What is 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis?
{{Infobox event |image=Coat of arms of Samoa.svg |image_size=150px |date={{start date|2021|05|22|df=y}} — {{end date|2021|07|23|df=y}}<br>(2 months and 1 day) |participants={{plainlist| • Members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa]] <br /> • [[O le Ao o le Malo]] [[Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II]] <br /> • [[Supreme Court of Samoa]] }} |outcome= *Ending [[Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi]] premiership after 22 years *Appointment of [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] as prime minister *[[Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi]] replaces [[Human Rights Protection Party]] as the [[majority government]] |motive= |cause= *Refusal by incumbent [[Prime Minister of Samoa]] [[Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi]] to accept the victory of [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] in the [[2021 Samoan general election]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |title=Samoa election crisis: What you need to know |author=Russel Palmer |publisher=RNZ |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530013925/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |url-status=live }}</ref> | url = }} {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | width = 150 | total_width = 300 | image1 = Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi 2018.jpg | image2 = Fiame Naomi Mataafa (portrait).jpg | caption1 = [[Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi]] of [[Human Rights Protection Party|HRPP]] | caption2 = [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] of [[Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi|FAST]] | caption_align = center | footer = | footer_align = center }} A [[constitutional crisis]] began in [[Samoa]] on 22 May 2021 when [[O le Ao o le Malo]] (Head of State) [[Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II]] stopped the meeting of the [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa|Legislative Assembly]] from meeting in the aftermath of the [[April 2021 Samoan general election|general election in April 2021]].<ref name=SOc