Military will make special submission

October 17, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom
By Maika Bolatiki

Submissions to the Constitution Commission both verbal and written are now closed.

However, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) is yet to make its submission.

Speaking on behalf of the RFMF yesterday, Chief Of Staff Brigadier Mohammed Aziz told the Fiji Sun that they were making arrangements with the Commission for the military to make a special submission.

“We are aware that the submissions had closed but we’re making arrangements with the Commission for the military to make a special submission,” Brigadier Aziz said.

In an earlier interview with the Commander of the RFMF, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the military removed the 2006 Government leadership for a good reason.

Now with the formulation of the new constitution the military Commandeer said they would have their say in their submission.

Brigadier Aziz said the military submission was ready for the Commission. All divisions of the RFMF had an input in the military submission.

RFMF spokesperson and Land Force Commander Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga had called on all the political parties to come with new ideas in the submissions to the new constitution to help build a new and better Fiji.

The RFMF say they fully support the Bainimarama-led Government and its submission will reflect Government’s new roadmap enshrined in the People’s Charter.