"According to the new Public Emergency Regulations 2009, which is now in force since the 1997 Constitution was purportedly abrogated last Friday, the Permanent Secretary for Information has the total power to control broadcasts and publications.
Major Neumi Leweni, who was the deputy secretary of the Department of Information prior to Friday's events, has been appointed the department's permanent secretary.
Section (2) states: In order to give effect to subsection (1) above any broadcaster or publisher upon direction by the Permanent Secretary for Information must submit to him or her all material for broadcast or publication material before broadcast or publication.
Section (3) reads: Any person or entity which fails in any way whatsoever to comply with the provisions of this section may be ordered by the Commissioner of Police or Officer Commanding upon advice from the Permanent Secretary for Information to cease all activities and operations.
Fiji Times Limited's decision was also taken in accordance with a further communication from Major Leweni who instructed the media to "refrain from publishing and broadcasting any news item that is negative in nature, relating to the assumption of executive authority on 10 April by His Excellency the President and the subsequent appointments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers .... in accordance with Section 16 (1) of the Public Emergency Regulations".
Major Neumi Leweni, who was the deputy secretary of the Department of Information prior to Friday's events, has been appointed the department's permanent secretary.
Section (2) states: In order to give effect to subsection (1) above any broadcaster or publisher upon direction by the Permanent Secretary for Information must submit to him or her all material for broadcast or publication material before broadcast or publication.Section (3) reads: Any person or entity which fails in any way whatsoever to comply with the provisions of this section may be ordered by the Commissioner of Police or Officer Commanding upon advice from the Permanent Secretary for Information to cease all activities and operations.
Fiji Times Limited's decision was also taken in accordance with a further communication from Major Leweni who instructed the media to "refrain from publishing and broadcasting any news item that is negative in nature, relating to the assumption of executive authority on 10 April by His Excellency the President and the subsequent appointments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers .... in accordance with Section 16 (1) of the Public Emergency Regulations".
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