Original sentence: 1 seat as an independent in the April 2021 election, giving him the balance of power between the Human Rights Protection Party and FAST.Following the 2011 election he sued Samoa's TV3 for libel over a news story broadcast before the election.Following the 2016 election he was banished from his village for filing an electoral petition against the successful candidate, Sala Fata Pinati.He has run in every Samoan election since 2006.He is a law graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, studied tertiary teaching at Auckland University of Technology, Masters in Business Administration, Auckland Institute of Studies and Arts Administration at the University of Auckland.He is a member of the FAST Party.He was subsequently convicted in 2017 of bribery and treating in a private prosecution launched by voters in the electorate, but the conviction was quashed on appeal in 2019.He works as a lawyer and operates a hotel business in Apia.In September 2020 he launched a legal challenge to changes to the Electoral Act which would have advantaged incumbents and disadvantaged challengers, but dropped it when the government agreed to amend the Act.On 21 April, after the HRPP's Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi had refused a demand to step down, he announced he would join the FAST Party.The appointment is disputed by the caretaker government.Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister.Tuala was born into a Catholic family from the village of Lealatele, Savaii
Edited sentence: 1 seat as an independent in the April 2021 election, giving him the balance of power between the Human Rights Protection Party and Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi.Despite not winning the election, the winning candidate Sala Fata Pinati and his supporters filed a private prosecution against him and was subsequently convicted in 2017 of bribery and treating, but the conviction was quashed on appeal in 2019 for reasons of political motivation and entrapment.Following the 2011 election he sued Samoa's TV3 for libel over a news story broadcast before the election and won.Following the 2016 election he was banished from his village after he formed his own sub-village after the villagers wrongly suspected him of encouraging an electoral petition against the successful candidate, Sala Fata Pinati.He advocates for youth employment, persons with special needs and better care for the elders.He has run in the last 2 Samoan election 2011 and 2016.He is a Senior Partner of Ponifasio Lawyers with his wife and Senior Law Partner Fuimaono Sarona Ponifasio.He is a law graduate of Victoria University, Wellington, studied tertiary teaching at Auckland University of Technology, Masters in Business Administration, Auckland Institute of Studies and Arts Administration at Auckland University.He is a socio-entrepreneur and wants government to have a fair distribution of wealth and equal treatment of all Samoans.His parents were Catechists.In September 2020 he launched a legal challenge to changes to the Electoral Act on grounds of discrimination which would have advantaged incumbents and disadvantaged challengers, but dropped it when the government agreed to amend the Act.On 21 April, after the HRPP's Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi had refused Tuala's demand to step down, he announced he would join the FAST Party.They both operate a hotel business in Apia.Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio is a Samoan politician and a paramount chief.Tuala stands for socio-economic development at the underprivileged community level.Tuala was born into a Catholic family from the lava erupted village of Lealatele, Savaii where the Roman Catholic Church first settled in Samoa