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In December, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs tried to investigate allegations of beatings and intimidation raised by lawyer Aman Ravindra-Singh, who represents dozens of people accused of sedition.
But as the committee got underway, the chairman received a phone call from the attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, who advised that the meeting should be called off.
Sayed-Khaiyum said the committee’s members were not qualified to investigate, and that he had acted within his rights to intervene.
But the opposition whip and committee member, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, says he has it on legal advice that Sayed-Khaiyum had no right to intervene and the committee can investigate.
He says he will try to have the committee investigate when it sits later this month.
“We will do what is required by the constitution and the standing orders and by the constitution. We will pursue that until we reach a resolution on that, and we are not going to be stopped because this is supposed to be a parliament representing the people and the people require the truth.”
- RNZI