The CCF has been granted permission to act as an intervener in the Qarase vs Bainimarama appeal case after a last minute application this morning by the CCF.

Solicitor General Christopher Pryde strongly objected to the application saying it was mischievous and an attempt to disrupt the proceedings, as the application is made at the eleventh hour, just less than a week for the appeal proper to get underway.

The Appeals judges questioned CCF Counsel Tupou Draunidalo on why they did not intervene or did not seek to intervene in the lower court.

Draunidalo responded due to financial constraints they were not able to make the application in the high court adding CCF has now secured the funding to be able to make this application.

The SDL legal representative Qoroniasi Bale did not oppose the application however the other existing third party in the case, the Fiji Human Rights Commission, did oppose the application, saying there's no need for another party to act as intervener.

However the two judges’ moments later, granted permission for the CCF to act as intervener, but their submission will be limited to only one hour.

The appeal proper gets underway next Monday.