[1] In 1998 he was hospitalised while attending the Commonwealth Speakers and Clerks Conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

[7] In 2013 he advocated exporting dog meat to China as a measure for controlling stray animals.

[10] As Speaker, he was accused of lacking independence,[11][12] of removing Members' speeches from Hansard,[13] and of taking direction in the House from Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi.

[14] in November 2020, he declared the seats of independent opposition MPs Olo Fiti Vaai and Faumuina Asi Pauli Wayne Fong vacant after they announced they would be standing as candidates for the F.A.S.T.

[18] On 23 May 2021, during the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis, Faafisi purported to cancel the first meeting of the new legislative assembly, in violation of an order from the Supreme Court.