PM Rabuka: Secular State & Fijian Identity Will Be Changed
Section 4 (1) of the 2013 Constitution outlines that all citizens of Fiji are to be known as Fijians with equal status and identity.
07 Feb 2023 12:00
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Suva on January 30, 2023. Photo: Leon Lord
The coalition Government will change the common reference “Fijians” and “secular state”, but only through a referendum.
The statement was made by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during an interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Suva.
Section 4 (1) of the 2013 Constitution outlines that all citizens of Fiji are to be known as Fijians with equal status and identity.
“I would like to go through a referendum on that,” Mr Rabuka said.
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Story by: ivamere.nataro@fijisun.com.fj
