The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has been appointed Fiji's Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Commodore Frank Bainimarama.

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum assumes the role, as Bainimarama is attending the Asian Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Bali, Indonesia.

Bainimarama left for Indonesia this morning.