Coupfourpointfive: Sacked Fiji magistrates reappointed

Monday, April 20, 2009

Sacked Fiji magistrates reappointed

Fiji has reappointed most of its sacked magistrates today.

The resident magistrates are Salesi Temo, Anare Tuilevuka, Alofa Seruvatu, Mohammed Nazeem ud-Dean Sahu Khan, John Rabuku and Anjala Wati.

Ajmal Khan has been reappointed Chief Magistrate.

Only one new magistrate appears in the line-up.He is Nadi lawyer Faizal Koya.

There's no word on when the judges and Chief Justice will be appointed but it's understood the interim government is finding it difficult to fill the positions, because lawyers are nervous about ruining their careers by taking up positions in the interim government.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: John Rabuku was always a Magistrate in BA.; April 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

While flags were flying high and the illegal PM prancing around Natadola entertaining G77 high flyers, a naval officer's family was in mourning.

During an exercise off the MV Kiro, anchored just off the Intercontinental Resort, a 51 yr old naval officer drowned under very mysterious circumstances.

Cranky Franky was not informed of the death until well after the meeting was over - and he proceeded with fanfare and fireworks - with no regard to his men or their fellings about their fallen comrade.

The diplomatic community gathered at the event would have understood if Frankly Bananas would have informed them of the incident and conducted a muted farewell - befitting an officer and a gentleman.

Police higherarchy confirmed the incident but were unable to offer a plausible explanation as to how the incident could have happened.

The country's oldest and now timid daily ran a short piece in Thursday May 19 on page 7 where Tuidravu said the naval officer was swimming to shore as part of a security detail exercise when the incident happened.

Is this an omen perhaps ? Something to think about especially since it happened within weeks of regime supporter Tui Macuata's mysterious drowning incident.