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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Fiji [1] [2] is an independent office by virtue of section 117 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. The ODPP is motivated by the principle that it is in the interest of justice that the guilty be brought to justice and the innocent are not wrongly convicted.
Fiji's Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, John Rabuku, filed an appeal against the sentence on Thursday afternoon. The sentence was "manifestly lenient" and "erred in law", the Office of the ...
(Reuters) -Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, the country's director of public ...
In 2019 Olutimayin took over from Ronald Bei Talasasa [2] who had been the country's Director of Public Prosecutions. Ethel Sigimanu who was the ministry of justice's permanent secretary gave her the contract [1] and she noted the significance of her appointment as the first woman DPP. She was sworn in as the DPP by the Governor General David ...
The previous Solicitor-General was Christopher Pryde, who took office in July 2007 until he was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions in 2011. [1] The Office is currently vacant, although Deputy Solicitor-General Sharvada Sharma has been acting in the position to date.
The Director of Public Prosecutions is appointed by the Constitutional Offices Commission following consultation with the Attorney-General. This official may order criminal charges to be brought against individuals and corporate entities, take over criminal proceedings instituted by another person or authority, or dismiss any charges before a ...
It was announced on 17 June that at the request of the Director of Prosecutions, the case had been transferred to the High Court due to the serious nature of the charge. [citation needed] Rabuka appeared in the High Court on 30 June and pleaded not guilty, Fiji Village reported. The trial was set for 20 October, but this was later changed to 6 ...
He became the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in 1981 and a Magistrate in 1985. [4] He was dismissed as a Magistrate in 1985 when he refused to renew his oath of allegiance to coup leader Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, the new self-appointed Head of State. He left Fiji to work for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in Brisbane ...