President, PM meet to discuss COI report

Premature to release COI report says PM

The Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of Babara Malimali as the Commissioner of the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption will not be published. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says this is the advice he tendered to President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu. He highlighted that it would be premature to publicize the full report, as it […]

FICAC Inquiry Report: ‘Not for Public’

The Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) Commissioner, Barabara Malimali, will not be made public. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed this to this masthead following his meeting with the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, yesterday afternoon. This, despite growing calls from the public and government critics that the inquiry report be made public. “According to the Com…

President, PM meet to discuss COI report

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu yesterday afternoon to discuss the Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC commissioner. He told the media at an earlier event that he had read the report and the findings proved what he thought was happening. “It only proved to me what I had thought was happening, but that will be brought out in the full report and the recommendations of …