In Fiji, court rules immunity sits outside constitutional amendment process

Minister for Foreign Affairs Sakiasi Ditoka says Chapter 10 of the 2013 Constitution, which deals with immunity, sits outside the constitutional amendment process following the Supreme Court’s advisory opinion. In a social media statement, Mr Ditoka said while 11 of the Constitution’s 12 chapters were now open to reform, immunity remained an exception. “On Chapter 10, immunity, the Court’s opinion is that it sits outside the amendment process,” Mr Ditoka said. [ . . . ] The Supreme Court’s 2025 advisory opinion found that Chapter 10, including the immunity provisions, was not subject to the amendment procedure the Court reformulated for other constitutional provisions. Mr Ditoka said the wider amendment pathway now required at least two-thirds support from all MPs, followed by approval from a majority of those voting in a national referendum. He stressed that the process did not give Government unrestricted power to alter the Constitution.
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