[3][5] Palusalue left the governing Human Rights Protection Party in March 2008 and joined the opposition as an independent MP.
[8] He was subsequently reinstated after the Supreme Court of Samoa overturned the law and declared the formation of new parties legal.
[10] As a result, along with Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi and Va'ai Papu Vailupe he was deemed to have resigned his seat.
[17] He contested the 2021 election as a candidate for the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party[1] but was unsuccessful.
[18] In February 2023, the FAST government appointed Palusalue to serve as Samoa's consul-general in Auckland, New Zealand.