Fiji, crown and commonwealth

Round Table

Volumn , Issue 337, 1996, Pages 83-89

  Barltrop, Roger ^a  

^a HM Diplomatic Service

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EID: 5944235630     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358539608454296     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. D. Scarr (editor), Fiji: The Three Legged Stool (1983).
2. Daryl Tarte, Turaga, Biography of Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau (1993).
3. The Constitutional Review Commission was appointed in March 1995, in pursuance of Section 161 of the 1990 constitution - which provided that the constitution should be reviewed within seven years from its promulgation. The commission is required to 'review the Constitution ... with a view to promoting racial harmony and national unity and the economic and social advancement of all communities, and bearing in mind internationally recognized principles and standards of individual and group rights.' Towards these ends it must: (1) Take into account that the constitution shall guarantee full protection and promotion of the rights, interests and concerns of the indigenous Fijian and Rotuman people. (2) Scrutinize and consider the extent to which the constitution of Fiji meets the present and future consitutional needs of the people of Fiji, having full regard for the rights, interests and concerns of all ethnic groups in Fiji. (3) Facilitate the widest possible debate throughout Fiji and to inquire into and ascertain the variety of views and opinions that may exist in Fiji as to how the provisions of the Fiji constitution can be improved upon in the context of Fiji's needs as a multiethnic and multicultural society. (4) Report fully on all the above matters and, in particular, to recommend constitutional arrangements likely to achieve the objectives of the Constitutional Review as set out above.