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FWCC coordinator Shamima Ali. Picture: FT FILE
The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response has repeated its call for the resignation of Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
The alliance claims that he was taking the country into chaos and said it was deeply concerned about lives being unnecessarily lost as a result of the pandemic crisis.
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre co-ordinator and human rights activist Shamima Ali said Government had the full authority to conduct a nationwide lockdown to minimise the impact of the virus.
“While it is the people’s responsibility, the authority lies with the Government.