Today's Fiji Times front page has Grubsheet again thinking with time on my hands: Is there no end to the moral collapse of the iTaukei? It's the astonishing story of a chief from Tailevu who has taken the side of the Russians in the war in Ukraine - an act of monstrous folly that shames the entire nation. On top of all the other shame brought … [Read more...] about # A FIJIAN RATU JOINS THE RUSSIAN INVADERS IN UKRAINE. RATU SUKUNA WOULD BE SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE
# THE BLOWTORCH IS ABOUT TO BE APPLIED TO JUSTICE DANE TUIQEREQERE FOR “ERRORS” IN HIS JUDGMENT ON THE ASHTON-LEWIS COI
Dane Tuiqereqere - the novice High Court Judge handpicked by the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, to junk the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry that had accused him of perverting the course of justice - will soon have his work picked apart by at least three other judges in the Court of Appeal. Grubsheet interrupts our break today to publish the … [Read more...] about # THE BLOWTORCH IS ABOUT TO BE APPLIED TO JUSTICE DANE TUIQEREQERE FOR “ERRORS” IN HIS JUDGMENT ON THE ASHTON-LEWIS COI
# IT’S TIME FOR ME TO START LISTENING TO SOME OF MY READERS AND BUGGER OFF
Grubsheet is taking a complete break for the next couple of weeks and not a moment too soon, judging from the following missive from one of my most devoted readers. It's a good time to go, between the second and third readings of the draft constitution bill and before things really heat up, assuming the bill is passed by the parliament in just … [Read more...] about # IT’S TIME FOR ME TO START LISTENING TO SOME OF MY READERS AND BUGGER OFF
# IT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR THE ROKOIKA FAMILY AND IT IS ABOUT TO GET A LOT WORSE (UPDATED)
The Rokoikas are among the cream of the elite in Fiji - reportedly related to both the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, and the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, and with top jobs in the iTaukei establishment. Lavi Rokoika, of course, is the Acting FICAC Commissioner brought in by Rabuka to supposedly clean up the mess of the Barbara Malimali … [Read more...] about # IT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR THE ROKOIKA FAMILY AND IT IS ABOUT TO GET A LOT WORSE (UPDATED)
# THOSE WE SENT TO PARLIAMENT TO KEEP THE BASTARDS HONEST. NEXT TO FRIGGING USELESS
It's a stark sign of the sorry state of Fijian democracy that we sent a whole lot of people to parliament at the last election in 2022 who haven't reflected our choice at all when it comes to constitutional change. More Fijians voted for Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst than any other party, whose core foundation was the 2013 Constitution. Others … [Read more...] about # THOSE WE SENT TO PARLIAMENT TO KEEP THE BASTARDS HONEST. NEXT TO FRIGGING USELESS
# THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION BILL PASSES THE PARLIAMENT BY 38 VOTES, WITH ONLY FIVE “NOES”
Grubsheet predicted that the new draft constitution would clear the parliament by 37 votes and in the end, Sitiveni Rabuka got an extra one to give him victory. He needed 35 votes - according to the Speaker, Filimone Jitoko, or 36 votes according to Nilesh Lal at the Centre for Democracy and Dialogue (see below) - and in the end, got 38, which … [Read more...] about # THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION BILL PASSES THE PARLIAMENT BY 38 VOTES, WITH ONLY FIVE “NOES”