First Trade Union election capacity building session conducted in Labasa

The Supervisor of Elections conducted the first Trade Union election capacity building session in Labasa which was attended by Trade Union Officials, Trade Union Members as well as Employer representatives based in Labasa.

Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem says it is an effective start to their plans to improve capacity of all relevant stakeholders and the turnout in Labasa was impressive.

Saneem says they told the forum about how there are discrepancies between the list of member Unions submit at the time they give Notice of Intention to hold Trade Union Elections against the numbers kept in the records of the Registrar of Trade Union.

He says sometimes these discrepancies run into the hundreds.

The Fijian Election Office has proposed to maintain lists of members for Trade Unions as part of its ongoing electoral related responsibility.

The Office already maintains Voter Registration records of over 600,000 Fijians and will be able to expand its IT capacity to cater for this     new database.

Participants especially those from the Fiji Nursing Association expressed their appreciation to FEO for using Postal Ballot for their election allowing all nurses the opportunity to vote.

The Capacity development training will continue in Suva tomorrow and in the West this Wednesday.