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Fiji Law Society Questions Impact of Electoral Act Amendments on Democratic Freedoms
By Maya Wilson
Maya Wilson
Maya Wilson leads The Library Media’s World Desk.
The Fiji Law Society has raised concerns about amendments to section 115 of Fiji’s Electoral Act, saying the amendments raise questions about constitutional freedoms and democratic participation, FBC News reported.
The amendments were passed last Friday, according to FBC News. The Law Society has publicly questioned the impact of the amendments on constitutional freedoms and democratic participation.
The report identifies section 115 as the provision amended but does not set out the text or substance of the amendments. What the amendments change, beyond the fact that they amend section 115, was not included in the reporting available.
FBC News reported the Law Society’s concerns but did not include a response from the Fijian government or any stated rationale for the amendments. No other reaction was included in the reporting available.
The procedural next steps were not specified in the reporting. It remains unclear whether the Law Society has taken, or plans to take, any further action, or what will happen next.
The confirmed issue, as reported by FBC News, is the Law Society’s questioning of the amendments’ impact on constitutional freedoms and democratic participation.
— Maya Wilson, World Desk
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