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Emergency decree under review

Friday, March 30, 2007

THE Public Safety Regulation will be reviewed tomorrow before it expires on April 5, says military spokesman Major Neumi Leweni.

"We will review the situation on the last day of the month and a lot of things will be taken into consideration," he said.

When asked if the strike mandate by the unions would be one of the things to be considered, he said it was.

Last month, interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the state of emergency decree might remain for three more months if the security forces thought the situation in the country warranted it.

"Under the Constitution, the state of emergency is or can be up to three months or can be extended but as you have seen, the roadblocks have been withdrawn during the day and that is an assessment, as I said last week after discussions with the security forces, that as soon as security concerns and fears are gone, the state of emergency will be withdrawn," said Mr Sayed-Khaiyum.

The state of emergency was declared by military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama on December 5 after he assumed executive authority and ousted the elected government.

A military liaison officer said they were continually reviewing the situation in the country.

The review included the removal of roadblocks.

According to the Constitution, the proclamation of a state of emergency remains in force for no longer than three months or if there is a need, it can be for six months.

Military roadblocks in most parts of the country seem to be thinning out and according to the military and Mr Sayed-Khaiyum, this was the result of the security forces' assessment of security in the country.

Since the state of emergency started, the military has taken individuals to the army camp for questioning. These, according to them, were people who were trying to incite instability.

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum had advised the military to charge those they thought were inciting instability rather than take them up to camp for questioning.

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