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Grubsheet predicted earlier today 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 a comfortable victory. He needed 35 votes and in the end, got 38, which means that the Bill now goes through a process of review in the parliament for the next 30 days until its … [Read more...] about # THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION BILL PASSES IN THE PARLIAMENT BY 38 VOTES – THREE MORE THAN NEEDED

It was the former US President, Lyndon Johnson, who coined the celebrated line that "it is always better to have your colleagues inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in". And Biman Prasad seems to have embraced that notion - that instead of a showdown with his own rebellious colleagues in the NFP, it is now better to go … [Read more...] about # BREAKING NEWS: BIMAN PRASAD HAS REVERSED HIS POSITION AND WILL VOTE FOR THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION

As Grubsheet flagged four days ago, two NFP ministers in the government - the Defence Minister, Pio Tikoduadua and the Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Sashi Kiran - have ratted on the party and will vote "yes" in Friday's parliamentary vote on the new draft constitution. Both have rejected appeals from the NFP leader, Biman … [Read more...] about #…NOW THE BAD NEWS. THE TURNCOATS* PIO AND SASHI ARE VOTING WITH SITIVENI RABUKA TODAY TO PASS THE 2026 CONSTITUTION

Any iTaukei nationalist/supremacist who was looking to Sitiveni Rabuka and his government to abolish the common and equal citizenry, the common identity and the secular state is going to be bitterly disappointed. And it remains to be seen how they will respond. So guess what, Fiji. Rabuka and his gang have been forced to embrace the core … [Read more...] about # THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION. FIRST THE GOOD NEWS…

The following is the proposed replacement for the 2013 Constitution that the parliament will vote on on Friday (Oct 2). If it is passed by at least two-thirds of the parliament, it will go to another reading in a month's time. And if it is passed again then, it will go to a referendum of all voters. If more than 50 per cent of them approve, … [Read more...] about # THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN FULL

When precisely did the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, find out that every single packet of cocaine in the care of his court had been stolen and replaced with flour? Eleven days ago, Temo made a big public fuss about the disappearance of seven packets of cocaine from the High Court's exhibit room, saying he wanted whoever stole it "to be in jail". … [Read more...] about # TOWARDS A NARCO-STATE. WHEN SEIZED COCAINE IS REPLACED WITH FLOUR IN A $30-MILLION PLUS HEIST AT THE HIGH COURT