Inquiry ‘costly’ affair for Fiji

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Professor in Comparative Politics from Victoria University of Welligton, New Zealand Jon Fraenkel speaks to political leaders and international experts during the Landmark Electoral Reform Dialogue at the Holiday Inn in Suva recently . Picture: KATA KOLI

THE Commission of Inquiry into Barbara Malimali has come at significant costs to Fiji, says a New Zealand-based political scientist and academic.

Professor Jon Fraenkel yesterday called out the manner in which Justice David Ashton-Lewis “discredited” the inquiry report, saying it had come at a cost to the nation.

“That is a disgraceful interference with Fiji politics. The whole exercise comes at an enormous financial and political cost for Fiji,” he said.