Former Cabinet Minister Kalaveti Ravu today declined to identify the parliamentary colleagues he claimed had questioned him about his Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption case, while giving evidence in the trial of former Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica.
Led in evidence by State prosecutor Josann Pene, Ravu told the Suva Magistrates Court that “most people” had approached him about the matter while Parliament was sitting on July 8, 2024.
However, when asked to identify those individuals, Ravu clarified that he was referring to fellow Members of Parliament but said he would not disclose their names.
The proceedings were briefly adjourned for 10 minutes before his testimony resumed.
Ravu is a key prosecution witness in the case against Kamikamica.
During the Commission of Inquiry testimony, Ravu had testified that Manoa Kamikamica, the then Deputy Prime Minister had asked him about his FICAC case.
Kamikamica faces one count of perjury, alleging that he falsely stated under oath during the Commission of Inquiry that he had no knowledge of Barbara Malimali’s appointment before it was made on September 5, 2024.
In the alternative, he is charged with one count of providing false information to a public servant by allegedly giving the same false information to the Commission of Inquiry.
