Political campaigns in Samoa are heating up, as constituents prepare for next March’s General Elections.
<script async src="http://www.samoaobserver.ws///pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<!-- ads-articles(24.03.14) -->
<ins class="adsbygoogle"
style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px"
data-ad-client="ca-pub-9419815128221199"
data-ad-slot="2395638412"></ins>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>
Yesterday, the Vaitele “gold mine” market was filled with voters lining up at the Electoral Office booth set up in the area.
Voters came from Savai’i, Falelatai, Vaitele and elsewhere.
Niui’a Faagu Ga, a committee member from Saipipi, Savai’i, made the ferry trip in search of voters living in Upolu. He represents the committee for Tofa Lio Foleni, a candidate from Saipipi vying for Fa’asaleleaga no.3.
He said many of the constituents from the island had left to live in Apia.
“My mission is to find them and see if they want to get registered with the constituency.
“Some left once they have married those living in Upolu and so there is a huge gap in the number of people in the roll…there are still people living in Savai’i but [the] majority have left for Apia.”
Other candidates running for the Fa’asaleleaga no.3 seat currently occupied by Tuileutu Alavaa include former M.P. Unasa Mesi and Toala Tulouna, from Faga.
In the constituency of Aiga ile Tai, M.P. Ifopo Matia Filisi still has the support of the majority.
Several matai that spoke to the Samoa Observer yesterday maintained the M.P. had done a great job over the past five years.
One of them is Pouli Ativalu, 74, of Mulifanua.
He said he’d continue supporting the current M.P. as he had come through for his constituents, by ensuring each household had access to water and electricity.
Faleula Village Mayor Leaso Sefo Tuvale said his village had thrown its support behind its former M.P., Loau Keneti Sio.
He said other villages in the constituency of Sagaga le Falefa had their own candidates and winning would be tough for current M.P. Tuisa Tasi Patea.
<!-- 336x280 (bottom-article) -->
<ins class="adsbygoogle"
style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px"
data-ad-client="ca-pub-2469982834957525"
data-ad-slot="1033882026"></ins>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>{/googleAds}