Fiji's parliamentary committee reviewing the government's Reconciliation bill is continuing to seek public submissions on it.
And, a former opposition leader, Mick Beddoes, says the process is likely to continue throughout the next couple of months because of the level of interest in the bill.
Mr Beddoes, who's the only opposition MP participating after the Labour party chose to boycott the committee, says he'll be attending the hearings as they travel around the country to accept the written and oral submissions.
He says he hopes to be able to persuade the government MPs who dominate the committee, to listen to reason, although it would have helped to have Labour MPs take part.
"We need to be able to pit our skills and our ability to convince other members of the committee about what should and should not be an appropriate legislation for some of the thorny bits in it. And, unless you're in there, and engaged, there's really little contribution you can make to that."
Mr Beddoes says he remains opposed to the sections of the bill which state that political objectives are acceptable for the overthrow of a duly-elected government and any quick exit from prison for coup offenders.
