The Samoan Democratic United Party ( SDUP ) was the main opposition party of Samoa from 2003 to 2008. The SDUP was formed in 2003 from the Samoan National Development Party (SNDP) and the Samoan United Independent Party (SUIP). During the 2006 Samoan general election , they won 10 of the 49 seats, but one member lost his seat after an election petition ruling in August 2006.
5-476: At the end of August 2006, the party announced it had a new leader, Asiata Sale'imoa Va'ai . The long-standing former leader, Le Mamea Ropati , had disputed the change of leadership. Following the departure of Ropati and his deputy Sililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva, the party dropped to seven MPs, and ceased to be recognised in the House. As a result, all its members were considered to be independents. Court action challenging
10-825: The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat in Suva , Fiji . Later he served as president of the Samoa Law Society from 1985 to 1987 and of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association from 1998 to 2001. Va'ai was elected to Parliament at the 2001 election , representing the constituency of Satupa'itea. He was re-elected in 2006 , and became leader of the SDUP in August of that year. As a result, the party fragmented, and ceased to be recognised by
15-615: The Tautua Samoa Party . In September 2010, the leaders of the SDUP, including Le Mamea Ropati , Tuia Paepae Letoa and Mulipola Oliva asked to run as HRPP candidates. The party was finally deregistered in February 2020 after not paying its registration fee. This article about a Samoan political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Asiata Sale%27imoa Va%27ai Asiata Alaelua Va'alepa Sale'imoa Va'ai (25 May 1945 – 2 September 2010)
20-478: The Speaker's ruling was repeatedly delayed. In the interim, the party's deputy leader, Aeau Peniamina Le'avai , resigned, while another MP, Sililoto Tolo Tua'ifaiva , died. In August 2007 party leader Asiata Sale'imoa Va'ai was charged with contempt of court after accusing the judiciary of bias over delays in the court case. In April 2008 most remaining SDUP MPs agreed to form a new party, which eventually became
25-570: Was a Samoan politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament for the territorial constituency of Satupa'itea and the leader of the Samoan United Independents Political Party and Samoan Democratic United Party . Asiata was the son of former Prime Minister Va'ai Kolone and the brother of Tautua Samoa MP Va'ai Papu Vailupe . He worked as a barrister in Samoa and New Zealand , before working for
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