Fiji, Oct. 27 -- Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) has rejected the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill 2026, known as Bill 32, saying it retains key provisions of the 2013 Constitution that the party promised voters it would remove.
SODELPA President Aseri Radrodro said in a statement that the bill amends rather than replaces the Constitution introduced under the former FijiFirst government and fails to address the party's concerns over immunity provisions and accountability for past abuses of power.
The party said Bill 32 retains Chapter 14 on immunity and extends its application to the first sitting of Parliament under the amended constitutional framework.
It argued that the provisions could protect people from civil, ...