Human Rights Protection Party


































Human Rights Protection Party


Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata

Leader Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
Founded May 1979
Ideology
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Political position
Centre-right[1]
Colours Blue
Legislative Assembly

47 / 50
Website
Official website

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The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, Samoan: Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata) is a Samoan political party. It has dominated Samoan party politics since 1982.


Va'ai Kolone and Tofilau Eti Alesana co-founded the party in May 1979 in opposition to the government of Tupuola Efi.[2] It has governed the country since first winning power in 1982, except for a brief period in 1986 and 1987 when internal differences forced it into coalition.


The two founders of the early party, Kolone and Alesana, both became Prime Ministers of Samoa.


Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi has led the party since 1998.


In the legislative elections of 4 March 2001, the party won 45.1% of popular votes and 23 out of 49 seats. During the elections on 2 April 2006, it won 35 of the 49 seats.


In the 2011 election held on March 4, the party won 36 out of 49 seats, thus retaining the majority.[3] According to the U.S. State Department in their 2010 human rights report published on April 8, 2011, the Human Rights Protection Party remains the only officially recognized party in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa[4] (the Fono).


The Human Rights Protection Party retained power by winning the 2016 general election.




Contents






  • 1 Electoral history


    • 1.1 Legislative Assembly elections




  • 2 Principles and policies


  • 3 References





Electoral history



Legislative Assembly elections









































































Election date Number of votes Percentage of votes Number of seats Government/opposition

1982
 3,482
 29.3%

24 / 47
Government

1985
 4,698
 34.5%

32 / 47
Government

1988
 5,017
 35.9%

23 / 47
Government

1991
 34,262
 44.8%

27 / 47
Government

1996
 29,353
 43.5%

24 / 49
Government

2001
 34,262
 44.8%

23 / 49
Government

2006
 Not released
 Not released

35 / 49
Government

2011
 48,771
 55.6%

29 / 49
Government

2016
 45,816 57.3%

35 / 50
Government


Principles and policies


In June 2017, the Samoan Parliament passed a bill to increase support for Christianity in the country's constitution, including a reference to the Trinity. Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that “Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”. According to The Diplomat, "What Samoa has done is shift references to Christianity into the body of the constitution, giving the text far more potential to be used in legal processes."[5] The preamble to the constitution already described the country as "an independent State based on Christian principles and Samoan custom and traditions."[6]



References





  1. ^ Derbyshire, J. Denis; Derbyshire, Ian (1989). Political Systems Of The World. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 9788170233077..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Asofou So'o (2005). "The establishment and operation of Samoa's political party system". In Roland Rich, Luke Hambly and Michael G. Morgan. Political Parties in the Pacific Islands. Canberra: Pandanus Books. p. 189.


  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-06.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  4. ^
    2010 Human Rights Report: Samoa, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, April 8, 2011


  5. ^ Wyeth, Grant (16 June 2017). "Samoa Officially Becomes a Christian State". The Diplomat. Retrieved 19 June 2017.


  6. ^ Wyeth, Grant (16 June 2017). "Samoa Officially Becomes a Christian State". The Diplomat. Retrieved 19 June 2017.












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