One of the partners in the coalition government, SODELPA says the government needs to follow the constitution when making appointments like the new appointment of the Attorney General.<\/p>\n
SODELPA General Secretary, Viliame Takayawa says the constitution is clear and Filimoni Vosarogo has to take the right step when the Prime Minister decided to appoint him as the AG.<\/p>\n
Takayawa says they do not support any breach to the constitution which is the supreme law of the land.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka has said to fijivillage News that he will go ahead with the reallocation of portfolios in the Coalition Cabinet but now that we have the Fiji Law Society\u2019s official views, he will also wait for them to take the matter to court as they have stated in their letter of concern.<\/p>\n
Rabuka has made this clear when asked on his stand on appointing Vosarogo as the new Attorney General from today after the call by the Fiji Law Society to withdraw Vosarogo’s AG appointment.<\/p>\n
Rabuka has also told us that he had received an assurance from Vosarogo before the first Cabinet lineup was made in December last year, so he made that decision last week.<\/p>\n
The Fiji Law Society advised the Prime Minister that Vosarogo is disqualified from holding the office of Attorney General under section 96(2)(b) of the 2013 Constitution.<\/p>\n
Vosarogo has referred all questions to the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
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