Standing Committees Chair and Deputy Chair appointed

The Acting Secretary-General to Parliament, Mrs Viniana Namosimalua today presided over the appointments of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the six Standing Committees.

As stipulated in Section 116 of the Standing Orders, ‘the Secretary-General must convene the first meeting of each Standing Committee –

(a) not later than five sitting days from the date on which the names of the committee members are published in the Minutes of Proceedings, if Parliament is sitting or is in a sitting period; and

(b) not later than 30 days from the date on which the names of the committee members are published in the Minutes of Proceedings, if Parliament is not in session.’

Therefore, after meeting today, the following Members of Parliament were appointed as Chair and Deputy Chair of each of the six Standing Committees:

Standing Committee on Public Accounts:
Chair – Hon. Alvick Maharaj, Assistant Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations and Youth and Sports
Deputy Chair – Hon. Joseph Nand, Assistant Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts

Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights:
Chair – Hon. Alvick Maharaj, Assistant Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations and Youth and Sports
Deputy Chair – Hon. Rohit Sharma

Standing Committee on Economic Affairs:
Chair – Hon. Vijay Nath, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Disaster Management and Meteorological Services
Deputy Chair – Hon. Veena Bhatnagar, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation

Standing Committee on Natural Resources:
Chair – Hon. Sanjay Kirpal
Deputy Chair – Hon. Jale Sigarara, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Maritime Development

Standing Committee on Social Affairs:
Chair – Hon. Viam Pillay, Assistant Minister for Environment and Rural Development
Deputy Chair – Hon. George Vegnathan, Assistant Minister for Sugar Industry

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence:
Chair – Hon. Alexander O’Connor, Assistant Minister for Health and Medical Services
Deputy Chair – Hon. Dr Salik Govind.

The list of Standing Committee members can be accessed on the Fijian Parliament website – http://www.parliament.gov.fj/committees/standing-committee-memberships/

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