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Dr Reddy withdraws his comment about Tabuya’s dress code
Tabuya says Reddy’s comment was totally unparliamentary and offensive

Dr Reddy withdraws his comment about Tabuya’s dress code

Tabuya says Reddy’s comment was totally unparliamentary and offensive

By Iva Danford
18/08/2021
Minister for Agriculture Dr Mahendra Reddy and SODELPA MP Lynda Tabuya. [Image: Parliament of Fiji]

Minister for Agriculture Dr Mahendra Reddy withdrew his comments about SODELPA MP Lynda Tabuya where he insinuated that Tabuya was dressed like she was in a flea market.

Dr Reddy highlighted this when to give an update in parliament on how has the Ministry assisted farmers in purchasing fertiliser during lockdown.

Tabuya raised a point of order saying that Dr Reddy’s comment was totally unparliamentary and offensive.

She also questioned why the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was laughing when she was raising this point of order.

Sayed-Khaiyum then clarified that he was not laughing at Tabuya but at SODELPA MP Salote Radrodro.


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