On Dec. 5 last year, a group of concerned citizens and organizations formally banded together to establish the movement to campaign for the immediate restoration of parliamentary democracy.
The movement comprises non-governmental organizations, trade unions and political parties.
Fijian Teachers Association President Tevita Koroi said there will be two working arms of the movement — the National Council and the Working Committee.
Koroi said the eight organizations unanimously agreed that Singh be the chairperson of the movement and its apex decision making body the national council.
He said the deputy chair for the movement is former school principal and senior diplomat, Emitai Boladuadua.
At the working committee level, former senior military officer and diplomat Jeremaia Waqanisau, the chair, and his deputy chair Adi Ema Tagicakibau of the Pacific Concerns Resource Center, are responsible for the planning of the campaigns and activities.
Singh said the movement’s views are already known to the diplomats and foreign countries.
“We need to have more and more dialogue to return the country to elections and democracy,” he said.
Boladuadua added that the current government is no longer serving the interest of the people but its own agenda.
Founded by the Fiji National Council of Women, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions, the Fijian Teachers Association, the United People’s Party, the National Federation Party and the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua Party, the group has also established a “Fund for the Restoration of Democracy.”
