PEOPLE are entitled to their views but only Parliament decides the future operations of the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption.
FICAC Acting Commissioner Lavi Rokoika made this comment following public commentary for FICAC to close because it has been used as a political weapon.
“Again, those are public commentary. People are entitled to their views,” she said.
“But the organisation itself is an organ created by law. In order for it to dissolve this organisation or dismantle it, there is a local process that needs to be followed.
“That’s outside of the Office of the Commissioner and this organisation itself.
“Parliament has to deal with it, not the commissioner.”
Like any institution, Ms Rokoika said, there were challenges including their investigations.
“The officers take it on a case-by-case basis. And I believe that the challenges are some of the causes of why some cases have been delayed over a longer period of time.
“There are challenges. We acknowledge that.
“But because of our statutory mandate, we need to proceed. But if there is no evidentiary basis for us to continue, that’s why we close the files that we have closed.”
