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Faapaleina Salesa III ae toe lalaga le vala'au mo se Republic i Ausetalia.

Ua toe malosi le vala'au i le le toe avea o le tupu o Peretania ma Ao o le malo Ausetalia, ae o se tagatanu'u e avea ma peresitene i se faigamalo Republic.

King Charles III coronation

King Charles III holds the Sword of State during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London. Picture date: Saturday May 6, 2023.. See PA story ROYAL Coronation. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA/Alamy

Ua mae'a le sauniga e faapaleina ai le tupu o Peretania Salesa le Tolu (King Charles III), e pei ona faasalalauina i le televise i Ausetalia nei i le po anapo.
Ae o le tula'i mai o Salesa le Tolu, ua toe malosi ai le vala'au a nisi i le avea o Ausetalia ma Republic.
E le toe avea ai le tupu o Peretania ma Ao le malo i Ausetalia nei, ae o se tagatanu'u Ausetalia e avea ma ona peresitene.
Ae o loo iai fo'i le to'atele o tagata o loo lagolagoina pea le Aiga Tupu o Peretania.

[[Vox 1: "There won't be a republic for sure. We all love the Royal Family, people hate to admit it but we all love them!"
Vox 2: "The Queen was, she did a wonderful job, but I'm not a fan of Charles."]]

O le sauniga na faapaleina ai Salesa le Tou, na faia i le malumalu o Westminster Abbey.
E faitau itula o faatalitali ai nisi o tagatanu'u Ausetalia i le timuga, o i latou na malga i Lonetona e molimauina le sauniga o le coronation o Salesa le Tolu.

[["Yeah, yeah, the vibe is really good here. Lots of energy in the crowd, and yeah, it's a very spectacular moment in history I think.
"How long have you been down here waiting?"
"I've been down here since 6:30 in the morning, got up at 3:45 to come here from Cambridge, but it was definitely worth it."]]

O le tausaga e 1953 na mulimuli faia ai se sauniga o le faapaleina o le tupu o Peretania, i le taimi na faia ai le coronation o le tupu tama'ita'i Elisapeta le Lua.
Ae na filogia le aumaimoa i Lonetona i tagata na lagolagoina le aiga tupu, ma i latou o loo finau i le le toe iai o nia aia faapitoa a le aiga tupu ma avea Peretania ma Republic.
Na malosi la latou 'alaga - 'E le o so'u Tupu' - 'Not My King'.
Na saisaia e leoleo le ta'ita'i o le mau le Republic ma isi tagata e to'a 51 ma na fesiligia ai e nisi le ono solia e leoleo o le aia tatau a tagata e tete'e ai.
O se tasi o le Republic, o le alii o Harry Stratton.

[["A bunch of our organisers arrived this morning with placards. It's a completely peaceful demonstration. The police, without telling us why, without telling us where they're taking them, have arrested all of our lead organisers, they've seized all our placards. It feels like something out of a police state because we still don't know why anyone's been arrested. We still don't know where they're taking our people. Britain's meant to be a democracy. Charles isn't treating it like one."]]

Na faapea foi ona vaevaeina manatu i Ausetalia nei i le aiga tupu o Peretania ma le fa'aauau pea ona avea le tupu o Peretania ma Ao o le malo i Ausetalia nei.
I le 'a'ai o Quilpie i Queensland, na iloga le faatauaina o le faapaleina o Salesa le Tolu ma na faaalia e se tasi o le pulega faaitumalo i Quilpie, Councillor Lyn Barnes, latou te aloa'ia le nofoa'iga a le tupu Salesa le Tolu.

[["I think it's the fact that Quilpie just likes to be part of a party, and this is a global party. Everybody in the world is celebrating the coronation of the King, and we have every right to because he's our King. And I think it's just a wonderful time for the community to come together. And hopefully Charles will hear that we've done this for him."]]

Ae o loo malosi fo'i la vala'au i le avea loa o Ausetalia ma Republic.
E pei o le tama'ita'i Aboriginal, Taylah Gray.

[["We currently have at least 32 sacred items held across 42 UK institutions, important objects, significant items, and even our bodies. We are calling for a referendum, to become an independent nation, an independent country. To have our own head of state away from the British monarch. We are calling on King Charles to come to Australia, we are demanding a formal apology for the effects of colonialism on Indigenous people and enslaved people."]]

Ma le ta'ita'ifono o le Republican Movement, Craig Foster.

[["What this week has really highlighted to Australia is that we don't own our own country, that's the most important point here. We haven't inherited our own country. And therefore, we still have our sovereignty resting in a foreign king, who sits abroad, and he's the king of 14 other realms including us. And therefore, our head of state is supposed to embody the democratic sovereignty of the Australian people. So we still have not inherited our own country after 122 years."]]

Na faaalia fo'i e Craig Foster, o le iai pea o le aiga tupu o Peretania ma Ao o le malo i Ausetalia nei, o se tulaga e fete'ena'i ma tu ma aga ma gagana 'ese'ese ua iai i le atunu'u i nei aso, atoa ai le manatu i tagata muamua i le faoa faamalosi o lo latou tofi ma 'ele'ele i tausaga ua mavae e le faigamalo i Peretania.

[["And the fact that we have this deeply discriminatory institution at the head of our nation, that discriminates against all faiths, that discriminates against all Australians, is really quite incredible in 2023. It's that that we need to change because we need a commitment to each other. We want to have a national conversation about who are we, how do we really bring to life our multiculturalism, what's our commitment to each other across all our beautiful cultural backgrounds and ancestries. And how can we strengthen our democracy to finally inherit our own country and govern ourselves?"]]

Ae ina ua fesiligia nisi i le sauniga o le faapaleina o Salesa le Tolu pe matamata ai...

[[VOXIE 1: "Um I'll watch soccer."
VOXIE 2: "To be honest I feel like I'm not that fussed about the coronation. I think it's more of an older generation thing, I think the younger kids growing up today don't really care about the Royals and we don't really like Prince Charles to be honest."]]

(Report by Catriona Stirrat, produced and presented by Ioane.T.Lafoa'i).


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