New Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has been sworn into office in a marquee outside Parliament House after her political rival locked her out of parliament house.
Police barred Mata’afa from entering the legislative hall on her arrival and the parliament clerk announced he would only allow parliament to sit on the orders of outgoing Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
Mata’afa's FAST party won federal elections in April inflicting a shock defeat on Malielegaoi, who had previously served as prime minister for 22 years.