Dear Editor,

Liva Seiuli’s Facebook rant might be getting shared around by a few loyal mates, but let’s be real — hype doesn’t equal truth. Just because you post something with poetic lines doesn’t mean it's grounded in facts. And when you start throwing cheap shots at the judiciary and rewriting history to paint HRPP as some kind of fallen saints, someone has to step in and set the record straight.

To make it easier for you, Liva, HRPP Didn’t Fall — They Failed. Tuilaepa and the HRPP weren’t taken down by a judicial plot or divine justice. They lost because the country had had enough of Corruption and backdoor deals, heavy-handed control of Parliament and public institutions and attacks on the media, civil society, and even the Constitution itself. The people voted for change not because they were fooled, as you claim, but because they were tired of being taken for fools.

You claim the judiciary was at war with HRPP. Come on. The courts ruled based on law, not loyalty. They didn’t tilt the field, they stopped your team from burning it down. It wasn’t the judiciary that tried to block Parliament from sitting in 2021. It wasn’t the judiciary that refused to accept election results. It was HRPP and Tuilaepa. The courts didn’t play politics, they protected the Constitution while HRPP tried to rewrite it on the fly.

You keep saying the LTC reforms were born from the cries of the people. Really? Which people? Did you do a survey? Did you walk village to village and ask for consensus, or did you just push it through Parliament with a two-thirds majority and call it consultation? The truth is, many across Samoa , legal experts, traditional leaders, and everyday citizens rejected those reforms. They saw them for what they were: a dangerous power grab dressed up as cultural revival. You say justice was delayed, but your bill almost destroyed the independence of the judiciary just to speed things up. So yes, we’re glad it’s been rolled back. Because it never should’ve passed in the first place.

Liva, you post like you’re the voice of the people. But mostly, you're the echo of a bitter party that can’t admit it lost. Stirring Facebook drama and preaching about divine intervention doesn’t change facts. Your version of events might play well in private chats, but in the real world, it doesn’t hold up.

You say “Samoa is wide awake.” You're right. That’s why they voted HRPP out.

Concerned