PM expected to make announcement on Fiji Flag feedback submission today

PM expected to make announcement on Fiji Flag feedback submission today

By Vijay Narayan
30/06/2015

Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama is expected to announce later today on what steps will be taken in relation to the Fiji Flag feedback submission.

The public feedback deadline is today and Bainimarama is expected to decide on whether the feedback period will be extended.

Bainimarama says the decision will be made later today.   

Meanwhile Opposition Leader, Ro Teimumu Kepa has said in a SODELPA statement that the whole process should stop now.

Ro Teimumu says a referendum should be organized.

She says the question on whether the national flag should be changed can be part of the 2018 election ballot.

Ro Teimumu says it would also be cost effective.

It has already been announced that the whole process has been designed so that the new flag will be ready to be hoisted on the 45th anniversary of Fiji’s Independence on October 10th, this year.

The Prime Minister says they know that many Fijians do not object to the flag to being changed but want a design they like.

Bainimarama says a lot of Fijians are now, only after the designs have been put out, getting engaged and suggesting new ideas.

The Prime Minister stresses that none of the current designs are locked in stone, and if necessary, the government will review the current process to get the right result.

The designs of the new Fiji flag

 

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