Kruse: Status quo at OPD’s office risks severely impacting court operations
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a June 15 letter this year, Chief Justice Michael Kruse brought to the governor’s attention, what he describes as a “brewing constitutional crisis within the



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![The new senator for Manua #1 District Poumele Pete Poumele Galea’i being sworn in by Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr. in the Senate last Friday. The new senator’s granddaughter Gaioioilemua’ilemataolelaisaua Mataniufeagaimaleata Galea’i is holding the Bible. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] POUMELE BEING SWORN IN](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/poumele_img_1983.jpg?itok=j0LcJ5iP)
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