Radio New Zealand & the ever reliable raw fiji news blog are reporting today…
that only 50 practicing licenses have been approved and around 200 are still waiting to be approved..
Radio NZ says..
The President of the Fiji Law Society, Dorsami Naidu, says the majority of Fiji’s lawyers have had no choice but to apply for controversial new practising certificates.
The deadline for lodging their applications was last week.
Under the new legal practitioners decree practising certificates are issued through the Chief Registrar’s, something the Fiji Law Society used to do.
Dorsami Naidu says they are now waiting to hear if their applications have been successful.
“I think fifty of them have had their certificates I’m told. But for some reason the registry is being very tight-lipped. There are over two hundred more they have to approve. They haven’t yet.”
Dorsami Naidu says while they may oppose the coup and the regime, Fiji’s legal practitioners still feel responsible for representing the country’s citizens
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=47288
Also in Fiji … The Fiji Village website reports today
Fiji to have a new constitution
Fiji will have a new constitution.
Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama confirmed that he will reveal Fiji’s roadmap to democracy within the next few days and work on a constitution will begin soon.
See the full story at http://www.fijivillage.com/?mod=story&id=220609df808050a9ce3d2d2d4581f3 They also have an audio report
