ELECTORAL Law Reform Commission chairperson Daniel Fatiaki says he is more concerned about the quality of the electoral law consultations rather than the number of people attending.
In an interview in Navoci Village in Nadi this week during the review of the electoral laws consultation, Mr Fatiaki said they were impressed to see more women than men attend the consultation.
“I know the media likes to ask me about the number of people turning up for the consultations. I am not into numbers necessarily, with me it’s the quality as opposed to the quantity,” Mr Fatiaki said.
“Today we had a remarkable number of women. Although they were shy to speak, they were pretty active and their spokesperson ensured their views were expressed to us.
“And we are very grateful for that. The village headman also expressed his views.
“We are very impressed with Navoci Village. We had more women than usual and that is a very rare setting. So we are grateful for that. And in the end it is about getting people’s views.”
Meanwhile, commissioner Professor Waden Narsey told those present at the consultation it was the first consultation that the majority of the attendees were women.
“In the previous consultations, they have been talking to us about why don’t you have special reserve seats for women in which only women would stand and life would be easier for women to be elected,” Prof Narsey said.
