Interim Fijian Affairs Minister, Ratu Epeli Ganilau stresses that although the Great Council of Chiefs members have been reinstated, it does not have a Chairman at this stage.
Ratu Epeli said as far as the interim administration is concerned, Ratu Ovini Bokini is no longer the Chair and the member should wait for the next meeting sanctioned by the ministry to make the new appointments.
Ratu Epeli said the planned GCC meeting in Bau next week will not be recognised by the interim government.
As reports continue to emerge that Ratu Ovini Bokini and Savenaca Komaisavai are planning to have the meeting on the chiefly island, Ratu Epeli said any GCC meeting has to be gazetted and that will not be done.
He also said the GCC falls under the Fijian Affairs regulation and is not a body operated by the members of the council.
GCC without Chairman
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