Viliame Gavoka says while he accepts the court of disputed return’s ruling on the matter relating to Mosese Bulitavu, the decision to take the case beyond the parliament if anything shows that SODELPA will not let up in ensuring that their members honour their obligations to the party in particular to their voters.
In his ruling, Chief Justice Kamal Kumar ascertained that there was no clear directive to Bulitavu to vote against the Budget for 2021/2022 and against Bill 17. Additionally, there was no way to determine if Bulitavu had voted for the two bills as voting was by acclamation, effectively allowing Bulitavu to keep his parliamentary seat.
"I have accepted the ruling by the Chief Justice and urge our members to move on," the SODELPA leader said in a statement. "The SODELPA parliamentarians were voted into parliament by some 181,072 SODELPA voters, who every day watch how their parliamentarians behave. We all witnessed what Bulitavu did, and I took the actions on their behalf.
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