Rabuku should do the honourable thing and step aside - AG

Attorney General, Graham Leung says it is regretted that the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, John Rabuku should choose to remain in office despite the opinion of the Supreme Court.

Leung says Rabuku should do the honourable thing and step aside.

He says the office is bigger than the individual.

The Supreme Court judges said that Rabuku's conduct had been described by the Independent Legal Services Commission as very serious and he was publicly reprimanded, suspended from practice for three months and fined $500.

Under the constitution, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission following consultation with the Attorney General.

While responding to questions from fijivillage News, Chair of Judicial Services Commission, Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo says the commission is deliberating on the matter, and in doing so, it is not subject to the authority of anyone, but the courts.

Acting Chief Justice Temo says the Supreme Court decision is been carefully looked at, in line with this, and the final outcome will be known to the public, through the office of the President, in due course.

He says they ask for patience, as the Judicial Service Commission goes through the process, within the four corners of the law.

We have sent questions to Rabuku. He has not responded.

Rabuku remains in office.