Vasu on GCC: ‘A place where chiefs make wise decisions’

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Vasu on GCC: ‘A place where chiefs make wise decisions’

ITAUKEI Affairs Minister Ifereimi Vasu hopes the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) can be a platform to discuss pressing issues faced by all Fijians.

While welcoming the decision to hold the first meeting on the chiefly island of Bau, he thanked the newly-installed Turaga Bale na Vunivalu na Tui Kaba Ratu Epenisa Cakobau for putting his hand up to host the significant event.

Mr Vasu said a delegation from his ministry led by permanent secretary Pita Tagicakirewa presented a kamunaga to Ratu Epenisa last Friday at the chiefly residence of Mataiwelagi on Bau to traditionally inform him for their plans.

“We are thankful that the GCC meeting will be held on May 24 to 25,” Mr Vasu said.

“I am hoping that it will be a place where chiefs will gather to make wise decisions for this country and to bring all races together.

“There are many issues facing our country, the GCC also holds an important role in contributing ideas of how best we can all work together to address them.”

The GCC or Bose Levu Vakaturaga held its first meeting at Draiba on Ovalau Island in 1875. Coup leader and then Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Voreqe Bainimarama announced on March 14, 2012, that then president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau had “approved decrees that formally de-establish the Great Council of the Chiefs”.

He accused the GCC of having “become politicised to the detriment of Fiji’s pursuit of a common and equal citizenry”.

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