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Issue No: 1039; 27 August 2001
The Chief Justice, Sir Timoci Tuivaga has hit out at High Court judge, Justice Anthony Gates for delivering his judgment on Fiji Labour Party's injunction application a day before the start of the elections. Tuivaga stated that the judgement was aimed at embarrassing the Qarase administration. He said that since the case was wrapped up about two to three weeks ago, Judge Gates should have given the judgment well before the polling started. He told the media: "It seems he's trying to embarrass the interim government with the timing of his judgment. He should have decided on the matter long before". The media also quotes Qarase as saying that the timing of the judgment was "a conspiracy". The Fiji Law Society has hit out at Tuivaga for the claim of deliberate delay of 2 weeks. It has stated that this is the normal delay between hearing and the judgment. It is believed that there were moves to send Judge Gates away and allow for some other judge to write the VAT judgment. This move failed. The Chief Justice has been exposed to be partial towards the
terrorists and the Qarase regime. Most people in Fiji now believe that Tuivaga
has tarnished the reputation of the judiciary and should resign. Even the Fiji
Law Society has called for Tuivaga's resignation. But Tuivaga has refused to
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