The most famous ethnic African-American in Fiji – Acting Attorney General Siromi Turaga – has his head on the chopping block again as the Prime Minister very publicly cuts him loose over the out of court settlement negotiations with Barbara Malimali that have severely embarrassed the Coalition government.
Sitiveni Rabuka should have known that if he was stupid enough to put the Kalavata Kid back in the job after he removed him the first time in favour of the now dismissed Graham Leung that it would only be a matter of time before Turaga fouled his patch again. But such is the dysfunction at the heart of the Coalition that they are chronically unable to manage anything.
Blind Freddy could have told the government that even negotiating with Malimali’s lawyer, Tanya Waqanika, when she was publicly talking about a $2-million settlement was a public relations disaster just waiting to blow up in its face. But then Blind Freddy is a sophisticate compared with Rabuka’s hopeless Director of Information, Samisoni Pareti, and whoever else gives the Coalition strategic advice.
As anyone with half a brain could have predicted…
Memo Prime Minister:
Get rid of Siromi Turaga and start implementing the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry Report. That’s right, including suspending the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo.
Because if you don’t, even the Blind Freddies of PR will tell you that your failure to deal with the crocodiles means that one way or another, you risk being eaten at the next election.
You have been warned. Stop the finger pointing and just get on with it.
There’s speculation that the RFMF Commander had a word with Rabuka to stop the offer.
And if we believed all the “speculation”, I’m an African-American too.
I may not have the dress sense of the Kalavata Kid, but I certainly could have told them that making a multimillionaire of Barbie when she faces 17 counts of criminal conduct wasn’t going to pass muster with even the dumbest PAP supporter, let alone anyone who has had enough of these idiots.
Nonsense. The Commander RFMF is in Australia on Exercise Talisman Sabre. His deputy is now acting as Commander.
The Malimali offer has nothing to do with the RFMF, which is happy with its $162 million budget allocation.
Stop spreading lies.
Good one, GD.
The PM is a fool putting that African in the job for the second time when the first time was a disaster.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
And fool me 50,000 times you are worse than the weathermen..
Oh wow! African-American blood indeed, that explains his skinny legs. What’s with these professional, wanna-be indigenous Fijians?
If you cannot find someone to replace the Acting A.G.. perhaps FICAC can be asked to defend the case as it also includes conflict of interest by the acting AG and SG and dereliction of duty/abuse of office.
The PM should take up the NZ government’s offer for a lawyer to defend this case.
It’s time to bring in an idol-worshipping Uttar Pradeshi as AG.
The Afro-Fijians and the Sino-Fijians have had their turn and have blown it.
I have an idea: why not appoint Tanya Waqanika attorney general! After all, anything is possible under this government.
and why not have Barbie Mali-squared as our next prime minister?
With the way the local media is portraying the whole debacle, I would not be surprised if she gets a few hundred votes.
What a joke…. toso viti toso
Naivete and ignorance aside, it is difficult to ignore the fact that what transpired was not simply an error of judgment but a blatant failure to exercise even the most basic duty of care.
If this level of negligence is tolerated under the excuse of limited capacity, then we are effectively normalizing mediocrity in roles where precision and responsibility are non-negotiable.
Competence is not optional when the stakes affect public interest or institutional trust.Dude must have forgotten to read his notes on ex turpi causa that where no action can arise from a prior illegality.
Look at our local J zee and Beyonce.
There are just too many vulagis in government and the government machinery. If there were just all iTaukeis the country would be booming. Just like they have in PNG and the Solomon Islands.
I think the PM figured that out a long time ago. Getting rid of the main problem is not easy.
Agree. It’s a case of too many Indians, not enough chiefs.
Rabuka is a coward and weakling pretending to be a leader. FO to him and his pedo chief…i was telling my friends back before the elections of 22 if rabuka comes to power which he did by one vote…you who were not around or old enough back in 87 and his disastrous SVT party ….dou na qai raica na tamata lawaki ca qo…now they are saying …you were true in what you said. Too late. Fijians are the easiest people to fool because we hate the truth…and this damn snake knows it all too well.