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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...
Rendering of Fono building under construction
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...
Senators sitting
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...
A look at some of the village mayors, village police, and others from the community, who attended yesterday’s launch of the first public outreach program
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...
participants at the 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit
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...