The Prime Minister is displaying all the callous indifference of the US President in playing down the seriousness of the drought that is fast becoming a national emergency. And fast becoming a huge political liability for a government that, like Donald Trump, has lost the plot. Sitiveni Rabuka is now in the firing line of both the formal … [Read more...] about # SITIVENI L. TRUMP. “NOBODY’S DYING. WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?” (UPDATED MIDNIGHT FIJI TIME)
# TURNCOAT. PIO TIKODUADUA POISED TO DEFECT FROM THE NFP TO THE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
It will come as no real surprise because the rumours have been swirling for weeks. But the Defence Minister, Pio Tikoduadua, is evidently about to betray his colleagues in the NFP and those who sent him to parliament in 2022 by jumping ship to join Sitiveni Rabuka's PAP. He isn't doing so in the honourable way with a formal announcement that he … [Read more...] about # TURNCOAT. PIO TIKODUADUA POISED TO DEFECT FROM THE NFP TO THE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
# RAGING WITH FRUSTRATION AS THE RFMF DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND, THE PRIME MINISTER TURNS THUG (UPDATED THURS AM)
Sitiveni Rabuka's Coalition partners - the NFP and SODELPA - are clearly reflecting the views of their supporters in refusing to back his plan for a new constitution by Christmas. But he doesn't care about them. He is intent on bludgeoning his partners into submission by threatening to expel them from the cabinet. It is sheer thuggery and a sign … [Read more...] about # RAGING WITH FRUSTRATION AS THE RFMF DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND, THE PRIME MINISTER TURNS THUG (UPDATED THURS AM)
# THE PRIME MINISTER HASN’T DELAYED THE THIRD READING OF BILL 32 FOR THE NATION. HE HAS DONE IT FOR HIMSELF
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”?