Updated 23 August 2013, 10:15 AEST
Fiji's new constitution provides immunity from prosecution for all people involved in the 2006 military coup.
It also sets up a single chamber parliament with 50 members elected by proportional representation.
There are also provisions for a Bill of Rights which guaranteed the right to education, food, housing and work, freedom of speech and an independent judiciary.
Fiji's Citizens' Constitutional Forum is preparing a detailed analysis of the document, CEO Reverend Akuila Yabaki says they want to reiterate their concern about the credibility of the process.
Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Reverend Akuila Yabaki, CEO, Citizen's Constitutional Forum, Fiji
- INTELLIGENT RESISTANCE -
Free. Fair. Fearless. Intelligentsiya is made up of Fiji Islanders who are libertarians in their own way and who cherish the free flow of news, ideas and information and will peacefully resist any attempts by the country's military rulers to stifle free speech. intelligentsiya will also bear witness, report and discuss human rights abuses by the authorities.
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