Rabuka lodges complaint over donations to FijiFirst

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Opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka during an interview with the Fiji Times . Picture:ATU RASEA/FT FILE

Opposition Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has lodged a complaint with the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) on Friday over donations made to the FijiFirst party.

Mr Rabuka said FICAC was to investigate how much was donated to FijiFirst and who the donors were.

“The application of the law is on how much people donated and who can make donations to the party,” he said.

“We had lodged the reports this morning (Friday). It is up to them (FICAC) to look into it. As citizens we have every right to lodge a complaint. They carry out the primary and the initial investigation and decide whether they need to take action.”

Mr Rabuka said he lodged the complaint not necessarily as the leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party but as a holder of a constitutional office as the Opposition Leader.

When quizzed on the content of his complaint, Mr Rabuka said: “I would like to respect the independence of FICAC to carry out the investigation according to my report.

“Each of us is free to make their own individual reports on specific questions and specific amount and who those persons are in relation to the law.

“Are they allowed to make those donations?

“There are certain limitations on who can make donations and how much.

“Ours was also looked at and was investigated, and we have to subject all political parties through the same scrutiny.”

He said the report was filed based on the donations list made available to the public by the Registrar of Political Parties.

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