Fijileaks: A Copy of Khaiyum's letter was sent to us via VIBER message. He should take it on the chin and sort out the FFP financial mess. Strange, he is reading the law on PPAct when he had failed miserly to interpret the law on membership of the COC that led to him being barred from Parliament.
*Acting Supervisor of Elections Ana Mataiciwa says she is doing her job according to the law after deciding that the FijiFirst Party, New Generation Party, We Unite Fiji Party and All People’s Party be suspended for 30 days for contravening Section 26(2) of the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding & Disclosures) Act.
*The Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mukesh Nand confirms he has received a letter from the FijiFirst (In Suspension) General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum asking the commission to review the party’s suspension by Acting Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa. Nand says the commission will meet later to discuss this however the date of the meeting cannot be confirmed.
*The office of the Speaker of Parliament says in light of the suspension of the registration of the FijiFirst Party, all 24 MPs are not entitled to take part in the proceedings of Parliament or any committee of Parliament for the duration of the suspension of the registration of the FijiFirst Party. This follows the correspondence received from the Acting Registrar of Political Parties informing the Parliamentary Secretariat that the FijiFirst Party has been suspended with immediate effect from Wednesday, 17th May 2023. All 24 MPs of the FijiFirst Party cannot be entitled to any pay from Parliament for the duration of the suspension. This also means that all 24 MPs are precluded from participating in all related activities such as representing Parliament in meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences, assemblies, and so forth, for the period of suspension until the suspension of the registration is lifted. (Source: FijiVillage News)
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