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# WHAT THE ROGUE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT SAID ABOUT CHANGING THE 2013 CONSTITUTION

Posted on August 29, 2025 4 Comments

Plus the announcement live-streamed on YouTube:

See previous analysis in our earlier “breaking news” article.

More to come…

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  1. Kaila says

    August 29, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    They have tested the constitution in court that was designed by few to keep them in power.
    Hold your horse.
    There are other means as the saying is that ” you can skin the cat in different ways”.
    At this stage,everyone is happy with the ruling.

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  2. what a hat-full of… says

    August 30, 2025 at 12:46 am

    What a complete disgrace. The court (which seems to have foreign judges who ought to know better) appears to have willingly embarked upon what is ultimately a political exercise.

    In the English common law system the only opportunity that the Supreme Court has to opine on the interpretation of the constitution is when a case in the usual way is referred to it. The court is not there to dispense mere legal advice as it seems to be doing in this case.

    Furthermore, what is the Supreme Court jurisdiction to determine that it has the power to recognise the constitution which is ultimately the will of the legislature and the voting public? And on what basis does it decide that it will recognise the constitution but not certain parts of it and effect a rewriting of it? How does it reconcile the rewriting of the constitution with its power to simply interpret it?

    What will the up-till-now compliant Law Society do about this? I suppose the fact that the court has brought itself into disrepute by embarking upon this corrupt venture matters little in a country that shamelessly tramples upon the rule of law and thinks little of appointing corrupt and criminal legal officers to senior positions.

    If you are Indian, take your businesses and money to a country where you are appreciated. Let the remainers find out what it looks like when you don’t have tax revenue to pay for the things that they have become accustomed to. Or what being a client state of China feels like.

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  3. Kalpesh says

    August 30, 2025 at 5:51 pm

    Indians who are making money in Fiji,will never be able to make that type of money anywhere else.
    90 percent of them are holding overseas passports.
    Even a new born.

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  4. Anonymous says

    August 31, 2025 at 6:29 am

    Money is not everything. The quality if life also matters. This includes safety and not mugged and be a victim of racisn at every corner of the street, village , temple and your own home. Have equal accces to emplyment and participation in decision making on matters that affect the whole community and not reserved for special groups based on ethinicity.

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