Tuisa Tasi Patea

Tuisa Tulimasealii Tasi Patea is a Samoan politician. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Tuisa Tasi Patea
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Sagaga No. 4
In office
9 April 2021 – 28 July 2021
Preceded byNone (seat established)
Succeeded byTagaloatele Pasi Poloa
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Sagaga-Le-Falefa
In office
4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016
Preceded byKeneti Sio
Succeeded byKeneti Sio
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Tuisa is a lawyer.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election and appointed Associate Minister of Police and Prisons.[2] He lost his seat in 2016. He subsequently returned to work as a lawyer.[1] In 2018 he was censured by a District Court judge for giving poor advice to a client.[3]

He was re-elected in the newly created Sagaga No. 4 seat in the 2021 election.[1] On 29 June 2021 he resigned as part of the settlement of an election petition.[4][5] On 12 July 2021 the Supreme Court of Samoa refused permission for the electoral petitions to be withdrawn in order to hear allegations of bribery and treating against Tuisa and FAST candidate Tagaloatele Poloa.[6] The resignation became effective on 28 July.[7] He subsequently contested the resulting by-election,[8] but was unsuccessful.[9]

References
  1. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (13 April 2021). "Six lawyers cross to become legislators". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. "Samoa govt minister returns to work after election petition against him fails". RNZ. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. "Samoan lawyer censured by judge after ATM trial". RNZ. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (29 June 2021). "By-election as elected M.P. stands down". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. "Elected HRPP member to resign per agreement with opponent". Talanei. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. "Court stops Samoa MP from forcing by-election". RNZ. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (28 July 2021). "Sagaga No. 4 petition withdrawn; Member resigns". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (5 November 2021). "Twenty-two candidates register for by-elections". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (26 November 2021). "F.A.S.T. party's Tagaloatele leads in Sagaga No. 4". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2021.


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