The Attorney General’s Office is asking for the High Court to find the Citizens Constitutional Forum and Reverend Akuila Yabaki guilty of contempt of court.
CCF and Reverend Yabaki have pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The contempt proceedings arose from an article titled “Fiji - The Rule of Law Lost” which was published in the April 2012 edition of Tutaka, CCF’s quarterly newsletter.
While making the submission before Justice William Calanchini, Acting Solicitor General Sharvada Sharma said the article published in the CCF newsletter is unfounded and unsubstantiated, and undermines the dignity and independence of the judiciary.
However, CCF’s senior counsel Neil Williams said the article contains no reference to any individual.
He said the article deals with questions of structures and the law.
Williams said it is nothing about scandalizing the judiciary.
He also asks the court to consider the justification of truth in this matter.
Justice Calanchini will deliver his ruling on notice.
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