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T03:06:16","slug":"first-female-prime-minister-of-samoa-to-lead-after-months-of-legal-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-female-prime-minister-of-samoa-to-lead-after-months-of-legal-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"First female prime minister of Samoa to lead after months of legal battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-female-prime-minister-of-samoa-to-lead-after-months-of-legal-battles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2467593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2467593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiame Naomi Mata\u2019afa (seated C-in white) sits with members of parliament and the judiciary as she is sworn in as Samoa\u2019s first woman prime minister in Apia on May 24, 2021, at an extraordinary makeshift tent ceremony after the island nation\u2019s long-ruling government refused to cede power and locked the doors of parliament. (MALIETAU MALIETOA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:04 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The first female prime minister of Samoa has officially taken office. On Friday, an appeals court cleared the way for Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata\u2019afa, who was ceremoniously sworn in at the end of May this year.<\/p>\n<p>Her rule was immediately challenged by the sitting prime minister of 22 years. Several court battles ensued after Mata\u2019afa\u2019s party won a one seat majority in parliament following an election in April.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2467592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2467592\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2467592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/naomi-1-291x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 18: Samoa MP Fiame Naomi Mata&#039;afa speaks during the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum at Parliament on April 18, 2013 in Wellington, New Zealand. The forum sees 70 Parliamentarians and political leaders across 22 Pacific nations come together for 5 days to debate issues affecting the Pacific. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)\" width=\"291\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/naomi-1-291x437-1.jpg 291w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/naomi-1-140x210.jpg 140w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/naomi-1.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2467592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiame Naomi Mata\u2019afa speaks during the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum at Parliament on April 18, 2013 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mata\u2019afa said despite following months of turmoil, Samoans should unite and move forward. \u201cLet us all now come together each in our own way to make Samoa, our beloved country, a place we can be proud of and happy to live in,\u201d said the new prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Besides passing a budget, Mata\u2019afa\u2019s government plans to end a new Chinese development in their major port. She cited the government\u2019s debt, calling the previous government\u2019s plans for a Chinese funded port \u201cexcessive.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-s-d-house-majority-leader-dead-at-53\/\">Fmr. S.D. 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