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New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters is deeply disturbed by the fact that his name has appeared in the Christopher Pride incident.
This is Prime Minister Sitiweni Rabuka speaking with Fiji Live He spoke about the outcome of a bilateral meeting with the New Zealand Foreign Minister in Tokyo, Japan last week.
“He (Winston Peters) was very unhappy that his name was mentioned. He (Peters) said he had nothing to do with it and it was a decision made by the Fijian government,” Rabuka said.
“He was very unhappy about his name being used by the now-suspended Attorney General Christopher Pride.”
Asked whether the government was right not to pay the suspended DPP, the Prime Minister said natural justice must be given to Pryde as per regulations.
Rabuka said the suspension of constitutional appointments did not involve the suspension of salaries, in this case Christopher Pride’s salary.
“They really should continue.”
However, Rabuka said if the Judicial Service Commission recommended that his salary be stopped, then so be it.
When asked why this was not the correct channel and the court did not find any wrongdoing by Pride, Rabuka said this was correct and confirmed that the court was yet to sit to investigate the matter.
“I will wait for the court’s decision. When the court makes its recommendation, we will act on it,” Rabuka said.
Meanwhile, Pride wrote a five-page letter to Peters seeking the New Zealand government’s help in redressing the gross injustice perpetrated against him by the Fijian government.
In his letter, Pride also warned New Zealanders considering serving in Fiji not to do so.
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