State given 7 days to apply for amendment of affidavit in Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum's case

State given 7 days to apply for amendment of affidavit in Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum's case

By Navitalai Naivalurua
Wednesday 01/05/2024
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (right) with lawyer, Devanesh Sharma (left) outside court.

The Suva Magistrates Court has given 7 days for the State to file an amendment of affidavit in the case of former Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum regarding the alleged tax payment to former Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem.

DPP lawyer, Nancy Tikoisuva had asked the court if they could make an amendment to the affidavit as there is an error.

She says they will need 7 days.

Sayed-Khaiyum’s lawyer Devanesh Sharma did not object to this and also asked the court if Sayed-Khaiyum's name be amended to include a hyphen between Sayed and Khaiyum.

Acting Chief Magistrate Josaia Waqaivolavola gave the State Counsel 7 days to file for the amendment of the affidavit, and he gave the defence counsel 14 days to respond.

Mgaistrate Waqaivolavola also gave both counsels another 7 days for simultaneous submissions.

The case will be called again at 11am on the 10th of June.

Sayed-Khaiyum is charged with allegedly approving the government to pay the taxes of former Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem without proper approval of the Constitutional Offices Commission and the President.

His charge relates to a report lodged by the Acting Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa.

It is alleged that Sayed-Khaiyum between June 30th and July 12th 2022, while being the Acting Prime Minister, signed a Deed of Variation and Addendum the Government and the Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem.

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