Mr Lei Sam's stand on what he can offer the independent voters is that he is here to assist and help. Samoa needs to be returned back to where the help and assistance was within your reach, he said. Now, there is a fear to speak out for fear of the consequences, or in some cases, their pleas for assistance are ignored, by those they put into a government seat. The people of Samoa used to live from the land and strive off of it. Life is so expensive now.
Poverty does exist.
But in the outer villages, you might find a family of three couples living in one house with children to feed, with only one income earner because the land has become barren due to plagues and little resources. He says that with bills from electricity, schooling and church offerings, sugared tea is the only luxury for these families. The people of our country have suffered long enough. It's time for a change and I am more than willing to stand for the true purpose of bettering Samoa, not only for those with voting power. But for all Samoa's children who might one day become the future leaders of Samoa and maybe even icons of the world.