We have all now learned of the Chief Justice’s decision this week to legalize the Speaker’s deliberative vote in Parliament on a Constitutional Amendment.
This is despite our belief that according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Speaker does not have a deliberative vote – a requirement to ensure the Speaker conducts the meetings of parliament without bias.
In anticipation of the decision, we had already prepared in advance to appeal the case with a clear frame of mind, inspired by the words of one poet – “To err is human, to forgive, divine”.
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Leader of HRPP