Fiji Law Society President Wylie Clarke. Picture: REINAL CHAND/FT FILE
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama this week treated conversations around the much talked about Bill 17 like a storm in a teacup.
Due to go before Parliament tomorrow, the Bill seeks to amend section 12 of the iTaukei Land Trust Act of 1940.
It seeks to remove the requirement of obtaining the consent of the iTaukei Land Trust Board for any mortgage, charge, pledge or caveat on a lease or for any such lease to be dealt with by any court of law or under the process of any court of law.
That has been contested fiercely by opposition parties, public figures and individual citizens, and has sparked a debate of controversial proportion on social media.
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10 July, 2021, 11:15 am
Staff nurse Sharon Zibran at work at work at the Bhawani Dayal Primary School vaccination centre in Nakasi. Picture: SOPHIE RALULU
Political parties in Fiji have come out strongly against the recent announcement by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on the stringent enforcement measures that will be taken against Fijians who will not receive their COVID-19 jabs.
The Prime Minister, in a televised announcement on Thursday night, strongly noted that all employers and employees in Fiji – including civil servants – be vaccinated as a condition of their employment.
Social Democratic Liberal Party leader Viliame Gavoka said vaccination should be done with dialogue and not through threats.