1,116 articles tagged "parliament"
Former SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula has filed a case in the Court of Disputed Returns to challenge the validity of his parliamentary seat becoming vacant. This has been confirmed by his lawyer, Simione Valenitabua who
Attorney General and Minister for Communications, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they still need Qorvis Communications to help them in some of the work that they get done behind the scenes internationally. Qorvis Communi
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Opposition was completely caught off-guard with the 2021/2022 National Budget as they only had doom and gloom in their mind and therefore were not expecting the bold an
The Social Democratic Liberal Party says it regrets the decision made by the Speaker of the Parliament Ratu Epeli Nailatikau and the Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem to vacate the parliamentary seat of Niko Nawai
Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau says the Electoral Commission is to decide on the next step regarding SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula. Nawaikula was referred to FICAC for investigation by the Fijian Electio
Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau confirms that the Parliament precincts has been closed until further notice. A secretariat staff has been identified as a primary contact of a COVID-19 positive case.
SODELPA Whip Lynda Tabuya says there are employers who are enforcing the vaccination of its employees and some have terminated employees if they do not get vaccinated however Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says th
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Fijian Elections Office has requested around $34.9 million to conduct the 2022 General Elections. He told parliament the FEO has requested $20 million for preparato
SODLEPA MP Ro Teimumu says the Minister for Infrastructure Jone Usamate should do something to shorten the travelling time between places like Suva and Nausori and not just come to parliament and give long speeches whil
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says when they reach government, they will not have donors sitting on interview panels of candidates of political parties with the Attorney General and will also n
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there was a company Duavata Initiative Limited that was in fact registered through Munro Leys who subsequently got a lot of work from the SDL government. He says the direc
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Political Parties Amendment Bill will allow the Registrar of Political Parties to access the election spending of political parties and compliance with other laws. Whi
Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says a sustained period of lockdown with rigid enforcement measures seems to be the only way out of the COVID crisis as the number of infections rise alarmingly in the country.
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Praveen Bala says someone like him who contested two elections under the old electoral system is thankful like many Fijians that they have moved on. He says amendme
Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya says there is no split in the FijiFirst and they fully support the Prime Minister in the way COVID-19 is being tackled in the country however SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka claims there i
The Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has referred SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula to FICAC for it to investigate whether Nawaikula provided a false declaration to a registration official when he made an application t
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Bill to Amend the Electoral Registration of Voters Act aims to better protect the voters however SODELPA Leader, Viliame Gavoka says we should have the general elections in
Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport Faiyaz Koya says the Electoral Amendment Bill will give the Elections authorities powers to monitor campaigns properly and minimize misleading information which has be
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they have not debunked every single report of the Office of the Auditor-General as there are some that are good but there are some that have flaws in it while SODELPA MP, A
National Federation Party MP Pio Tikoduadua says we need to look at the welfare of our disciplined forces because they have been doing a lot of work for over a year now while Minister for Defence and National Security I
