Parties oppose AG’s comments

Parties oppose AG’s comments

By fijivillage.com
Friday 07/03/2014
Three political parties have spoken out against Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum after he said that the government is planning to work with a potential donor to ensure that a parliamentary manual is put together for all candidates contesting this year's general elections.

While speaking at the Fiji National University earlier this week, Sayed-Khaiyum stressed that this is necessary as some parliamentarians in the past did not understand parliamentary procedures and there will be a lot of new MP's.

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Former Prime Minister and Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry has rejected Sayed-Khaiyum's suggestion. 

Chaudhry said previous parliamentarians knew the procedures and proper training has always been provided before people go into parliament. 

He said Sayed-Khaiyum should not display childish behaviour. 

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National Federation Party President, Raman Pratap Singh said the Electoral Decree should come out first before educational pamphlets are done. 

Singh rejected Sayed-Khaiyum's statement that former parliamentarians did not know the procedures.
 
Social Democratic and Liberal Party official, Doctor Tupeni Baba said Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is in no position to preach about parliamentary procedures. 

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Meanwhile Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the government's focus is to build strong institutions and he will not participate in name calling as done by some of the old politicians. 

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Story by: Vijay Narayan and Prasheel Chandra
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