FLP welcomes CMAG decision
[posted 5 March 2009,1500]
Fiji Labour Party welcomes CMAG’s decision
not to fully suspend Fiji from the Commonwealth and to remain engaged with
the interim government in seeking long term solutions to problems that beset
Fiji.
“It is a prudent decision which shows that
the Commonwealth understands Fiji faces fundamental problems such as an
unsatisfactory electoral system that needs to be reformed in order to ensure
sustainable democracy,” Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry said.
“We note the emphasis the Commonwealth has
placed on the need for the President’s Political Dialogue Forum to be
“inclusive, time-bound and without prejudice as to its outcome,” Mr Chaudhry
said.
The FLP now calls on the interim
government to move with all haste to convening the PPDF so that issues that
stand in the way of general elections can be resolved as soon as
practicable. |