Rodney Acraman is Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

's Acting Ombudsman and thus the ex officio Chairperson of the Fiji Human Rights Commission

Fiji Human Rights Commission

The Fiji Human Rights Commission was created by presidential decree in 2009, succeeding the entity of the same name established as an independent statutory body under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of the Fiji Islands.- The 1997 Commission :...

. The Military administration

Military of Fiji

The Republic of Fiji Military Forces are the military of the Pacific island nation of Fiji. With a total manpower of 3,500 active soldiers and 6,000 reservists, it is one of the smallest militaries in the world. However, most of its surrounding island nations have no militaries at all...

, which took power in a coup d'état

2006 Fijian coup d'état

The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis....

 on 5 December 2006, appointed him to the Ombudsman's position on 13 December. The position had been vacant since Walter Rigamoto had resigned earlier in the year to resume his private law practice. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=53459

Acraman's appointment prompted Commission member Sevuloni Valenitabua to resign in protest. Virisila Buadromo

Virisila Buadromo

Virisila Buadromo is a Fijian political activist and former journalist, who is currently the Executive Director of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement . Previously, she was the news director for FM96.- Political positions :...

 of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement also condemned the Commission for accepting Acraman's appointment, saying it was a tacit acceptance of the Military takeover. http://www.fijilive.com/news/show/news/2006/12/15/15Fijilive01.html Angie Heffernan

Angie Heffernan

Angenette Heffernan is a Fijian human rights and democracy activist and Executive Director of the Pacific Centre for Public Integrity . Prior to PCPI she was a prominent regional environmental political campaigner for Greenpeace Australia for eight years...

 of the Pacific Centre for Public Integrity also attacked the appointment as having been "done under suspicious and questionable circumstances," http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=54605 and judged it to be unconstitutional

Constitution of Fiji

The 1997 Constitution of Fiji was the supreme law of Fiji from its adoption in 1997 until 2009 when President Josefa Iloilo purported to abrogate it. It was also suspended for a period following the 2000 coup d'état led by Commodore Frank Bainimarama....

. Fiji Law Society

Fiji Law Society

The Fiji Law Society is the official body that registers and regulates the activity of all lawyers in Fiji. Devanesh Sharma was elected to replace Graeme Leung as President of the Fiji Law Society on 9 September 2006, and as such he holds membership ex officio on the Judicial Service Commission...

 President Devanesh Sharma

Devanesh Sharma

Devanesh Sharma is a Fijian lawyer of Indian descent. He was the president of the Fiji Law Society for one year. In his capacity as president of the law society, he made many comments on the proceedings of the interim Government, led by Frank Bainimarama, and how the society did not agree with what...

voice similar views. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=53661