Labour Leader meets with EU Director General

[posted 1 Oct 2009,1500]

Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry met with Mr Roger Moore, EU’s Director General for Development in Suva this week.

Their hour long discussions focused on Fiji’s current political situation in relation to the commitments made by the Interim Government to the EU in the consultation talks held in April 2007 in Brussels; in particular, the regressive developments here post 10 April 2009 which have led to violations of human rights.

Mr Chaudhry also drew Mr Moore’s attention to the unsatisfactory situation in the sugar industry, in particular, the regime’s decision to marginalise cane growers through dissolution of key industry institutions on which the growers had a voice.