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Issue No: 600; 19 March 2001
The Chairman of the regime's Constitution Review Commission, Asesela Ravuvu says he will defy the court order to not to hold any more meetings of the CRC until 3 May. In a case brought against the regime by the Fiji Labour Party, the High Court granted an interim injunction on 17 January stopping the CRC from continuing to hear submissions and use taxpayer funds. The case was brought again for mention on Friday 16 March when the court extended the interim injunction until 3 May when the case will be heard. Yesterday's Sunday Sun, however, reports Ravuvu saying that he will defy the court order. He stated that once he is officially informed by the President to go ahead, he will restart the meetings despite the court order. In his address to the nation after taking office on Thursday 15 March, President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had stated that he will be issuing instructions for the CRC to continue work. (see http://www.pcgov.org.fj/docs_o/president_speech_15mar.htm ). Already the President has defied the Constitution of the land. The regime has also gone on record defending the unlawful acts of the regime. The statement by Ravuvu that he will also defy the court is in the same trend as the defiance of the law by the President and the Qarase regime. |
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