Cabinet may take constitution amendment issue to Supreme Court as early as next week – Turaga

The Coalition Government will now regroup and take the 2013 Constitution amendment issue to the Supreme Court.

Minister for Justice, Siromi Turaga says this is urgent and they could go to court as early as next week.

Attorney General Graham Leung says they will regroup and see what is the next step.

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Leung says the constitution needs to be amended.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says he is disappointed because he feels that the opposition missed a historic opportunity to look at the review of the Constitution.

Professor Prasad says the opposition all agreed for the Constitution to be reviewed, but they were confused about the processes.

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He says this was a procedural Bill and one that would have started the process of a successful outcome for the review of the Constitution.

40 MPs voted for the Bill to amend the Constitution, 14 MPs voted against it while 1 did not vote. This means the 75 percent threshold set in the Constitution was not met.

He says this was a procedural Bill and one that would have started the process of a successful outcome for the review of the Constitution.

40 MPs voted for the Bill to amend the Constitution, 14 MPs voted against it while 1 did not vote. This means the 75 percent threshold set in the Constitution was not met.