Speaker of Parliament Dr. Luveni says it is another proud day for her, having the support of Members of Parliament who had faith and trust in her that she is going to continue in her role as the Speaker.
Dr. Luveni says she expects robust debates in the Parliamentary sittings.
Meanwhile, Dr. Luveni says all the issues raised by the Opposition this morning in relation to Standing Orders should not have come in this sitting because the Standing Orders Committee will look at any amendments that the Opposition will like to propose.
She said she allowed the members of the Parliament to speak on it this morning as the members of Parliament are free to say whatever they like in Parliament given the time that is given to them.
Dr. Luveni says she had to stop them because the same issues were coming up and these are the issues that will be brought up at the Committee level.
Looking at Dr. Luveni’s career, she graduated as the first woman dentist from the Fiji School of Medicine as well as from the University of Sydney. She served as a dentist in all Divisions in Fiji for 20 years with special interest in Public Health Dentistry. She was also a tutor in Public Health Dentistry at the Fiji School of Medicine.
In 1988, she worked as a Program management officer for the United Nations Population Fund. For 15 years she served various Pacific island countries. She took early retirement to enable her to focus on providing service for Fiji only.
Subsequently, Dr. Luveni worked as the HIV/AIDS Project Officer for the Ministry of Health for five years. In this role, she helped set up the organisation, Fiji Network for People Living with HIV and AIDS, that played an effective role in reducing fear and discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS throughout Fiji.
Dr. Luveni had experience working as the Minister for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation for 8 years before the General Elections in 2014.
