Sixteen Commissioner of Oaths were sworn today and were reminded of their civic duty to which is to serve the people of Fiji.
This was relayed by the Chief Justice Mr Anthony Gates at the swearing ceremony held in Suva today.
Among the group was Pelasio Penijamini Velitokaduadua who is the Roko Tui Lomaiviti and was sworn in as a Commissioner of Oaths today.
Mr Velitokaduadua said as commissioners “we have an important role to provide the services to the people especially in the rural communities.”
“I have served as Justice of Peace for the past five years and taking up this role as Commissioner of Oath we need to provide the required services to the people,” Mr Velitokaduadua said.
“Lomaiviti consists of eight islands, most people living on the island are not able to afford these services so by bringing this services to the people will save costs for islanders,” he said.
Sharing similar sentiments Mr Eric Narayan of Taveuni said as Commissioners of Oaths we have civic duty which is too provide services to the people.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Mr Anthony Gates reminded the new commissioners to be punctual in order to perform their duties to the best of their abilities.
“The public needs to find it easy to gain access to you at reasonable hours, and they ought to be able to expect a friendly welcome,” Justice Gates said.
“This principle is set out in section 1(c) and (d) of the Constitution as well as in later sections dealing with equality, the secular state and other freedoms in the Bill of Rights,” he said.
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