Saturday, February 19, 2011

The State of Freedom in Samoa

FaaSamoa vs. Democracy. Can the two systems cohabitate? The current Samoan political machine has manipulated this naive system of personal choice into one where the odds favor the party in power. Is it a Samoan tactic or is it just a gre...ed motivated power move, which is born of shrewd and/or cowardly motivations? Unwilling to let the system decide for itself through unmolested elections, the parties in power are afraid they will lose an election if they do not stack the deck in their favor. Is this confidence in their ability to govern or an acknowledgment of their failure as a government but refusal to relinquish power. If this is the case then HRPP are determined to retain power with or without the popular support of the people. In other words it is not a democracy.

Samoa e. Ua leva na tatou mafuta ma lenei ituaiga malo o le faatemakorasi ae e le'i manino lava le mata o le vai po o lea tonu lava le uiga o lea igoa, o le Faatemakorasi. O le uiga o le upu Temakoasi poo le Democracy, o se faiga malo e mafua lana pule i le Mau a tagata ta'itasi oloo nofoia lea atunuu. Ose tuufatasiga o manatu ma ioega a tagata uma ua iai le aia tatau e palotaina sui tauva mai a latou itumalo ona ua silafia e le tagata palota o le sui lenei e faamaoni ma agavaa mo le tofi,

Ole Faatemakorasi e ala na malosi ona oloo amanaiaina e le Malo manatu lautele o Tagata nuu i soose faaiuga fai poo se tulafono e pasia. O lea tulaga e mafua ona o sui ia ua latou palotaina mai a latou itumalo oloo aumaia le finagalo lautele ole itumalo i taupulega fai a le Fono tele. I le faatemakorasi e le pulea e se tagata to'atasi le malo. E afua mai le malosi a le malo i le sapasapaia o tagata taitoatasi o aiaiga fai, ina ua iai se latou leo i le faiga malo. O lona uiga o oe le tagata Samoa e iai lau aia tatau i pulega fai a le Malo. A fai e faatapulaaina lena aia e se tasi ua malepe iina le faatemakorasi.

E iai auala faaalatua e mafai ai ona faatapulaaina ai le aia a tagata nuu e nisi ua iai le pule i totonu o faiga malo, ma latou taofia ai le mafai e se tasi poo se itu ona latou tula'i mai i se tauvaga faapalota. O ia tulaga e faanoanoa ai le agaga aua ua faaoga sese le pule na avatu e tagata nuu o Samoa i inei auauna, mo le lelei a Samoa, ae ua latou taumafai e uumia pea le puleaga a le malo ise auala faatogafiti. O ia auala faatogafiti ua alai ona iai se agaga, e logologo atu, ile atunuu pele, ua mana'omia le tou mataala ma le tou filiga e faatumauina le amiotonu o faiga malo a Samoa aua ole malo faitele.

Afai oloo e manatu mama i lenei aia tatau ua e uumia, ua e nofo lava oe ma faapologa oe. Aua e te faatauina lenei palota ise tupe poo se tulaga faaleaiga. E le o le auga tonu lea o le faiga malo faatemakorasi. Ua i ou lava lima lau manuia ma lau malaia. Afai ete palota ma le faatamala ua leai sou faamoemoe mo le lumanai ma le soifua lelei o tupulaga fai mai a Samoa. Ia teu lau palota e pei ose ario ma faaoga tatau ina ia e filifilia ai se tagata amiotonu ma alofa moni ia te oe, ma lou aiga, ma si o tatou atunuu o Samoa. Samoa Tula'i ma fai lau faiva. O ou mama na.
Autalavou Mo Taeao

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