Issue raised on children of iTaukei women being registered with VKB
Issue raised on children of iTaukei women being registered with VKB
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fijivillage.com
Saturday 08/12/2012
Former lawyer and USP lecturer on Legal Advocacy, Lynda Tabuya today raised a question on whether children of iTaukei women who are married to people belonging to another race can be registered in the Native Land Register or the Vola Ni Kawa Bula.
Tabuya raised the issue in the Attorney General’s Conference, saying this matter needs to be addressed under the issue of equality under the law.
Currently children who only have an iTaukei mother but a non-iTaukei father are not allowed to be registered under the VKB.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said under the legal concept, the issue is very interesting.
He said it deals with the issue of group rights versus individual rights.
While replying to the question, Sayed-Khaiyum said perhaps this is something that can be added in the new constitution.
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