On 22 May 2021, the O le Ao o le Malo suspended the proclamation until further notice and did not elaborate on the reasons behind the suspension but that the said reasons will be known in 'due course',[97][98] triggering the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis.[99][100] FAST leader Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa denounced the suspension as a coup, and announced plans to challenge it in court.[101] On 23 May the Supreme Court met in chambers to hear a motion to overturn the suspension.[102] That afternoon, they ruled the decision was unlawful and that the proclamation convening parliament for 24 May continued to stand.[103][104] Prime Minister Malielegaoi responded by saying that the court order was illegal, that the judges had breached State of Emergency regulations and ought to be charged, and that he and members of the HRPP would refuse to be sworn in when parliament convened.[105] Later that evening, Speaker of the House Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi purported to cancel the swearing-in ceremony, in contravention of the court's order.[106][107][108][109]