Seruiratu unanimously elected as the Chairperson for the Small Islands Developing States

Leader of the Opposition, Inia Seruiratu, on behalf of the Speaker of the Fijian Parliament, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson for the Small Islands Developing States.

This meeting was held along the margins of the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly currently underway in Luanda, Angola.

Despite the diplomatic objections by Seruiratu on his nomination so as to allow other members to take up the role, members present persistently resolved that Fiji take up the position.

Seruiratu says Fiji, yet again, has stamped its mark in the international arena, in taking up a leadership position.

He says this is only our second IPU Assembly participation and attendance in this new term of Parliament and we are now being considered for this position.

Seruiratu says this is a great moment for Fiji and the small island states, including our Pacific neighbours and it only means that we have to work harder to raise issues which affects us as Small Islands Developing States in the IPU and other international forums.