07:07 Today (February 20, 2013)
Report by: Elenoa Turagaiviu
Government has given its assurance that job offers coming from the United Arab Emirates are genuine and the work environment is safe.
Minister for Labour Jone Usamate says Fiji’s Ambassador to the UAE Robin Nair has vetted the offers as well as the companies proposing the employment opportunities.
Usamate says they are doing all they can to ensure, locals who take up the job offers will not face any labour rights issues, given the UAE’ s record of abuses.
“We will look into the contracts. Test the contracts and work very closely with our Ambassador to make sure that our people are well looked after and to make sure that we don’t have the problems we had in the past where government had to go in and pull people out of countries because there was not enough attention paid to the conditions under which they were employed.”
Locals are wanted in the UAE for jobs in the medical, tourism, and communication and retail sectors.
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February 20, 2013
February 19, 2013
'Old' party rules
Nanise Loanakadavu
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
IT would be "mischievous" for a group of people to try and adopt a de-registered party that no longer exists, political party registrar Mere Vuniwaqa said yesterday.
An amendment to the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Amendment Decree announced yesterday prohibits any party or organisation from applying to be registered under the same name as a party that had been de-registered.
"This include the same name, acronym and symbol as a party that has been deregistered," the Registrar of Political Party, Mere Vuniwaqa said.
Under the amended decree, the name of a proposed political party, its abbreviation or acronym of the name and symbol must not be the same as the name, the abbreviation or acronym of the name and symbol of an existing political party that has not made an application to register in accordance with the provisions of the decree.
A further amendment, says Ms Vuniwaqa, is in relation to the provision of information for registration which may have been acquired through fraudulent means.
"It actually mandates the registrar of the political parties to refuse an application for registration where the registrar is satisfied that the information in that application has been obtained through fraudulent means," she said.
Any person who fails to provide a written statement or to produce any document required by the registrar shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
IT would be "mischievous" for a group of people to try and adopt a de-registered party that no longer exists, political party registrar Mere Vuniwaqa said yesterday.
An amendment to the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Amendment Decree announced yesterday prohibits any party or organisation from applying to be registered under the same name as a party that had been de-registered.
"This include the same name, acronym and symbol as a party that has been deregistered," the Registrar of Political Party, Mere Vuniwaqa said.
Under the amended decree, the name of a proposed political party, its abbreviation or acronym of the name and symbol must not be the same as the name, the abbreviation or acronym of the name and symbol of an existing political party that has not made an application to register in accordance with the provisions of the decree.
A further amendment, says Ms Vuniwaqa, is in relation to the provision of information for registration which may have been acquired through fraudulent means.
"It actually mandates the registrar of the political parties to refuse an application for registration where the registrar is satisfied that the information in that application has been obtained through fraudulent means," she said.
Any person who fails to provide a written statement or to produce any document required by the registrar shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both.
Decree limits party reference
Nanise Loanakadavu
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
MEDIA organisations may no longer describe former political parties as "political parties" under a new decree announced yesterday.
Registrar of political parties Mere Vuniwaqa announced this yesterday following an amendment to the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Amendment Decree 2013. The amendment came into effect on Saturday, February 16.
Directors, publishers, editors and other officials of news organisations face fines of up to $50,000 or five year's imprisonment if they breach the new decree.
Ms Vuniwaqa said the amendment would impact on the role of the media in the whole process of registering political parties.
She said it was an offence for former political parties to hold themselves out as political parties if they were not registered under the decree.
"This is basically an extension of what political parties are not allowed to do," Ms Vuniwaqa said.
Section 3 of the decree states: "If any media organisation reports, represent or holds out an association of persons or an organisation as a political party when that association of persons or an organisation is not registered as a political party under this Decree or when its application for registration has not been determined by the Registrar, then the directors of that media organisation and the editor and publisher or the chief executive officer of that media organisation, as the case may be, commit an offence, and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both." Before the announcement a former political party was considering reregistering under a new name with the same acronym.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
MEDIA organisations may no longer describe former political parties as "political parties" under a new decree announced yesterday.
Registrar of political parties Mere Vuniwaqa announced this yesterday following an amendment to the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Amendment Decree 2013. The amendment came into effect on Saturday, February 16.
Directors, publishers, editors and other officials of news organisations face fines of up to $50,000 or five year's imprisonment if they breach the new decree.
Ms Vuniwaqa said the amendment would impact on the role of the media in the whole process of registering political parties.
She said it was an offence for former political parties to hold themselves out as political parties if they were not registered under the decree.
"This is basically an extension of what political parties are not allowed to do," Ms Vuniwaqa said.
Section 3 of the decree states: "If any media organisation reports, represent or holds out an association of persons or an organisation as a political party when that association of persons or an organisation is not registered as a political party under this Decree or when its application for registration has not been determined by the Registrar, then the directors of that media organisation and the editor and publisher or the chief executive officer of that media organisation, as the case may be, commit an offence, and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both." Before the announcement a former political party was considering reregistering under a new name with the same acronym.
PM to announce Assembly soon
February 17, 2013 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom
By NAISA KOROI
Government is set to announce the members of the full Constituent Assembly soon.
The announcement will be made by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama after he has been told which existing political parties have successfully registered under the new political parties decree.
The Registrar for Political Parties must – within 14 days – publish a notice of each proposed political party’s application, after an initial assessment.
The public then has seven days to lodge serious objections. Should no objections be raised, the party will be entered into the Register of Political Parties.
To date, the Permanent Secretary of Elections, Mere Vuniwaqa, has confirmed that only two existing political parties – the Fiji Labour Party and the National Federation Party – have applied for re-registration before the deadline last Thursday.
The Prime Minister earlier announced that political parties that are successfully registered will be invited to the Constituent Assembly.
However, the PM notes with concern allegations of fraud committed by agents of a certain political party during the collection of member signatures.
These allegations are now under investigation by the Fiji Police Force and the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC).
The allegations being investigated concerns certain political party representatives who impersonated Government officials to get signatures for party membership to meet registration requirements.
Commodore Bainimarama will await the decision by the Registrar for political parties.
The Constituent Assembly has the duty to review and approve the draft constitution as required under the Fiji Constitutional Process (Constituent Assembly and Adoption of Constitution) Decree 2012.
The Decree requires that the Assembly be diverse, and where possible, be composed of members who represent registered political parties, faith-based organisations, trade unions, employers, the business community, Government, farmers and members of rural communities, the RFMF, national organisations, women, youth, people with disability, pensioners, other Fijian-registered civil society groups, and individuals, among others.
By NAISA KOROI
Government is set to announce the members of the full Constituent Assembly soon.
The announcement will be made by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama after he has been told which existing political parties have successfully registered under the new political parties decree.
The Registrar for Political Parties must – within 14 days – publish a notice of each proposed political party’s application, after an initial assessment.
The public then has seven days to lodge serious objections. Should no objections be raised, the party will be entered into the Register of Political Parties.
To date, the Permanent Secretary of Elections, Mere Vuniwaqa, has confirmed that only two existing political parties – the Fiji Labour Party and the National Federation Party – have applied for re-registration before the deadline last Thursday.
The Prime Minister earlier announced that political parties that are successfully registered will be invited to the Constituent Assembly.
However, the PM notes with concern allegations of fraud committed by agents of a certain political party during the collection of member signatures.
These allegations are now under investigation by the Fiji Police Force and the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC).
The allegations being investigated concerns certain political party representatives who impersonated Government officials to get signatures for party membership to meet registration requirements.
Commodore Bainimarama will await the decision by the Registrar for political parties.
The Constituent Assembly has the duty to review and approve the draft constitution as required under the Fiji Constitutional Process (Constituent Assembly and Adoption of Constitution) Decree 2012.
The Decree requires that the Assembly be diverse, and where possible, be composed of members who represent registered political parties, faith-based organisations, trade unions, employers, the business community, Government, farmers and members of rural communities, the RFMF, national organisations, women, youth, people with disability, pensioners, other Fijian-registered civil society groups, and individuals, among others.
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