Fiji President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, in a government Gazette on Tuesday, extended the Public Emergency Regulations 2009 for another 30 days effective from 03 December
Fiji’s administration has imposed the Public Emergency Regulation (PER) for another month this December during the festive season.
Fiji President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, in a government Gazette on Tuesday, extended the Public Emergency Regulations 2009 for another 30 days effective from 03 December.
The PER was first implemented on 10 April 10 this year and continuously extended monthly ever since.
The decree was the first to be issued after former Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo abrogated the 1997 Constitution and revoked all judicial appointments, assuming executive authority ahead of state following the court of appeal case, which called this government illegal.
The public emergency regulation provides for the “control of broadcast and publications from all media outlets in the island nation.”
Section 16 of the Regulations stipulates that the State has the authority to stop any broadcast or publication it believes could cause “disorder”, “undue demands” on security forces”, “promote disaffection or public alarm” or “undermine the Government and the State of Fiji.”…
SOURCE: XINHUA/PACNEWS
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