As sections of what is claimed to be the official Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner are heavily circulated online, the Dean of the JDP School of Law the University of Fiji, Professor Shaista Shameem has called for the stepping aside of all public officers, especially those who are lawyers, named in the COI report.<\/p>\n
Professor Shameem says the public officers especially those who are lawyers should step aside to allow investigations without interefence in the allegations of unlawful behaviour on their part.<\/p>\n
Professor Shameem says she had read parts of the COI report available in the public domain and is shocked that the problem is much worse than she had originally thought.<\/p>\n
She says besides the public officers named, including the judiciary, very senior members of the legal fraternity were specifically mentioned in the COI report and it is up to the private bar to seek their suspension from the Fiji Law Society.<\/p>\n
Professor Shameem says they should do this as a matter of urgency to ensure that the Fiji Law Society survives otherwise the revelations in the COI report could sound the death knell for the Law Society which would not be fair to the private bar.<\/p>\n
Professor Shameem urged the responsible authorities not implicated in the COI report to speedily take action as otherwise instability in the legal system would be inevitable.<\/p>\n
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