The SDL Party has stated that it will not make any public statements about the Commission of Inquiry report on 2006 general elections.

SDL spokesperson, Peceli Kinivuwai confirms that they have responded to the report to the Fiji Human Rights Commission and no further comments will be made.

Kinivuwai said the Public Emergency Regulation is still in place and they will not speak.

Meanwhile the Commission of Inquiry into the 2006 elections reveals that a few candidates and party officials noticed alleged vote buying tactics before last year's polls.

In one of the cases, a candidate for the Kadavu Fijian seat, Sir James Ah Koy detailed his experience of travelling to the outer islands for campaigning. The report reveals that Ah Koy and his fellow campaign workers were staying the night in what they thought was a 'hardware shop'. Ah Koy told the Commission of Inquiry team made up of GP Lala, Taufa Vakatale and Doctor David Neilson, that he and his campaign workers were surrounded by outboard motors, cane knives and agricultural implements.

Ah Koy claims that he later found out that the implements were being distributed through the Agriculture Ministry and were party gifts to the voters.