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Tole’afoa Solomona To’ailoa

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}Tole’afoa Solomona To’ailoa is a Samoan lawyer^[1] and politician. To’ailoa gained notability as chairman of People Against Switching Sides (PASS), an organisation dedicated to campaigning against government legislation on changing the side of the road vehicles would drive on, which received significant media coverage in Samoa, as well as some coverage in Australia and New Zealand. PASS notably organised two protest marches,^[2] "the largest demonstrations in the nation's history".^[3]

In July 2008, To’ailoa co-founded the People's Party, which grew out of PASS.^[4]^[5] In November, he was elected as the party's President, and confirmed that he would be running for Parliament, from the Vaimauga East constituency, in the 2011 general election.^[6]

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1. ^"OPPOSITION GROWING OVER PLANS TO SWITCH TO RIGHT HAND VEHICLES", NiuFM, 28 November 2007
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=39115 |title=Renewed protests due to be held in Samoa against driving switch |date=13 April 2008 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=23 November 2011}}
3. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/5732906/Samoa-provokes-fury-by-switching-sides-of-the-road.html "Samoa provokes fury by switching sides of the road"], The Telegraph, 3 July 2009
4. ^"Right-to-left driving switch upsets Samoans", ABC Radio Australia, 12 August 2008
5. ^"People’s Party to elect leaders", Samoa Observer, 9 November 2008
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=43322 |title=New political party in Samoa |date=25 November 2008 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=23 November 2011}}

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