FijiFirst to be deregistered if they do not amend constitution by June 28th - SOE
MPs will not lose seats if party gets deregistered

FijiFirst to be deregistered if they do not amend constitution by June 28th - SOE

MPs will not lose seats if party gets deregistered

By Mansi Chand , Vijay Narayan
Wednesday 05/06/2024
Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa.

The FijiFirst Party has been given time until the 28th of June to amend their constitution and if this is not followed, the Fijian Elections Office will deregister the party under the Political Parties Act.

Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa highlighted this during fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan when questioned about the issues raised by FijiFirst MP Mosese Bulitavu saying there is no grievance procedure in the party constitution for the MPs in disputes and the party leadership committee is incomplete as the Opposition Leader is not part of the committee although that is a party requirement.

Mataiciwa says if the amendments are not made to the FijiFirst constitution, they will give a notice to deregister the party.

When asked on what will happen to the FijiFirst Members of Parliament if the party gets deregistered, Mataiciwa says the law states that they will continue as independent MPs as they were elected by the people.

Meanwhile, Mataiciwa says that former Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has been notified that he will be removed from the National Registrar of Voters and 14 days is given to him to respond which will end next Thursday.

She says that Section 5 of the Political Parties Act states that a person convicted of an offence and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment gets disqualified.

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