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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s Attorney General Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale is lashing back at the country’s media who reported that she “walked out” of Sunday’s special sitting of the court following an application by FAST lawyers challenging a late night proclamation by the Head of State issued by...
Apia, SAMOA — In a press statement issued Saturday afternoon, Samoa’s Attorney General Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale clarifies provisions of the newly passed Lands and Titles Act 2020, stating, “the decision for both bestowal and removal of a matai remains with the family, as it should be”.
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![“Government DOES NOT play any role in the bestowment or removal of a matai title,” AG Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale said Saturday in a govt press release. [photo: Samoa govt Facebook page] Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_ag_annendale.jpg?itok=_ykNWrYv)