By Mataeliga Pio Sioa
The fact that the two party leaders are able to come together and talk of a way forward is promising enough.
The Prime Minister Tuilaepa deserves the credit for making that possible by taking the first step.
For a person boiled alive 24/7 with sadistic condemnations by rival political supporters the leadership credit is deserving relief.
His attempts in the past week to call for spiritual and cultural counsel and to show enough humility to reach out to Fiame to work together is an inspiration.
The FAST leader also showed her depth of leadership by responding to Tuilaepa’s lead and should not go unnoticed as well.
We can all now start to breath with raised hopes that we are at least taking a solid step to finding answers to our political dilemma.
We have tried the ways of the Judiciary and found that the long process of justice may not be the best way out for us.
The Tuilaepa proposed ‘short-cut’ and the willingness by Fiame to talk it out offers a better and less strenuous pathway on the nerves.
The long and short of what happens next will come out of Tuilaepa’s office at the Government building tomorrow.
If they agree to the ‘short-cut’ option then we maybe looking at new general elections.
The growing public reaction is leaning more towards a return to the polling booths to extract ourselves from this political mess we are in.
The long road that most are tired and weary of already, is to stay with the current process of going through elections petitions with bi-elections to follow that will take months.
What has to be factored into the option we should take is the longer this is dragged on without any end in sight, the higher the risks of doing serious harm to the welfare of our nation of people.
Nobody wants to live with that or regret not taking the right option by being blinded by political ambition or lust for power.
Right now the increasingly favoured route is to re-confirm from the will of the people if it is the HRPP or FAST they want to take the lead.
Tuilaepa and his willingness to take the ‘short-cut’ route suggests that it is Fiame who needs to be convinced it is best for Samoa to do so.
If our church leaders can stop playing God for their own political gains and follow their true calling of praying for the good of Samoa, then we are good to go.
All hands are needed on deck now to set sail out of this political disgrace kicking us around like a rugby ball getting a mud bath on a rain flooded Apia Park stadium.
As it has been rightfully pointed out we have other more pressing matters to deal with like the COVID -19 pandemic and its worsening impacts on our economy let alone the deadly risks to our health.
The clear message we should send to Tuilaepa and Fiame when they meet tomorrow is to make up their minds.
Time they get this country out of the mess they put it in with their political standoff.
Patience or impatience is not always our strong virtues as you are well aware Lord.
If it is not too much to ask on your rest day can you pump up a few more ounces of wisdom into Tuilaepa and Fiame to decide wisely when they meet on Monday!
Thanks Lord.
Tuilaepa should be careful here. He has to deal with the insurrection that installed the FAST ‘government”. Yes it was an insurrection. We saw it on TV. and we cannot unsee what we saw. For the sake of future generations and the rule of law, that insurrection has to be dealt with. Sweeping it under the mat will not work. Yes the country is in deep driven by a lust for power assisted by machiavellian bent.