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| Commissioner Connors and the Attorney-General. |
N0184. LAWYERS GUILTY. Three prominent lawyers, Muhammed Shamsud-Dean Sahu Khan, Mehboob Raza and Vipul Mishra, have been found guilty of professional misconduct by Independent Legal Services Commission Commissioner John Connors. Mitigation for the lawyers will take place on 28 April and sentencing on 4 May. Readers in any doubt about Government charges of corruption, negligence and malpractice in the legal profession, and the earlier need to sideline the Fiji Law Society, should read the full article.
Speaking last year on Commissioner Connor's appointment, Attorney-Gereral Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said, “The Bainimarama Government is determined that lawyers gain public trust. Having confidence and trust in the legal profession assists, and is an integral part of the proper and effective administration of justice.” Today's decision is part of that process.
N0185. PREEMPTING DIALOGUE? Although the main elements of the People's Charter are well-known and generally accepted by fair-minded people in Fiji, Wednesday's statement on the format of the 2014 elections by Director of Strategic Framework for Change office Joeli Besetimoala (and his further statement that work on the new electoral system is continuing) could be seen to preempt the dialogue on the electoral reforms scheduled to occur in 2012.
He says, “The voting system dictates the composition of political parties - the voting system that will come in the next coming election – it will be the Open-list Proportional Voting System – there won’t be any ethnically based voting, the communal seats will be done away with and we can call the seats to be open seats, so if you want to appeal to particular ethnic group to win the election the voting system will be un-friendly to you so it will not allow any particular party to that level.”
There is nothing surprising in this but Besitimoala should make it absolutely clear that the Charter is a draft document and the work of the SFC are only recommendations that will be presented once fuller, citizen dialogue commences. He has also not made clear whether the SFC committee that once included citizens is still functioning or whether the "work" he describes is only that of his own officers.
He is right in stating proportional voting systems "provide more accurate representation of parties, better representation for political and racial minorities, fewer wasted votes, higher levels of voter turnout, better representation of women, greater likelihood of majority rule, and little opportunity for gerrymandering" and probably right in saying that PR, even one particular form of PR, will be used in the 2014 elections. But he should make sure that his words are not taken to preempt the dialogue process.
The moderate anti-government blog thinks PR is "a step in the right direction" but hopes several parties will contest the election. They believe a Pro Government and Opposition type party standoff will not give the true results of a PR voting system. I agree.
N0186. INDIAN NGO HELP FOR AMPUTEES. A team from the India Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), Jaipur, the world’s largest prosthesis organisation will be in Fiji for month from early April. The team will provide free 300 artificial limbs to registered amputees and train local prosthesis technicians to produce artificial limbs of a better standard.-- Based on No:0533/MOH.
N0187.SUKANAIVALU RESIGNS. Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Netani Sukanaivalu notified the PM on Wednesday of his intention to return to managing his family business, a work he could not dedicate quality time to as a Cabinet Minister. In accepting his resignation the PM acknowledged what he called his immense contributions to the country’s development first as Minister of Education and recently as Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources where he has been instrumental in setting up the Land Bank and bringing idle land into production for agricultural and industrial use. -- Based on No:0536/MOI.
Don't forget to check the Weekend Readings, and comments from postings earlier in the week.
7 comments:
Commissioner Connors and the Attorney General are to be commended for their efforts. However they must be consistent, remain vigilant and ensure that lawyers who are found guilty of misconduct must have their practising certificates rescinded. Hooray! at least some of them have been caught out. How the mighty have fallen! Apart from these 3, there are still quite a few at large.
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@ Anonymous and hooray..........
There are many more such lawyers yet to be brought before the ILSC. Does the International Bar Association now wish to listen to us? They should be applauding the efforts of the Commission on our behalf: the defrauded, misrepresented and corruptly abused ordinary people of Fiji. For years we have been given the run around by corrupt lawyers. Now, the soon to be re-drafted and amended Consumer Legislation of Fiji will offer protection from corrupt lawyers and insurers. We shall make sure of that. We need to ensure that all those defrauded by lawyers (and we know of some still 'out there') are brought in front of the ILSC to answer for their malfeasance. We shall be actively encouraging further complaints within the next few weeks now that we are assured of some success. But we expect these lawyers to be 'stood down', stripped of their practising rights and their capacity to prey on us and to waste expensive court time. THe courts of Fiji are funded by taxpayers. We need to remember this eachand every day!
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