Church Execs seek meet with PM

The Executives of the Methodist Church of Fiji are now seeking a meeting with the Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama after the RFMF and Police decided that the annual Methodist Church Conference scheduled to be held in August this year in Rewa will not be permitted.

Church President Reverend Ame Tugawe told Fijivillage that they hope Commodore Bainimarama will agree to meet them.

He said they hope to discuss the cancellation of the conference if it is possible.

He refused to comment further.

The joint statement issued by the RFMF and the Fiji Police said that they have decided to take this action not to allow the annual meet of the Methodist Church after submissions were made to the Methodist Church standing committee on the political situation in the country.

The RFMF stated that in the past few months certain figure head members of the Methodist Church have tried to bring instability to the country by using the Church.

It said that the Methodist Church cannot hide its involvement in politics as a lot of agenda items have been circulated to members by the standing committee highlighting that the current political situation will be discussed at the annual conference.

The RFMF maintained that they have made the decision not to allow the Annual Methodist Church Conference to go ahead to protect the rule of law and maintain stability for every race in the country.