Parliament will debate two important bills this Thursday and if passed will see major changes in our judicial system.
The High Court Amendment Bill seeks to create a specialised division within the Fijian judicial system that will solely deal with anti-corruption cases.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says by having specialised courts, the prosecutors and those that get prosecuted will get a particular level of certainty and this will further reinforce the rule of law.
He says the idea is to ensure that they get consistency in anti-corruption cases.
The Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill 2021 seeks to remove the assessor system during trials and have the judges make the decisions themselves.
Sayed-Khaiyum says they are seeing a lot that the assessors have limited ability to comprehend sophisticated matters and come up with rulings.
He adds there are a handful of assessors that are being used and are well known to registry clerks and lawyers.
