UPDATE: DPP concludes No charges to be laid against Ratu Mara
DPP and Nolle Prosequi: No Charges Against Ratu Uluilakeba MARA
*In Latin, nolle prosequi means unwilling to pursue the matter. As the matter stands, the Lauan chief is NOT a fugitive from law because in 2014 Pryde had decided to enter a nolle prosequi in the case.
*A nolle prosequi is not an acquittal, so the double jeopardy clause does not apply, and a defendant may later be reindicted on the same charges.
*Mara can be re-charged by the DPP but since he is yet to be arrested and re-charged, he is NOT a FUGITIVE from the law. He is a FREE MAN.
*It has emerged that it was suspended DPP Christopher Pryde who had asked Police on 15 March 2023 to inform the Fiji Immigration Department that Mara was 'Person of Interest'.
*On 3 October 2014, the former Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde had entered a nolle prosequi in the Suva Magistrates Court against Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara who was charged with swearing about dictator and coupist Frank Bainimarama and his group in another country (South Korea).
*As we had revealed, Ratu Ului was charged after the sour grape MANASA TAGICAKIBAU (a major rank officer), to whom Ratu Ului had expressed his feelings, had reported Ratu Ului to Bainimarama.
*Tagicakibau was promoted as Ambassador to China. Ratu Ului fled to Tonga because he was NOT going to be accorded a FAIR TRIAL
*We would like to point out that Ratu Ului was charged with making seditious comments (to Tagicakibau) whereas Brigadier-General PITA DRITI was charged with Inciting Mutiny and was jailed for Four Years.
