A senior barrister sent Grubsheet the following brief but pungent message after the High Court Judge, Justice Dane Tuiqereqere, delivered his ruling yesterday on the attempt by MP Ketan Lal to derail the government's timetable for the introduction of the new Constitution. He has a point, don't you think, Fiji? It is the Chief … [Read more...] about # THE TUIQEREQERE JUDGMENT REJECTING KETAN LAL’S BID TO STOP THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNTDOWN
# ROLEX RAMBO HUMILIATES THE MINISTER FOR BONKING AND WEED
24 hours after the Prime Minister said publicly that Lynda Tabuya was a contender for the job of attorney general after the resignation of the minister for muff diving, Siromi Turaga, he has ruled her out. And in the most humiliating fashion. Tabuya's hopes were clearly raised by Sitiveni Rabuka's initial statement because she made a point of … [Read more...] about # ROLEX RAMBO HUMILIATES THE MINISTER FOR BONKING AND WEED
# ONLY IN FIJI WOULD A SELF-PROCLAIMED DRUG-TAKER BE CONSIDERED AS THE STATE’S PRINCIPAL LAW OFFICER
Being found guilty of an "illicit drug scandal" by the Prime Minister himself hasn't excluded Lynda Tabuya from being in contention for the job of attorney general after Siromi Turaga was forced out for posting a sex video on his Facebook page. Thursday's Fiji Times front page confirms rumours of recent days that Tabuya is in the running, though … [Read more...] about # ONLY IN FIJI WOULD A SELF-PROCLAIMED DRUG-TAKER BE CONSIDERED AS THE STATE’S PRINCIPAL LAW OFFICER
# A FIJIAN RATU JOINS THE RUSSIAN INVADERS IN UKRAINE. RATU SUKUNA WOULD BE SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE
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