Make no mistake, Fiji. Sitiveni Rabuka's last-minute decision yesterday not to proceed with this week's vote in the parliament on the new constitution isn't for the reasons he gave - to provide more time for public consultations and take the pressure off parliamentary officials. It is to work out how the hell he is going to deal with the demand … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER HASN’T DELAYED THE THIRD READING OF BILL 32 FOR THE NATION. HE HAS DONE IT FOR HIMSELF
# THE SENSE OF CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY IS DEEPENING AND SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE (UPDATED MID-MORNING AS THE PM BLINKS FIRST)
The week in which the main governing party intends to force its choice of a constitution down our collective throats has begun with an astonishing warning from the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, that military intervention may be on the cards. His comments are reckless in the extreme. The fact is that the military has already intervened by … [Read more...] about # THE SENSE OF CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY IS DEEPENING AND SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE (UPDATED MID-MORNING AS THE PM BLINKS FIRST)
# BOMBSHELL. THE RFMF SAYS THE IMMUNITY PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION MUST GO. IS THAT AN “OR ELSE”?
Just as the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, and his People's Alliance think they have their new constitution in the bag, the RFMF Commander, Major General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, has thrown a massive spanner in the works by calling for the removal of the immunity provisions. He appears, in the following Fiji Village story, to refer to the whole of … [Read more...] about # BOMBSHELL. THE RFMF SAYS THE IMMUNITY PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION MUST GO. IS THAT AN “OR ELSE”?
# GET SET FOR A WEEK OF BETRAYAL LED BY THE GREAT BETRAYER AND SNAKE
We're just going to have to suck it up, Fiji. We're getting a new constitution foisted on us by Christmas whether we like it or not, just like the last one was foisted on us. Except that this time, we've got to pretend that we had some say in it when we didn't. The unholy alliance of the Prime Minister, his People's Alliance colleagues and the … [Read more...] about # GET SET FOR A WEEK OF BETRAYAL LED BY THE GREAT BETRAYER AND SNAKE
# SHOCK NEW OPINION POLL: SAVENACA NARUBE LEAPS TO SECOND PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER AFTER SITIVENI RABUKA
Savenaca Narube and his Unity Fiji Party are the big winners in the first opinion poll of voter intentions since just after the 2022 election conducted by the independent policy think-tank - the Centre for Democracy and Dialogue, formerly Dialogue Fiji. Unity is the second most popular party at 13.6 per cent after the People's Alliance on 27.5 … [Read more...] about # SHOCK NEW OPINION POLL: SAVENACA NARUBE LEAPS TO SECOND PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER AFTER SITIVENI RABUKA
# NOT A HAPPY KOALA. BLINKY BILL ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH HIS SODELPA COLLEAGUES OVER THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION
The lead-up to next week's parliamentary vote on the new constitution has become increasingly fraught as "Blinky" Bill Gavoka - the Deputy Prime Minister and SODELPA'S former leader - goes head- to-head in a very public clash with his successor, Aseri Radrodro. Blinky tells the Fiji Times that he is "devastated" by SODELPA's decision to vote … [Read more...] about # NOT A HAPPY KOALA. BLINKY BILL ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH HIS SODELPA COLLEAGUES OVER THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION