Fijileaks: It is clear that Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum and his staff in the Attorney-General's Office were aware of Chandra's failure to comply with the Trust Accounts Act, for they approved four consecutive extension letters to the Chief Registrar
* SURESH CHANDRA was elected Chairperson by former President
Jioji Konrote on 3 February 2017.
* Was a background check performed on him by the Elections Minister Aiyaz Khaiyum and Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem?
* Now, Justice Daniel Goundar says that Chandra did NOT submit his audit reports for three financial periods from 2016 to 2018.
* And, Chandra provided the Chief Registrar with four extensions from the Office of the Attorney General to submit his pending audit reports. *The extension was given pursuant to section 12(2) of the
Trust Accounts Act.
* Justice Goundar adds the last extension was granted until 31 July last year for Chandra to submit his three pending audit reports.
*Section 12 of the Trust Accounts Act requires a trustee to submit audit reports for each financial period.
Fijileaks: It is clear that Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum and his staff in the Attorney-General's Office were aware of Chandra's failure to comply with the Trust Accounts Act, for they approved four consecutive extention letters to the Chief Registrar.
So, why did Aiyaz Khaiyum approve Chandra as Electoral Commission Chairperson on 17 February 2017?
We may recall that NFP was suspended (and later the suspension was lifted) for 30 days after Saneem argued that the party's accounts were NOT audited by a certified Accountant.
And, here we have a prominent lawyer Chandra, who was allowed to oversee the 2018 general election, when his past record was not questioned but hidden from the voters and the political parties. There is something really ROTTEN in the House of Khaiyum.
LETS HOPE CHANDRA WILL GET OUT OF AUSTRALIA in February for his hearing, for many before him who went never came back to Fiji
