Fijian and British national, Charlie Charters who has been charged with two counts of aiding and abetting under the Crimes Act by FICAC, is now released on bail.
Charters appeared before Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne this afternoon.
We can also confirm that the Judicial Services Commission has recommended to President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu this morning to remove Acting FICAC Commissioner, Lavi Rokoika as she is not legally appointed under the FICAC Act to the position.
The JSC which is the body that recommends the appointment, suspension or dismissal of the FICAC Commissioner to the President, did not recommend Rokoika's name to be Acting FICAC Commissioner.
Meanwhile Charters had said in a letter written from FICAC custody last night that he was approached by whistleblower(s) with the information that FICAC had hired the daughter of the Fiji Sports Council CEO – just days after FICAC had cleared the same CEO of converting a public sponsorship for private benefit.
The letter by Charters says at Nadi International Airport on Saturday, he was offered a deal – tell FICAC about the whistleblower(s) and he can get on his flight.
Charters says FICAC campaigns relentlessly for public and private bodies to set up whistleblower policies but FICAC itself has no such whistleblower pro policy.
He says FICAC acts like Moses on top of the mountain but they ain't Moses.
Charters asks who investigates the investigators and how can you expect Fiji to unsee things that are so obvious to see.
He says family and friends being preferred by a taxpayer-funded law enforcement agency with almost limitless powers to punish is wrong however they try to dress up the charges.
Charters asks who benefits from his prosecution.
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