PNG welcomes court decision

Issue No: 556; 6 March 2001

 
Papua New Guinea says it welcomes the Fiji Court of Appeal decision on the validity of the 1997 Constitution.

According to media reports, PNG's Foreign Affairs Minister Bart Philemon stated that the decision gave Fiji an opportunity to put political and ethnic rancour of the recent past behind and rebuild a multi-ethnic Fiji. He also stated that Fiji should resolve its problems in ways consistent with accepted democratic principles.

The Qarase regime had earlier stated that PNG was supporting it. It said that the support which Fiji got at the ACP meeting in Brussels from the then PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Kaputin, was indicative of PNG's support for the illegal regime.

The recent statement by the PNG government has confirmed that there is not a single country in the world which supports the Qarase regime. This is more so in light of the Court decision that the regime is illegal.

 

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