Did the Supervisor of Elections lodge a complaint against the SG - Ro Filipe
SODELPA MP Ro Filipe Tuisawau says according to former public relations advisor for Qorvis, Graham Davis, the Supervisor of Elections lodged a formal complaint and allege
Tag: Bill No34 of 2021
The right to change their names remains with the women - Kumar
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill is not only for the ruling political party but for every eligible voter reg
Change in law imposes huge obligation on our women especially those in rural areas – Adi Litia
SODELPA MP, Adi Litia Qionibaravi says there is no need to change the law to force hundreds of thousands of women to change their name and get a new voter card just becau
Taking a pathetic and childish dig at my competence at the business committee level is misogynistic and sexist - Qereqeretabua
National Federation Party MP, Lenora Qereqeretabua says that she would like to remind Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and self-acclaimed expert on everything that ta
Parliament passes proposed electoral law requiring people to use their birth certificate name to be registered as a voter
Bill also passed where any agency which receives applications or submissions will only be required to accept the name of an applicant as it appears on their birth certificate
It would be a big ask for women to change their name - Ro Teimumu
SODELPA MP Ro Teimumu Kepa says it would be a big ask for women to go to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Office and change their name after the passing of the Electoral
The VKB is not under attack from the amendment - PM
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says as the Minister responsible for iTaukei Affairs, he wants to assure that the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment B
Apted says with absolutely no public consultation, laws are being passed that will burden many married women and members of a community who do not use their birth names in everyday life
Former Supervisor of Elections and constitutional lawyer, Jon Apted says today with absolutely no public consultation, laws are being passed that will disproportionately
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill and the other 2 bills do not take away the birth right of anyone – Dr Waqainabete
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill and the other two bills being debated in parliament, does not ta
It looks like the Opposition do not want free and fair registration of voters - Bala
Minister for Employment Parveen Bala says it looks like that the Opposition do not want free and fair registration of voters. Bala says the Electoral Registration of V
Prof Prasad says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill is the product of ‘My Way or the Highway’ approach
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill is the product of dictatorship, pseudo-democracy and the
Bills brought before the parliament are to save face of the AG and the Supervisor of Elections – Nawaikula
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill, the Interpretation Amendment Bill and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Amendment Bill
Bill will help maintain a clean voter list and protect the rights of registered voters - PM
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill will help maintain a clean voter list and protect the rights of all registered
Parliament passes proposed electoral law requiring people to use their birth certificate name to be registered as a voter
Parliament has passed the Electoral Registration of Voters Amendment Bill which now requires the application for registration as a voter to state the person’s full
FWRM Concerned that Changes in the Laws on Name Change Discriminates Against Married Women, Interferes with Their Democratic Right to Vote
The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement had strongly urged parliament not to pass the amendment to the electoral act today which they say are gender discriminatory and un