Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has pledged his government will repeal the draconian media laws that put Fiji at the bottom of the Press Freedom Index for countries of the Pacific.
The laws are restrictive on critical news reports of the Government, issuing heavy fines and prison sentences on any who breach these laws. Media organizations can also be penalized with heavy fines.
Fiji media have been at the mercies of these laws for the past 13 years.
Mr. Rabuka told Fiji’s Parliament, “this is not a pledge to amend but to totally repeal these laws.”