22 articles tagged "electoral-bill"
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Opposition knows they will lose the next elections and they are already looking for excuses. Sayed-Khaiyum made these comments while speaking on the 2022 Electoral Ame
The level of buffoonery on this particular topic is laughable. These were the comments about the opposition by Minister for Commerce, Faiyaz Koya while supporting the Electoral Amendment Bill. Koya says the op
SODELPA MP, Inosi Kuridrani says the timing of these changes shows that the FijiFirst members are afraid of losing this election. While opposing the Electoral Amendment Bill, Kuridrani questioned the powers that ha
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has attacked the Fiji Law Society, saying they seem to be a mouthpiece of a cabal of people in Fiji as the Electoral Amendment Bill specifically deals with elections related matters
The Law Council of Australia has today backed calls by the Fiji Law Society for the Fijian Parliament to take more time to consider and consult on the proposed Electoral Amendment Bill No. 49 in order to ensure it does
SODELPA MP Ro Filipe Tuisawau says according to former public relations advisor for Qorvis, Graham Davis, the Supervisor of Elections lodged a formal complaint and alleged that the now suspended Solicitor General Sharva
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill is not only for the ruling political party but for every eligible voter regardless of their gender, ethnicity, colour or cla
SODELPA MP, Adi Litia Qionibaravi says there is no need to change the law to force hundreds of thousands of women to change their name and get a new voter card just because three people tried to register twice in 2018.
National Federation Party MP, Lenora Qereqeretabua says that she would like to remind Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and self-acclaimed expert on everything that taking a pathetic and childish dig at her competenc
Bill also passed where any agency which receives applications or submissions will only be required to accept the name of an applicant as it appears on their birth certificate
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has today revealed that he has a list of all the 300,000 women who are registered on the Voter List, and 200,000 women’s names match with the birth registration numbers while 100,
SODELPA MP Ro Teimumu Kepa says it would be a big ask for women to go to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Office and change their name after the passing of the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill, the Interp
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says as the Minister responsible for iTaukei Affairs, he wants to assure that the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill does not have any consequences on the culture
Former Supervisor of Elections and constitutional lawyer, Jon Apted says today with absolutely no public consultation, laws are being passed that will disproportionately burden many married women and members of a commun
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill and the other two bills being debated in parliament, does not take away the birth right of anyone. While sup
Minister for Employment Parveen Bala says it looks like that the Opposition do not want free and fair registration of voters. Bala says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill upholds the principle of f
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill is the product of dictatorship, pseudo-democracy and the ‘My Way or the Highway’ approach to governan
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill, the Interpretation Amendment Bill and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Amendment Bill are totally unnecessary and all this is merely to
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill will help maintain a clean voter list and protect the rights of all registered voters. While speaking on the Bill in Parlia
Parliament has passed the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill which now requires the application for registration as a voter to state the person’s full name as specified on his or her birth certificate and
