Koya Should be Blamed, says Bulitavu
Ms Mataiciwa issued a notice to the party on May 30, giving the party until 4pm on June 28 to amend the party’s constitution as it did not have internal processes to deal with MPs’ grievances.
Tuesday 11 June 2024 | 12:33
From left: Opposition Member of Parliament and former acting secretary of Fiji First Faiyaz Koya and FijiFirst MP Mosese Bulitavu Photos: Parliament of Fiji
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and former acting secretary of FijiFirst, Faiyaz Koya will be responsible for the demise of the party.
FijiFirst MP Mosese Bulitavu claimed that Mr Koya, as the registered officer, could not rectify breaches the Supervisor of Election (SoE) Ana Mataiciwa had notified the party on.
Ms Mataiciwa issued a notice to the party on May 30, giving the party until 4pm on June 28 to amend the party’s constitution as it did not have internal processes to deal with MPs’ grievances.
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“He (Mr Koya) will be responsible for the demise of FijiFirst as being the party registered officer who couldn’t rectify the breaches the SOE/Registrar of Political Parties had given notice on,” Mr Bulitavu claimed.
He claimed Mr Koya ridiculed the Speaker of Parliament Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu publicly by allowing the confidential correspondence by the Speaker to be posted on the Fiji-First Facebook page together with his reply to the Speaker’s letter last Wednesday.
The correspondence letters were posted on the party’s official Facebook page.
Resignation
Mr Bulitavu further urged Mr Koya to resign from his position as MP.
Yesterday, SoE confirmed Mr Koya was among the eight powerful figureheads of the party who resigned.
“Faiyaz Koya should resign as an MP given he was the messenger of the unlawful directive to the FijiFirst Caucus,” Mr Bulitavu said.
“When the former Prime Minister attempted court, he was the one who took the invalid termination letter to be signed and he should be responsible for implicating him more.
“He co-signed the letter to notify the Speaker on the vacation of seats.”
When contacted yesterday, Mr Koya said he would not reply to unfounded allegations.
The internal party dispute has taken a different direction yesterday.
The unprecedented political rift also revealed that FijiFirst party founding member and leader, Voreqe Bainimarama has resigned from the party.
The powerhouse politicians of 96 Brown Street, who also resigned included former Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
These are by far, two most influential figures of the FijiFirst who have exited.
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