Le Mamea's Predicament
Letter published Samoa Observer Sat. 20/02/10
LE MAMEA’S PREDICAMENT
Dear Editor,
My response to the Editorial ‘Le Mamea’s Predicament Mirrors Common Question’ (18/02/10 by Mata’afa Keni is this:-
If the longest serving Member of Parliament Le Mamea is being pressured by Lefaga and Falese’ela to secure his allegiance to the HRPP at the 2011 general elections, then several reasons come to mind for this to be possible.
First, it is quite possible for the current government to promise “things” to any constituency in return for an “election favour”. Second it is possible for an “election deal” to be arranged with a few vocal matais and not all voters in the constituency. Third, it is possible that Le Mamea has been approached by members of the HRPP with a view to replace Tuilaepa as leader. Fourth, it is possible for Le Mamea himself to decide that the only way to really save Samoa from the peril of profit-driven elite policies is to topple Tuila’epa himself in the HRPP.
So surely, bribing a few matais with promises cannot be for the benefit of all families in the villages or for the country as a whole. But if there is a plot in the HRPP to remove Tuila’epa and replace with Le Mamea....I don’t think so! Will Misa surrender his chance for the top job? It is highly unlikely for an internal plot in the HRPP! After all that is why the anti-Fa’aSamoa legislations such as the Water Resource Management Act (2008), and the Land Management Act (2008) went ahead with little interference from the real owners of Samoan land and water.
Stealing of traditional land for investments by large companies is a known fact in underdeveloped and developing countries according to caring research. It would pay for voters to do some research into the main cause of ‘global poverty’ and whilst doing research, look up how poor countries end up paying five to five hundred times more on loan interests than on the actual loan itself. It is absolutely unethical! Is this what Lefaga and Falase’ela and Matautu want to happen to Samoa? Is this really what the rest of the HRPP want happen to Samoa?
I will leave these questions for MP Le Mamea and all those considering running from a non-HRPP position to ponder. There ought to be more campaigning for a change of government based on the real issues facing Samoa. Decisions made at the constituencies ought to be properly informed decisions for the survival of Samoa.
Ma lo’u fa’aaloalo lava,
Meripa Weir (Keen Samoan Watcher From Abroad).
meripaweir@gmail.com
LE MAMEA’S PREDICAMENT
Dear Editor,
My response to the Editorial ‘Le Mamea’s Predicament Mirrors Common Question’ (18/02/10 by Mata’afa Keni is this:-
If the longest serving Member of Parliament Le Mamea is being pressured by Lefaga and Falese’ela to secure his allegiance to the HRPP at the 2011 general elections, then several reasons come to mind for this to be possible.
First, it is quite possible for the current government to promise “things” to any constituency in return for an “election favour”. Second it is possible for an “election deal” to be arranged with a few vocal matais and not all voters in the constituency. Third, it is possible that Le Mamea has been approached by members of the HRPP with a view to replace Tuilaepa as leader. Fourth, it is possible for Le Mamea himself to decide that the only way to really save Samoa from the peril of profit-driven elite policies is to topple Tuila’epa himself in the HRPP.
So surely, bribing a few matais with promises cannot be for the benefit of all families in the villages or for the country as a whole. But if there is a plot in the HRPP to remove Tuila’epa and replace with Le Mamea....I don’t think so! Will Misa surrender his chance for the top job? It is highly unlikely for an internal plot in the HRPP! After all that is why the anti-Fa’aSamoa legislations such as the Water Resource Management Act (2008), and the Land Management Act (2008) went ahead with little interference from the real owners of Samoan land and water.
Stealing of traditional land for investments by large companies is a known fact in underdeveloped and developing countries according to caring research. It would pay for voters to do some research into the main cause of ‘global poverty’ and whilst doing research, look up how poor countries end up paying five to five hundred times more on loan interests than on the actual loan itself. It is absolutely unethical! Is this what Lefaga and Falase’ela and Matautu want to happen to Samoa? Is this really what the rest of the HRPP want happen to Samoa?
I will leave these questions for MP Le Mamea and all those considering running from a non-HRPP position to ponder. There ought to be more campaigning for a change of government based on the real issues facing Samoa. Decisions made at the constituencies ought to be properly informed decisions for the survival of Samoa.
Ma lo’u fa’aaloalo lava,
Meripa Weir (Keen Samoan Watcher From Abroad).
meripaweir@gmail.com
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