The decision by Justice Dane Tuiqereqere to declare the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry null and void has broken like a thunderclap over Suva this afternoon but it is already clear that it is a serious miscarriage of justice which threatens the reputation of the judiciary and must be appealed. Think that's a big call, Fiji? Then let's go … [Read more...] about # A BREATHTAKING DECISION BY A SOLE NOVICE JUDGE OVERTURNING A SUPREME COURT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY PLACES A QUESTION MARK OVER THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN FIJI
# HOMER IS LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY. IT’S BETWEEN SH*T AND SYPHILIS IN THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY
Charlie Charters seems to think that his praise for the Coalition government on social media entitles him to special treatment and certainly not to have his phone seized again by the police after he won his court case against FICAC. Grubsheet doesn't know enough to make any credible pronouncement on the case. But our local "Homer in a Muumuu" is … [Read more...] about # HOMER IS LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY. IT’S BETWEEN SH*T AND SYPHILIS IN THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY
# WHY FOUR MONTHS SINCE THE RFMF TORTURED AND KILLED JONE VAKARISI HAS NO-ONE BEEN CHARGED?
The collective amnesia of the mainstream media and its willingness to be manipulated means that stories of vital national importance routinely go under the radar in Fiji. And none more so than with the extrajudicial killing by the RFMF of the accused drug lord, Jone Vakarisi. It will be four months next week since Vakarisi was beaten to death … [Read more...] about # WHY FOUR MONTHS SINCE THE RFMF TORTURED AND KILLED JONE VAKARISI HAS NO-ONE BEEN CHARGED?
# THE COALITION IS POISED TO DELAY THE ELECTION IN A MODERN DAY REPLAY OF 1987 WITHOUT THE GUNS. THE FIJIAN PEOPLE MUST FIGHT BACK
Never mind his rape of democracy in 1987, Sitiveni Rabuka is signaling that the government is considering delaying the coming election until after it can change the constitution. It is a clear violation of the supreme law which other politicians must go to the courts to challenge if Rabuka proceeds with this plan. Because the 2013 Constitution … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION IS POISED TO DELAY THE ELECTION IN A MODERN DAY REPLAY OF 1987 WITHOUT THE GUNS. THE FIJIAN PEOPLE MUST FIGHT BACK
# FEARS OF A REIGN OF TERROR AS MANOA KAMIKAMICA STORMS BACK INTO POWER
God help anyone in government now labouring under the vastly expanded powers of the restored Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica, who wasn't totally supportive of him during his tussle with FICAC. That's the word as a wave of fear spreads through the civil service that Mr Sweet plans not only to take over from Sitiveni Rabuka as soon as it … [Read more...] about # FEARS OF A REIGN OF TERROR AS MANOA KAMIKAMICA STORMS BACK INTO POWER
# HERE’S LOOKING UP YOUR SULU, MATE. THE DOMINANT MEMBER OF THE VUVALE UNION SPEAKS (UPDATED)
Peter Roberts - the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji - doesn't go to the CFL Fiji Village studios like any local to be interviewed by Vijay Narayan. Vijay goes to him at the Australian official residence - a slice of Oz in the gated complex on Princes Road high above the capital. If the Mountain won't go to Mohammed - goes an old saying - … [Read more...] about # HERE’S LOOKING UP YOUR SULU, MATE. THE DOMINANT MEMBER OF THE VUVALE UNION SPEAKS (UPDATED)