Member for Vaimauga against taxing Faife'au

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A member of the ruling HRPP government in Samoa has criticised his own Party's decision to tax the clergy. The member for Vaimauga East quoted a Samoan saying that the clergy (faife'au) live in leaky houses (fale le malu). The prime minister replied that if the house is leaky, then get a new roof. Autagavaia reports from Apia.



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