5 Apr 2024

Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 5 April 2024
Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama (C) is taken into the Totogo Police remand centre in Suva on March 9, 2023. - Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama is due to appear in court on March 10 to face a charge of abuse of office, police said, months after an election removed him from power. (Photo by LEON LORD / AFP)

 Fiji's former leader Frank Bainimarama. Photo: AFP / Leon Lord

An appeal of the sentencing of Fiji's former leader Frank Bainimarama and suspended police chief has been moved to next month. In Niue, four amendments to the constitution have passed their first readings. And the French Senate has endorsed new election rules for New Caledonia.