Previous CEO of Citizens Constitution Forum, Reverend Akuila Yabaki says dependent on the 2013 Constitution, there is a need to have an Accountability and Transparency Commission that will hold Permanent Secretaries and public office holders liable for their activities.
He offered these remarks during a board conversation on ‘Territory of Democracy’ composed by the NGO Coalition for Human Rights to consider the nation’s accomplishments, challenges and talk about on ways forward for Fiji to check 50 years of Independence.
Reverend Yabaki says the Commission will be free and won’t be controlled or affected by the administration.
He has likewise featured that changing the Constitution is a troublesome cycle where under Section 160, changes may be conceivable by a bill that is examined multiple times in Parliament and a choice.
The bill must be decided in favor of twice by at any rate seventy five percent of the parliament and there ought to be a time of 30 days between the two votes.
A choice would then must be led. In the event that the result of the choice is that seventy five percent of the absolute number of the enrolled citizens have casted a ballot for the proposed revision, at that point the President must consent to the bill.
As per the Constitution, the Accountability and Transparency Commission will comprise of a director and 2 different individuals delegated by the President, on the guidance of the Judicial Services Commission following counsel with the Attorney General.
The administrator of the Commission must be an individual who is, or is able to be designated as a Judge.
A composed law will furnish the Commission with the purview, authority and forces to get and examine grumblings against Permanent Secretaries and all people holding a public office.
We have sent inquiries to Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
He is yet to react.
-Fiji Village
