Fiji constitution drafts studied
NZPA-AAP Suva Two alternative drafts of a constitution for the pew republic of Fiji are being considered by government and legal authorities, informed sources said on Tuesday. One was composed for the Government leader,
Brigadier Sitiveni Rabuka and his military regime with the assistance of a Sydney lawyer, The other was drafted by a legal team including Attorney-General Kelemedi Bulewa and a recently-appointed Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice Vijaya Parmanan-
dam. From the two drafts will be drawn a final document to be presented this month to Brigadier Rabuka’s 22-member Council of Ministers. It would then be passed next month to a meeting of the Fijian Great Council of Chiefs for endorse-
ment. The new constitution, replacing the constitution which was discarded when Fiji was declared a republic after two military coups, is certain to guarantee ethnic Fijian rights, including a majority of the seats in a new unicameral Parliament.
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