13 Dec 2006

Fiji military announce more changes to key positions

7:16 pm on 13 December 2006

Fiji's military has announced more changes to key positions in the country's public service.

The chief executive of the Fijian Affairs Board, Adi Litia Qionibaravi, has been sacked.

She was escorted out of her office in the Native Land Trust Board building by three armed soldiers.

The military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says responsibility for the Fijian Affairs Board has been handed over to his elder brother, the chief executive of the ministry of Fijian affairs, Ratu Meli Bainimarama.

The chief executive of the justice ministry, Sakiusa Rabuka, is now also acting as the solicitor general following the sacking earlier of Nainendra Nand.

A former senior official of the Ombudsman's Office, Rodney Acraman, has been appointed acting Ombudsman.

Commodore Bainimarama says the military has not solicited any advice from the former attorney general, Qoriniasi Bale.

He says Mr Bale was only brought in to be questioned after which he was returned to his home.

Commodore Bainimarama says the military has very credible and capable people who provide it with legal advice.