Why .. because quite rightly the NZ Law Soc president called Fiji a totalitarian society? and now he’s in trouble for pointing out the blindingly obvious..
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Here’s a report on the issue from Stuff.co in NZ
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/5628463/Fiji-critical-of-NZ-Law-Society
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Fiji is a safe and attractive place for New Zealanders and the Law Society is wrong to say people should think about going there, the military regime says.
New Zealand Law Society president Jonathan Temm yesterday said Fiji is a totalitarian regime and noted four foreigners, including two New Zealanders, had recently died in unexplained circumstances in Fiji’s tourist belt, adding there was a degree of lawlessness and lack of transparency.
The military regime’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said this was a lie.
“The hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit Fiji on a daily basis will be able to tell Temm that Fiji is a safe, attractive and peaceful holiday destination for everybody, including New Zealanders,” he said in a statement.
Temm’s comments were “obtuse, lack any substance and it is clear that he is seriously misinformed on events in Fiji.”
Instead of responding to invitations to visit Fiji, Temm relied on “hearsay and exaggerated opinions, not to mention untruthful reporting by sections of the New Zealand media.
Sayed-Khaiyum said Temm should have investigated himself rather than relying “on untruths from sections of the New Zealand media or politically motivated individuals from Fiji”.
Temm yesterday said the Fiji Law Society had been taken over by the military regime and that its headquarters had been destroyed in an unsolved arson. He also noted that the military had removed staff critical of the regime from the regional University of the South Pacific, a reference to top economist Professor Wadan Narsey who has been fired.
Sayed-Khaiyum claimed these events did not happen: “the Fiji Law Society has not closed, there was no arson attack on its premises, no professors were removed by the Fijian Government, and all people, including New Zealanders, have equal access to the law in Fiji.
“If Temm or members of the New Zealand Law Society are truly interested in knowing the facts about Fiji, I suggest they take up the Solicitor-General’s invitation and visit Fiji for themselves.”
