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VETO OVERRIDE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the Senate was informed that adding the veto override referendum on the general election ballot for 2024 was not feasible, it seems the Senate will have its way.
Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga last Friday sent a letter to Chief Election Officer Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives has approved the Senate version of a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with the veto override power, which currently rests with the Secretary of Interior.
The measure that the House acted on last Friday is the Senate version of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two new measures were introduced in the Senate late last week that seeks to amend the Revised Constitution of American Samoa and therefore will require a public vote. Both issues are not new and have been introduced in previous years, including one proposal, which went...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first public outreach program spearheaded by the government on the veto override referendum that will be on the Nov. 6, 2018 general election ballot was held at the Office of Samoan Affairs conference room recently, and Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga T. Asuega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The main reason for last week’s “Youth Empowerment Summit on Self- Determination & Hope” was to help youth learn about current and critical issues on American Samoa’s political status and constitution. Another was to get a good indication of their views on these...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed Chief Election Officer, Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei, to place one Constitutional amendment on the ballot for the November 2018 general election, in which electors will also vote for American Samoa’s Delegate to the US Congress and the...