Fiji Sets Vision for a Modern State

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Legal equality, modernising laws and liberalising the economy are the key components of the Fiji's vision of a modern state, says Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
 
Sayed-Khaiyum says the vision stemmed from the belief that there are some fundamental problems within Fiji’s governmental system.

He says these problems do not position Fiji well to become a modern nation state because it situates itself within a particular concept that does not meet those challenges.

Sayed-Khaiyum says the need to create legal equality in Fiji is the strategic framework’s philosophical basis.

He adds Fiji will have a citizenship based on common and equal citizenry which means if you hold a Fijian passport, you’re a Fijian and you have the absolute right to be treated like everybody else in the country.  --- Fiji Broadcasting Commission

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