The Fiji military's consultation among grassroots people on the government's controversial Reconciliation and Unity Bill has found that most of them have been misled on its contents.
Radio Legend reports that the military has revealed this as it compiles a report on its consultations in many remote rural areas of Fiji.
More than 100 army officers have been visiting villages and outer islands to explain the negative impact of the Bill and the military's stance on it.
The military has defied a government order to stop its public education programme on the Bill, saying it is part of its core business of providing national security.
The military spokesman, Captain Neumi Leweni, also says they will not hand over their report to the government.
Earlier, the military had refused a demand from parliament's Justice, Law and Order committee that it hand over a copy of its Fijian language version of the Bill being used in its rural public relations programme.
The military commander, Commodore Bainimarama, is on record as saying, "The Bill will undermine the integrity of the RFMF, its military judicial system, and the constitutional authority vested in the commander."
