Vaʻai Papu Vailupe
Vaʻai Papu Vailupe | |
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Leader of the A'eau Peniamina | |
Succeeded by | A'eau Peniamina |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 March 1944 Western Samoa Trust Territory |
Died | 17 January 2022 New Zealand | (aged 77)
Political party | Tautua Samoa Party (2008–2022) |
Other political affiliations | Human Rights Protection Party (until 2006) |
Vaʻai Papu Vailupe (25 March 1944 – 17 January 2022),[1] also known as Mafasolia Papu Vailupe,[2] was a Samoan politician and accountant who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was the leader of the Tautua Samoa Party from 2010 to 2011.[3] His father is former Prime Minister Vaʻai Kolone, who co-founded the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP).[4] His younger brother Asiata Sale'imoa Va'ai was leader of the Samoan Democratic United Party.[5]
Political career
Vaʻai was first elected to the
He ran as an independent in his father's old seat of Vaisigano No. 1 in the
In December 2008 he became a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party.[12] As a result, in May 2009 he was one of nine Tautua MPs declared to have resigned their seats under an anti-party hopping law.[13] He was subsequently reinstated after the Supreme Court of Samoa overturned the law and declared the formation of new parties legal.[14]
In January 2010 new anti-party-hopping laws came into force, barring MPs from declaring their support for political parties or organizations with political aims other than the party they were elected for.
Vailupe was re-elected in the 2011 election, but the result was overturned by an electoral petition, which disqualified him for bribery and treating.[19] He was subsequently charged with thirteen counts of bribery.[20] In May 2012 he was convicted on two counts of bribery and one of treating,[21] and fined US$2500.[22]
Later life and death
In the wake of the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis Vaʻai denounced the HRPP and its campaign against Samoa's judiciary.[23]
Vaʻai died in New Zealand on 17 January 2022.[24][25] He was buried in Vaisala, Savaiʻi.[1]
Notes
- ^ As interim chair
References
- ^ a b "Former Cabinet Minister Vaai Mafasolia Papu Vaai laid to rest". Talamua Online. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Va'ai Papu Vailupe". Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Archived from the original on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Va'ai Papu chosen as Tautua Samoa leader". RNZ. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (13 June 2021). "H.R.P.P. reputation ruined: former Minister". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "'I've lost a friend'". Samoa Observer. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Samoa Justice Department Combined Annual Report 1984 -1999" (PDF). Samoa Justice Department. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "SAMOA FACING INSTABILITY AS ELECTION PRODUCES INCONCLUSIVE RESULT". Pacific Islands Report. 4 March 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoan man in custody after shooting of former cabinet minister". RNZ. 7 March 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoan MP denies involvement in shooting of another politician". RNZ. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoa government decides today whether to accept membership applications from two independents". RNZ. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Independent MPs in Samoa to form a new political party". RNZ. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Alan Ah Mu (17 December 2008). "Tautua Samoa officially launched". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "SAMOA MPS DISQUALIFIED, MUST FACE BY-ELECTION". Pacific Islands Report. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections". RNZ. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoa passes bill following last year's Tautua Samoa episode". RNZ. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Alan Ah Mu (18 March 2010). "Va'ai springs election shock". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Samoa by-elections reduced to two contests". RNZ. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Alan Ah Mu (2 May 2010). "Fear tactic failed: Va'ai". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Tautua Samoa party leader found guilty of bribery and treating". RNZ. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tautua Samoa former leader faces bribery charges in criminal court". RNZ. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Former Samoa opposition leader found guilty of bribery". RNZ. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Former opposition leader in Samoa escapes jail pay fine for bribery and treating charges". RNZ. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (7 August 2021). "Vaʻai Kolone's son rails modern H.R.P.P." Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Marc Membrere (17 January 2022). "Former M.P. Vaai Papu Vaai passes on". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (18 January 2022). "Parliament pays tribute to M.P.s who passed on". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 January 2022.