Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has moved quickly to make sure exiled University of the South Pacific Vice Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, returns in order to Fiji as soon as possible.
He has furthermore acted to assist Dr Padma Lal, widow of the late Professor Brij Lal, to bring the ashes of the famous academic back home to Fiji from Australia. She too had been refused entry in order to Fiji, along with her late husband.
“I am ready to meet Dr Lal plus Professor Ahluwalia personally, ” said Mr Rabuka. “I will apologise on behalf of the folks of Fiji for the way they were treated. ” When Professor Ahluwalia has been exiled by deportation after a dispute with the Fiji authorities, it created a major turmoil for the USP. The Professor is presently fulfilling his duties from the USP campus in Samoa. He or she affirmed today that the Vice Chancellor and Dr Lal are now free to enter the nation. ” Doctor Lal had been prevented from coming to Fiji with her husband’s ashes for them to be taken to his birth-place at Tabia, near Labasa. December 25th marks the first anniversary associated with Professor Lal’s passing. Mr Rabuka said he had promised his authorities would bring to an end the injustices suffered by Professor Ahluwalia, and Professor Brij Lal. These made headline news. “I received a clarification nowadays from the Department of Migration that neither Dr Padma Lal nor Professor Ahluwalia were the subject of written prohibition orders, ” the Prime Minister said. Mr Rabuka stated prohibition orders against Doctor Brij Lal and Doctor Padma Lal, as well as Teacher Ahluwalia were unreasonable plus inhumane and should never have happened.
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