THE Public Emergency Regulation which expires tomorrow is under consideration, says Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's office Parmesh Chand.
He said the interim Prime Minister and interim Home Affairs Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed on the views of all the stakeholders.
"He is undertaking a series of consultation involving the RFMF, police, Attorney-General's office and other relevant stakeholders," said Mr Chand.
"Once he has all the necessary information at hand and undertaken the required assessment, he will accordingly make a decision on this critical issue. All I can say at this stage is that the matter is under active consideration."
During consultations with the European Union in Brussels in mid-April, the interim administration made a number of commitments.
Among these was that it intended to lift the Public Emergency Regulations in May 2007 subject to any threats to national security, public order and safety.
However, earlier this month the Public Safety Regulation was extended to tomorrow.
Interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said this was for security reasons.
A State of Emergency was initially declared by the interim administration on December 5 and ended on February 4 according to a legal notice gazetted on February 12 by the interim Government.
According to the Government Gazette Supplement, the State of Emergency Regulation 2006 was proclaimed on December 5, 2006 for a period of 30 days and was extended for another 30 days on January 5.
In late February, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said the President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, had made the Public Emergency Regulation in pursuant of the Public Safety Act, which came into force on February 5.
