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Issue No: 646; 1 April 2001
Democracy supporters have urged the Chief Justice, Sir Timoci Tuivaqa, to support Fiji's judges as they try to hold the line against the forces of illegality. "Where the military and the civil service failed in their duty to uphold the law, the independent judiciary came out with flying colours," Mr Raymond Croxon QC, President of the UK based Movement for Democracy in Fiji said yesterday. He was reacting to Sir Timoci's suggestion that a High Court judge, Justice Anthony Gates, should find work elsewhere instead of questioning Sir Timoci's decisions. Justice Gates has been hailed, both locally and internationally, for his courage and determination in upholding the law after the military and the President illegally appointed an "interim government" last year. His decision was later affirmed by the senior Commonwealth Justices who make up Fiji's Court of Appeal. "Mr Justice Gates has asked for the legal basis for a
decision by "In these opportunistic times, everyone should make every effort to support the upholders of law, rather than give the impression of undermining them." |
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