PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTES ANNOUNCED. 07 October 2025

SAMOA, October 6 - [LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY – PRESS RELEASE] – Pursuant to Parliament Standing Orders 170(2) (a) (b) (c), the Deputy Speaker Hon. Afamasaga Leone Mati Va’ili Masame today declared the names of Members assigned to Parliamentary Committees as recommended by the Parliamentary Commission for approval of the Assembly.

The five Parliamentary Committees and its members are as follow:

STANDING ORDER | ELECTOAL | PETITIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES COMMITTEE

• Afamasaga Leone Mati Va’ili Masame [Chairperson]

• Amituana’i Malolo Tautofi Roma

• Leatigaga Matāfai Lauina Iiga

• Leilua Sagato Karene

• Taitu’ave Lafaitele Valo’aga Ta’aititi Iona

• Hon. Tuila’epa Lupesoli’ai Sa’ilele Malielegaoi

• Hon. Lauofo Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo

• Lenata’i Victor Fa’afo’i Tamāpua

• Hon. Leatinu’u Wayne So’oialo

FINANCE AND EXPEDITURE COMMITTEE

• Tilafono David Hunter

• Aiolupotea Misa Tony Aiolupo

• Amituana’i Malolo Tautofi Roma

• Asiata Tavu’i Tafu Salevao

• Taitu’ave Lafaitele Valo’aga Ta’aititi Iona

• Lenata’i Victor Fa’afo’i Tamāpua

• Lupematasila Lavea Galumalemana Tologatā

• Lima Graeme Tuālaulelei

• Hon. Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua

SOCIAL SECTOR COMMITTEE

• ‘Ale Vena ‘Ale

• Lavea Solomona Paulo

• Leatigaga Matāfai Lauina Iiga

• Leilua Sagato Karene

• Taufua Edmund Taufua

• Hon. Loau Solamalemalo Keneti Sio

• Faumuinā Opapo Soana’i Oeti

• A’e’au Tima Le’avaise’etā

• Fa’alogo Kapeliele II Fa’alogo

ECONOMIC SECTOR COMMITTEE

• Aiolupotea Misa Tony Aiolupo

• Asiata Tavu’i Tafu Salevao

• Tea To’oala Peato

• Taitu’ave Lafaitele Valo’aga Ta’aititi Iona

• Vui Iiga Sione Iiga

• Namulau’ulu Papāli’i Leota Sami Leota

• Tuiā Logoiai Pu’a Fuatogi Letoa

• Taioali’iseu Fiti Aimaasu

• Motuopua’a Seve Henny Afereti Papāli’i

INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR COMMITTEE

• Amituana’i Malolo Tautofi Roma

• Leilua Sagato Karene

• Fiu Fa’aolatane Ponifasio Vasa

• Salā Paulo Tuala Poto

• Taufua Edmund Taufua

• Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi

• Va’aelua Senetenari Sāmau

• Lefue Perenise Lelevaga

• Hon. Mau’u Ati’ifale Siaosi Pu’epu’emai

Parliament sessions calendar for the remainder of the year and early next year was also made known in parliament yesterday.

ENDS.

Photos by Parliament of Samoa

October 9, 2025