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Samoa’s head of state defies courts in election crisis
APIA: Samoa’s head of state defied a court order Monday to convene parliament and break the Pacific nation’s lengthy election deadlock, accusing the judiciary of attempting to “usurp” his powers.Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi said the courts had no right to demand that parliament should meet by July 5 and threaten anyone opposing the order with contempt.Sualauvi said only he had the power to decide when parliament would sit in the wake of a disputed April 9 general election in which both the incumbent prime minister and opposition leader claimed victory.“(The courts) have shown flagrant disregard, and disrespect, of the powers of the position of the head of state,“ he said in a statement

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