GMNZ - SAMOA - REFERENDUM ON ELECTORAL REFORM

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Year
1990
Reference
7176
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1990
Reference
7176
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:06:35
Credits
RNZ Collection
Robinson, Geoff
Efi, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese

Geoff Robinson interviews Samoa's Opposition leader and former Prime Minister,
Tupua Tamasese, about proposed changes to Samoa's electoral system. The
country is planning a referendum to decide whether non-chiefs can vote.
Since independence in 1962 only Matai or chiefs could vote and be elected
to the Western Samoa parliament, and so only 32,000 of a population of
160,000 could take part in the elections.