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Acting Chief Magistrate Sworn In A new acting Chief Magistrate was sworn in at Government House this afternoon.

Major Ana Rokomokoti was sworn in by His Excellency the President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau as the new acting Chief Magistrate under the Administration of Justice Decree 2009.

Major Rokomokoti is also the Chief Registrar and was accompanied by the Chief Justice, Mr Anthony Gates.
Commonwealth meetings with Government positive Fiji’s last suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations was in 2000 following the coup of that year. Its membership status was restored a year later after general elections were held. Eight years on Fiji faces another suspension from the Commonwealth, a decision that defence Minister Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who was acting Prime Minister during Commodore Bainimarama’s absence this month, described as a necessary forfeit. Ties with the Commonwealth were severed on 1st September 2009 two months after the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) resolved to remove Fiji at its July 31st meeting.
Prime Minister addresses 64th Session of the UN General Assembly International critics of the current regime in Fiji, which came to power after a coup in 2006, need to show patience as political and constitutional reforms are introduced to overcome years of “mismanagement, corruption and nepotism,” the Fiji's Prime Minister told the 64th General Assembly on fourth day of the Assembly’s annual General Debate. His moving address is as follows:
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