Lau high chief and chairman of the Lau Provincial Council Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara has today stressed that he is not bothered by comments from a person like Anare Jale who is instigating the move to sever Ono-i-Lau's ties with Lau and joining with Tonga.
In exclusive interview with Fijivillage, Mara said Jale is a commoner and the meetings he had last night on Ono-i-Lau to sever ties with Lau, did not even have the Tui Ono present in the meet.
Mara also said Jale should not say anything about Tonga as he does not have any links to the island kingdom.
When questioned on whether these developments are due to political differences within the council, Mara said the best thing is to move the nation forward.
Anare Jale is claiming that he had the support to become the chairman of the Lau Provincial Council but he was deliberately not allowed to be the Ono-i-Lau tikina rep for the council.
Jale has refused to make any further comments. However, he confirmed that the tikina Ono-i-Lau will meet in Laqere tomorrow to discuss all these matters.
Meanwhile, the proposed tikina representative for Ono-i-Lau Anare Jale and the proposed representative for Oneata Colonel Sakiusa Raivoce cannot qualify to represent their tikina in the Lau Provincial Council at this stage.
Under the Fijian Affairs Act, it is clear that a person seeking to represent a tikina in a Provincial Council shall be qualified to be elected a member of such a Provincial Council, if at the date of his nomination as a candidate for election, he has been a resident in such tikina for a period of more than 12 months, in the aggregate out of the two years immediately preceding such nomination.
The final approval on who should be part of the Provincial Council is given by the Minister for Fijian Affairs.
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