Sikua said the Pacific Islands Forum will meet by the end of the year to review the Fiji situation. Whatever position the Forum decides to take will be determined by the Forum’s Ministerial group in Fiji.
On possible moves to suspend Fiji from the Forum grouping, Sikua reserved his comments until the Forum Ministerial Contact Group visits Fiji.
The Commonwealth is also involved in monitoring the Fiji situation and is working closely with the Forum Ministerial Contact Group.
Despite the pledge made by Fiji interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama at last year’s Forum meeting in Tonga that Fiji holds election by March next year, he has now changed his tune.
One of the likely obstacles was the insistence by the current Fiji regime that all political parties in Fiji must sign and abide by the terms of its “peoples charter,” an idea which does not go down well in many quarters of the Fiji society.
