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The draft People’s Charter to be made public this week proposes that all Fiji citizens be called Fijians.
And indigenous Fijians, who are now referred to as “Fijians” are to be called “itaukei”, the aboriginal inhabitants of Fiji.
National Council for Building a Better Fiji (NCBBF) member Loraini Tevi confirms that this is one of the proposals in the report by her NCBBF national task team, which will be part of the draft Charter.
Tevi is a co-chair of National Task Team 3, which deals with Socio-Cultural Identity and National Building.
The other two task teams - Growing the Economy, and Good Governance (Legal, Political, Institutional & Constitutional Reform) – also submitted their reports at the NCBBF’s fifth meeting today.
Members of the NCBBF, comprising community leaders and members of the interim Government, will discuss the proposed Charter tomorrow before it is taken around the country for public consultation over the next six to eight weeks.
The members will also discuss the State of the Nation Report, copies of which were given to them today.
