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Director Of Public Prosecutions (Fiji)
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Fiji is an independent office by virtue of section 117 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. The ODPP is motivated by the principle that it is in the interest of justice that the guilty be brought to justice and the innocent are not wrongly convicted. The Constitution of the Republic of Fiji authorises the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to independently govern all matters concerning public prosecutions and ensures its independence not only for prosecution matters but also authorises the DPP alone, to determine all matters pertaining to the employment of all staff and administrative matters concerning the ODPP. History The ODPP was first established under the Fiji Independence Order 1970 and has had a continued existence under the Constitutions of 1990, 1997 and 2013. Mr Ghananand Mishra was Fiji's first Director of Public Prosecutions appointed in 1970. (See 3.1 for List of DPPs) Functions The Director of Public Prose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Constitution Of Fiji
The 1997 Constitution of Fiji was the supreme law of Fiji from its adoption in 1997 until 2009 when President Josefa Iloilo purported to abrogate it. It was also suspended for a period following the 2000 ''coup d'état'' led by George Speight. Background The Constitution of the Republic of the Fiji Islands dates from 1997. It is Fiji's third Constitution. The first, adopted in 1970 upon independence, was abrogated following two military coups in 1987. A second constitution was adopted in 1990. Its discriminatory provisions, which reserved the office of Prime Minister and a built-in majority in the House of Representatives for indigenous Fijians (although they were at that time a minority of the population) proved very unpopular with the Indo-Fijian community, which comprised almost half the country's population, and in the mid 1990s the government agreed that it should be rewritten. Constitutional process In 1995, President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara appointed a three-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Constitution Of Fiji
Fiji's fourth constitution was signed into law by President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau on September 6, 2013, coming into effect immediately. It is the first to eliminate race-based electoral rolls, race-based seat quotas, district-based representation, the unelected upper chamber, and the role of the hereditary Council of Chiefs. It vests sole legislative authority in a single-chamber, 50-seat, at-large Parliament, to be first convened following general elections in 2014. It is also the first ever to grant the right to multiple citizenship (in effect since 2009 by decree, on abrogation of the 1997 constitution), and lowers the voting age to 18. Background Fiji's first constitution, implemented in 1970 at the time of independence from the UK, contained negotiated provisions to enshrine the political supremacy of the minority indigenous population. When an Indo-Fijian dominated government was elected despite these safeguards, the 1987 Fijian coups d'état took place, resulting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption
The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) is the country's mandated law enforcement agency to investigate and prosecute public sector corruption, as well as educate society on understanding and reporting corruption. It was established by the FICAC Act No 11 of 2007, and began operations in April of the same year. The Constitution of the Republic of Fiji stipulates that the Commission may investigate, institute and conduct criminal proceedings, take over investigations and criminal proceedings that fall under its responsibility and functions as prescribed by law, and which may have been initiated by another person or authority and discontinue, at any stage before judgment is delivered, criminal proceedings instituted or conducted by it. FICAC is headed by a Deputy Commissioner, who is appointed by the President of Fiji The president of Fiji is the head of state of the Republic of Fiji. The president is appointed by the Parliament for a three-year term unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghananand Mishra
Ghananand Mishra (1916 – April 2005) was a Fijian lawyer and judge. He was an Indians in Fiji, Indo-Fijian of Brahmin stock, whose ancestors hailed from the Indian States of India, state of Kashmir. Mishra served as Director of Public Prosecutions (Fiji), Director of Public Prosecutions before his appointment to the High Court of Fiji, High Court as a puisne judge. His interpretations of criminal law were pivotal in the development of Fiji's justice system. In 1973, the Leader of the Opposition (Fiji), Leader of the Opposition nominated Mishra for the position of Chief Justice of Fiji, Chief Justice, in opposition to Ronald Kermode, Sir Ronald Kermode, who was favoured by the government. In the end, Governor-General of Fiji, Governor-General George Cakobau, Ratu Sir George Cakobau appointed Timoci Tuivaga, Sir Timoci Tuivaga instead. Mishra resigned from the bench in 1987 following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état, coup on 14 May, led by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, sayin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Deoki
Andrew Indar Narayan Deoki (1917 – 12 June 1985) was an Indo-Fijian statesman who served his community as a social and religious leader, soccer administrator, member of the Legislative Council and Senate in independent Fiji and as Attorney General. Biography Born in Suva, the son of prominent community leader Nandan Sen Deoki, Deoki attended the University of Auckland and spent seven years in New Zealand qualifying as a lawyer before returning to Fiji in 1941, going on to become a solicitor and barrister,Mr. Nandan Sen Deoki ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1946, p14 earning admittance to the bar and Supreme Court of New Zealand, Victoria and Queensland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailosi Kepa
Sailosi Wai Kepa (4 November 1938 – 1 March 2004) was a Fijian statesman, judge, and diplomat. Hailing from the village of Nukuni on the island of Ono-i-Lau, Kepa was one of many distinguished public figures to hail from the Lau archipelago. He was educated at Draiba Fijian School and Lelean Memorial School, before enrolling in Nasinu Teachers College in 1959. He went on to receive a Diploma in Teaching of English from the University of Sydney in 1966. In 1972, he received a Law degree from the renowned Middle Temple in London, England. Kepa's legal career was a distinguished one, which took him into politics, diplomacy, and the judiciary. After joining the Department of Justice as a magistrate in 1969 (serving Suva, Sigatoka, Nadi, and the Northern Division), he became Chief Magistrate in 1980. He also became Director of Public Prosecutions in November that year. He went on to become Fiji's High Commissioner to London in 1985, and Minister for Justice and Attorney General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dishington Scott
Michael Dishington Scott was Chief Justice of Tonga. Scott is a British national with a long career in the Pacific. He has previously served as a judge in Kiribati and the Solomon Islands, and served for 14 years as a judge on the High Court of Fiji. As a High Court judge in Fiji, in ''Yabaki v President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands'', he ruled that the interim government established in the wake of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état was legal. This ruling was later overturned on appeal. From 2004 to 2007 he was a judge of the Fijian Court of Appeal. He was appointed Chief Justice of Tonga in August 2010, replacing Tony Ford. He assumed the role on 27 September 2010. He was replaced by Owen Paulsen in January 2015. In June 2017 he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Tonga The Privy Council of Tonga is the highest ranking council to advise the Monarch in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is empowered to advise the King in his capacity as Head of State and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isikeli Mataitoga
Isikeli Uluinairai Mataitoga is Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of Fiji. He was appointed as a Justice of Appeal on 27 March 2023. He was a Fijian diplomat and former Ambassador of Fiji to Japan, he was concurrently the non-resident ambassador to the Philippines, Russia, Vietnam and Brunei. He presented his credentials to Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 13 January 2010, to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Moscow Kremlin on 5 February 2010, and then to Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at the Malacañang Palace on 10 January 2013. He presented his credentials Vietnamese President HE Mr. Tran Dai Quang on 9 November 2016. He presented his credentials to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah in 2019. Mataitoga was Solicitor General of Fiji from 1993 to 1997, and subsequently a judge of the High Court of Fiji. He was also Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Enforcement In Fiji
Fiji has a unified national police force, the Fiji Police, whose motto is ''Salus Populi'' meaning "Health of the People". The Fijian Commissioner of Police title had been held by Australian police officer Andrew Hughes since 2003 but after the 2006 takeover of the Government the post has been reserved for a local (Ioane Naivaluru a). The current Fijian Commissioner of Police is Brigadier Sitiveni Qiliho The Commissioner is appointed in accordance with the Constitution of Fiji, chapter 7, part 4, section 111. Section 111 establishes the office of Commissioner of Police. This official is appointed by the Constitutional Offices Commission, following consultation with the appropriate Cabinet Minister. The Commissioner of Police holds executive and administrative authority over the entire police force, and is answerable only to the Minister in charge. Parliament may, however, make laws regulating the police force. Fiji has a single local police force, on Rabi Island Rabi (pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
