The Parliamentary Secretariat is yet to deal with the issue regarding the word ‘kaisi’ uttered by a parliamentarian in parliament last week.
Fijivillage has contacted the Speaker of the House, Doctor Jiko Luveni over the past few days and she is yet to confirm whether she will take any action after the derogatory term was said in parliament.
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has already said that it is unfortunate to see that members of both the opposition parties are stuck in a time warp.
He then gave an example about last Tuesday where a member of the Opposition shouted ‘Kaisi’ at one of his Ministers.
Bainimarama said this sort of behaviour may have been acceptable under the SVT and SDL governments, but there is no place for it in our new Parliament.
He said there is no place for it in our new Fiji.
The Leader of Opposition, Ro Teimumu Kepa said none of the opposition MP’s uttered the word.
She said someone may have said ‘kaise’.
The question now remains on whether any further action will be taken.
Questions are also being raised on whether the Hansard reporters responsible for noting down the interjections heard the word or chose to ignore it.
