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Apia, SAMOA — At Friday’s sitting of the Samoa Court of Appeal to decide on the Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the ad-hoc swearing in of Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Party, the Court reserved its decision and Chief Justice Satiu set a date by which it would be delivered.
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![The decision being appealed is a Supreme Court judgment of 28 June 2021 that declared a tent swearing-in of elected FAST members unconstitutional and unlawful because the Head of State was not present. [photo: screenshot via Samoa Global News] Samoa parliament building with tents](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_parliament_with_tents.jpeg?itok=_ef5ZmVN)