SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has been found not guilty of the charges relating to the declaration of his assets and liabilities as required under the Political Parties Act.
It was alleged that Rabuka made a false declaration of assets and liabilities to the Supervisor of Elections by failing to provide information namely, the tax liability with Fiji Revenue and Customs Service in the amount of $316,956, the investment and interest income with Raghwan Construction Limited in the amount of $200,000 and $16,000 respectively and the liability with Raghwan Construction in the amount of $120,000, contrary to the Political Parties Act.
The alleged incident occurred on the 29th of December last year.
In the second case, he was charged with allegedly breaching bail conditions in his case.
It was also alleged that Rabuka spoke to a FICAC witness in the case.
While delivering the judgement today, Suva Magistrate Jioji Boseiwaqa said that from the evidence there is no dispute that Rabuka did not declare.
Magistrate Boseiwaqa said that the court had to look at the other elements of whether SODELPA was a registered political party and whether it was an oversight or deliberate.
He says after looking at the evidence, the court finds that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that SODELPA is a registered political party.
The second case where Rabuka allegedly interfere be called on the 23rd of November.
Rabuka’s lawyer Filimone Vosarogo has told the court that they will talk with FICAC to see whether they still want to continue with the matter.
