The courts can be called upon by any member of the public to clarify the reasons for the early release of Savenaca Seniloli from prison as reasons that he was released early on good behaviour under the Prisons Act cannot be justified.
Those are the words of the Citizens Constitutional Forum Executive Director Reverend Akuila Yabaki after the interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum clarified that former prisoner Savenaca Seniloli who is the First Lady's nephew was released after serving 6 years following the automatic one-third remission a prisoner is entitled to under the Prisons Act.
Reverend Yabaki said the matter surrounding the release should be taken to court as Seniloli, after his release, has been implicated in another serious offence.
He stresses that this is necessary as everyone should be treated equally under the law.
According to Sayed-Khaiyum, Seniloli was sentenced and jailed for 9 years for manslaughter and robbery with violence on September 6th, 2001. He said under Section 63 of the Prisons Act, it states that every convicted criminal prisoner under sentence of imprisonment be eligible by satisfactory industry and good conduct, to a remission of one third of his total sentence of imprisonment.
Courts Should Clarify Seniloli’s Release
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