Fiji’s Justice Minister resigns after explicit video appears on Facebook
Fiji's Justice Minister Siromi Turaga has resigned following the circulation of an explicit video on his Facebook profile. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka accepted the resignation, noting that the Solicitor-General’s Office will handle legal advice in the interim.
Why it matters
The resignation creates a leadership vacuum during a sensitive period of constitutional reform and upcoming national elections in Fiji.
Fiji's Justice Minister Siromi Turaga (front, from left), Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Information Minister Lynda Tabuya in Parliament. Photo / Parliament of the Republic of Fiji
Fiji’s Justice Minister Siromi Turaga has handed in his resignation, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed today after a post-Cabinet meeting.
It comes days after an explicit video appeared on Turaga’s Facebook profile on the eve of Fiji’s 56th independence anniversary last Friday.
Rabuka confirmed to local reporters outside Government Buildings in the capital Suva on Tuesday that he had accepted Turaga’s resignation but did not comment further on the details.
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