Head Of State Should Not Sign RHD Warrant – MP Aeau
Written by Pio Sioa
Sunday, 27 April 2008
CULTURALLY OFFENSIVE : Riot gear hidden behind the Parliament buildinig during the RHD II protest march .
The fight against the road switch policy is being revived with a call from Falealupo Member of Parliament, Aeau Peniamina, for the Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, not to sign the legal warrant.
The formality of the Head of State’s signature is all that is left for the road switch to become law.
“His Highness should hold off signing the RHD legislation until after the general elections,” MP Aeau contends when he spoke exclusively to Newsline this week.
“It’s up to him,” the MP responsed when asked about the pressure that is being put on the Head of State by calling on him to withhold his signature.
“The general elections should be made the RHD referendum that Government refused to call on the issue.”
MP Aeau argued that the RHD legislation passed in Parliament last week left the date open for the switch to become official and it leaves room for the deadline to be extended.
‘All they said was for the road switch to become effective sometime in the second half of 2009, so why not extend it to the general elections?
“This will be the ideal opportunity to let the country decide on the issue with their vote.
“I can pledge right now that we will return to left hand drive cars if we win the general elections.”
MP Aeau hammered out once again the contention by protesters of the RHD switch that the country is against the Government initiative.
He believes that the RHD law has left the country depressed and dangerously volatile.
“We are a country founded on traditional respect, and the RHD protest was carried out with all due regards to traditional deference reserved for Parliament, where the leaders or fathers of this country makes decision for the good of the people.
“The depressed state the people are in now is a worry because there is a limit to everything, and how far can they hold on to the ‘ava fatafata’ (respect)?”
MP Aeau called on the people to remaim calm ( mau pea le to’ovae) and to continue their protest to the election booths in 2011.
He was incensed however with the response by the police to the protesters during the second march, where respresentives of the organisers, People Against Switching Sides, PASS, were manhandled.
He was particularly worried at seeing riot gears the police hid behind the Parliament building while the protesters were massing on the grounds in front of the House.
“Samoa prides itself on its tradition of respect and the powers of oratory, the mouth is a Samoans ‘weapon’ and for the police to have these things around (riot gears) is an insult to the integrity of our culture.
“Parliament is where the heart of our tradition beats, these are the fathers of the nation, and the action by the police is a disrespect to the dignity of the members and our culture of respect.”
MP Aeau rejected the new changes starting to appear, where the police are ‘resorting to foreign’ methods of policing and their introduction into the country.
“Maybe riot gears are better suited to countries where there is no cultural respect, not in Samoa where culture is the best form of policing we can ever hope for.
“We don’t have enough police around to control the people if the culture fails.”
MP went on to applaud the peaceful manner the protesters carried out their protest, and placed most of the credit on the Chairman of PASS and his executive committee.
Faafetai, Faafetai tele lava i lau Afioga Aeau Peniamina i lou taulagalaga i mea lelei. Moni ma faamaoni lou finagalo ua faaalia i le mataupu ua pisapisao ai le atunuu. Manaia lava ae tuu atu le pasiaina o le tulafono i le uma o faiga palota o loo lumanai. Afai lava e toe tulai le malo o lo o iai nei ona sauni loa lea e faaauau le pasiaina o le tulafono taufaaofi lea. Ae e tatau foi i le o lo o faauluulu iai le Malo Samoa ona silasila totoa ane i le toatele o le mamalu o le atunuu ua nonofo ma le popole ma le le mautonu pe a tulai mai ina pasia le tulafono. (E le aoaia e Laupua Tamafaiga) Faamoemoe ia i le Agaga o le Atua e afio ane i le Ao Mamalu o le Malo Samoa ma musumusuina lona finagalo ia aua nei sainiaina lenei tulafono e fai i le fosi ma le faamalosi i le manatu o le tagata e toatasi ae le silasila ane i le lautele o le atunuu.
Manuaia faasausauga a le atunuu.
... written by Dexter Tuigamala,
April 27, 2008
Fa'amalo i le afioga i le minisita ia Aeau Peniamina mo le tauivi lava mo mea e lelei ai sio tatou malo o Samoa,ua uma le malosi a tagata ile faiaina o mea e maua ai le fealofani ma le nonofo lelei ae le taitai lava ona tafa le finagalo o le tatou palemia ma ona tagata.afai lava o tulaga ia o le a o'o ai samoa ma lana faigamalo o le le amanaia oni fautuaga mai le tele o tagatanu'u o samoa, ona sili ai lea ona aua le toe fesiligia le tofa o samoa mo se latou fautuaga."O TAFEGA O VAI E MATUA I LE VAITELE"e fa'apena le fa'atofala'iga ma tu'utu'u i le loloto e saili ai se 'ai mo le manuia lautele o samoa."MANATUA" o samoa ua uma ona tu'umatamaga ma tu'u laupua ona upu.O le papa ele gae'e, o le sami fo'i e le soona fagotaina e se tautai aua o le fale tulutulu i moana o samoa,o le fale e ato i le mamalu ae salani i le matagofie o le atua,afai e le'o toe manatu mai le palemia i le fa'atalau'ula atu o samoa ae a outou o nisi o minisita o le itu lea o HRPP. Toe fa'amanatu atu fo'i ia outou e palotaina outou i nofoa o o le palemene,ae o le taumafaiga ale minisita o Peniamina,ia talosia ia le ao mamalu o samoa ae aua le sainia le pili lea fa'atulafonoina ai.fa'amanuia le atua i le susuga i le ao mamalu o samoa Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese ma lona nofoaiga.
Malo lava sole written by Christine,
April 30, 2008
O si ou manatu i le itu,ou te le faitioina faiaoga o aoga na aafia i lea faalavelave,o tamaiti lava latou ua tele le fiatautaua i mea leaga ma mea valea,aua foi e le o mea ia o aoaoa i totonu o aoga e iloa a le tamaititi lelei i ona uiga taimi foi ia o loo mafuta lelei i matua ma aiga i taimi uma ao le taimiiti faatupu faalavelave i le aoga o le ata foi lena o lona aiga,ae leiloa foi pe na felelei ma ogaga kamaiki na amata le na lemafaufau i le taulaga. Ae ia toa pea le tai,i tou susuga i faiaoga uma o si ou atunuu,aua le tau le pua ma lafo ole tatou galuega fai faatasi ae ia manuia le aso. Soifua Christine fr Viroqua USA.
RHD written by Tau,
April 30, 2008
Aloha mai Hawaii. Faafetai i le Afioga i le Faipule mo le finagalo faaalia. Ou te lei maua lava se manatu mai i a matou i Amerika i le suiga o le a i ai le auala o le atunuu pele. Talitonu le agaga o le 60% o Samoa e aumau i Amerika nei e mai i si o tatou atunuu (Samoa i Sisifo). Si ou faanoanoaga o le u mai o le iu(tulou) o le Palemia ma lana faigamalo i a matou i Amerika ae faasaga ona talaluma agai i Niusila ma Ausetalia. Ua tipi motu lava matou mai i femalagaina a vaalele, sei mafai foi ona sau le Polyblue mo se malaga, pe faatasi i le tausaga ae ua lava ma totoe. Tele o uo ma aiga, tama ma tina matutua o si o tatou atunuu taumafai lava e asiasi atu i Samoa ae o lo o ai sau i Tafuna le toatele e faatalitali ai se vaa mo Faleolo. Nei foi la o le a sui le auala, O le a le mafai lava e matou ona avatu nai taavale mo nai aiga i Samoa. O si ou lava la manatu ua tatau ona alu le Palemia e toe aoga, silasila i le taavale mai Niusila ma Ausetalia pe tutusa fausaga ma taavale e avatu i Amerika nei. O taavale mai i atunuu na, e 2 i le 3 tausaga ae pala i Samoa ona e le fetaui le apa o fai ai ma le tatou siosiomaga, ao taavale i Amerika nei, ia fua ifo e outou le eseesega. Talitonu, o faaiuga tou te faia o le a sui ai foi le alavaa a Samoa i Amerika i mea o le a tafafao ai. E i ai i latou o le a le toe fia asiasi atu i Samoa ma o le a leai ai lava se turisi Samoa mai Amerika o le a fiaasiasi atu. Nei umi tele sou manatu, ae talosia i le ola le peni a le Afioga i le ao mamalu i le taimi e saini ai lena pili. Famalulu atu pe a fai ua sasi se upu a Bush. Faamanuia tele le atua i le atunuu pele, le afioga i le alii faipule, le tama o le atunu le ao mamalu o le malo. Soifua o Faanoanoa tele.
Mafaufau Atili written by rasta,
April 30, 2008
E le aoaia e laupua tama faiga,e pei o lea mugagana,ae o si au fesili,e faapafea ona faasaina e Samoa taavale mai Amerika.O taavale i Amerika ua uma ona suesueina lelei mo le saogalemu o tagata lautele O nisi o aiga i Samoa e le o iai nisi o le fanau i Niusila,o loo famoemoe mai i fanau i Amerika mo se taavale e faaoga i Samoa.Afai o le a pasia lea tulafono o le a ave esea aia tatau a nisi o alo ma fanau a Samoa o loo alaala i Amerika, MAFAUFAU ATILI.
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Manuaia faasausauga a le atunuu.