Dear Editor,

Re: After 24 years the government wakes up and Samoa Observer still there

I applaud Gatoaitele Sano Malifa and the staff of the Samoa Observer.

At times when the opposition was so weak, they could not even place the government’s feet in hot water.

But the Samoa Observer newspaper did!

Many Samoans may not know it, but whilst the opposition parties could barely breath a voice of dissent over the last three decades, they and these disorganised political parties across the floor owed huge debts of gratitude to the C.E.O. and staff of the Samoa Observer for holding the government of the day accountable.

Ropati V