What is Legislative Assembly of Samoa?
The '''Legislative Assembly''' is the [[Parliament]] of [[Samoa]] based in the capital, [[Apia]], where the country's central administration is located. In the [[Samoan language]], the Legislative Assembly of Samoa is sometimes known as the '''Samoan Fono''' while the ''government'' of the country is known as the '''Malo'''.<ref name=af>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNDgF7Y9hr4C&q=Women+matai+5%25&pg=PA106 |work=Land rights of Pacific women |title=Western Samoa the Sacred Covenant |first=Aiono |last=Fana'afi Le Tagaloa |page=103 |year=1986 |publisher=University of the South Pacific;Institute of Pacific Studies |isbn=982-02-0012-1 |access-date=2 March 2010 }}</ref> Samoan ''Fono'' had 49 Members of Parliament. These were elected in six two-seat and 35 single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]]. Of these 49 seats, 47 were legally reserved for traditional heads of families (''[[Fa'amatai|matai]])'' and two for special constituencies: These two seats were first reserved for Samoan citizens from non-Samoan descent and elected on a non-territorial basis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 June 2015|title=Constitution Amendment 2015 (English)|url=https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads//01.Acts/Acts%202015/Constitution-Amendment-Act-2015-Eng.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120091335/https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads//01.Acts/Acts%202015/Constitution-Amendment-Act-2015-Eng.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=22 May 2021|website=[[Parliament of Samoa]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics of Samoa]]