Draft Bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed Police laws puzzles critics

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REPORTS that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has pulled the plug on the draft Police Bill 2020 has raised more questions than answers and left critics puzzled.

What, when, where, why, and how were pressing questions people asked as they tried to unravel how the Bill was thrust into the public sphere for discussion without Government’s knowledge.

National Federation Party president Pio Tikoduadua said the PM’s statement came two weeks after Defence Minister Inia Seruiratu was photographed at the launch of consultations on the Bill.

He claimed everybody knew that everything happened in the Government on the Prime Minister’s or the Attorney-General’s command.

Former PM Sitiveni Rabuka said Mr Bainimarama’s comments that the Fiji Police Force had acted unilaterally and Government had not been consulted before consultations began was “puzzling”.

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre co-ordinator Shamima Ali said Government or the PM’s office needed to issue an official statement regarding its stand on the draft Bill because the only information people had was from two media platforms and social media sites.

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