Ponifasio and the expelled ministers, denounced the expulsion as unlawful and continued to claim they were FAST members.

[9] Following the 2016 election he was banished from his village for filing an electoral petition against the successful candidate, Sala Fata Pinati.

1 seat as an independent in the 2021 election, giving him the balance of power between the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and FAST.

[15][16] On 21 April, after the HRPP's Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi had refused a demand to step down, he announced he would join the FAST Party.

On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.