Samoa's outgoing Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Prime Minister elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa met on Thursday afternoon as part of secretly held negotiations about the transition to a new national government.
After April's election, a deadlock was created after the electoral commission announced an extra seat for women, pointing to a provision in the constitution that reserves 10 percent of parliament's seats.
Thursday's meeting between the pair came after the Court of Appeal overturned a decision from the Supreme Court which concluded that six, not five, women MPs must sit in Parliament to satisfy a constitutional provision.
Samoa correspondent Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia spoke to Philippa Tolley.
