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dissolved
Fiji’s Minister for Urban Development and Housing, Mr Jonati Mavoa, dissolved the Suva council in early Novem ber (see story this page).
Refusing to accept the minister’s order, the council proceeded to hold a meeting, in open session for a short lime, and then behind closed doors.
It carried a resolution rejecting the dissolution, directed the staff to lake instructions from the council and no one else, and decided to challenge the dissolution in the Supreme Court.
Mr Mavoa appointed a com mission of three to run the council for the next 12 months.
Chief commissioner is Mr W. J.
Cruickshank, a Suva busi nessman, and a former Postmaster-General in Fiji.
The others are Dr Isireli Lasa qa. Secretary for Local Government, and Mr Raj Gautam, a Treasury official.
When they took over the day after the dissolution, the staff rejected the old council’s order to refuse to work with the triumvirate.