The Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, is spearheading the Coalition’s effort to prosecute Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, jettison the Constitution to abolish the common and equal citizenry, the common identity and the secular state and complete the program Sitiveni Rabuka began in 1987 to establish the supremacy of the iTaukei elite.
Many Fijians have been shocked to see him standing grinning next to the Qaranivalu, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata – the high chief who instigated the RFMF mutiny at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in 2000 in which three loyal soldiers were murdered in cold blood. And to learn that Siromi Turaga is now pursuing the loyal troops who beat some of the CRW rebels to death after the mutiny was put down.
Yet just as disturbing is the AG’s vision of the Fiji’s future that he has enunciated to FBC News as a nation living off the skills of its people working in its larger neighbours, including Australia, to support their families and the wider economy back in Fiji.
The Coalition government isn’t even trying to keep people from leaving Fiji by reversing its racist policies and encouraging people to stay. They want anyone with skills to leave knowing that they will use some of the proceeds of their higher paying jobs abroad to support their kai vata back home.
It is reinforcing the notion of Fiji as a beggar nation dependent on its larger neighbours. And in a less charitable interpretation, their vision – stripped to its bare essentials – is Fiji as a nation of servants selling their skills to their richer neighbours to support their families back home because their government doesn’t have the imagination to develop a thriving economy itself.
Sound far-fetched to you? Think about it, Fiji. What is tourism – the life-blood of Fiji’s economy? It isn’t about making anything of value that the world wants. It is about using our people and our surroundings to sell ourselves to the world as a holiday destination to attract revenue. Is the next stage of this economic blueprint to encourage more Fijians to leave and get higher paying jobs overseas to support a homeland with no other prospects? A nation permanently dependent on the charity of outsiders? It sure looks like it judging from these astonishing comments.
Why else would Siromi Turaga boast about Australia wanting Fijians workers? Of course Australia wants them. To help build Australia, not Fiji. Skilled Fijian workers as the servants of their bigger neighbour, leaving behind skills shortages in Fiji that will cripple the country’s ability to stand on its own two feet. And all encouraged by a government pursuing policies that are triggering the exodus and weakening our economy.
Is this what you voted for, Fiji?
POSTSCRIPT: Note that the AG is talking about the economy in this instance, not the Minister of Finance, Biman Prasad. Baimann the Betrayer is just the “kuli” who is there to do the work – the enabler and appeaser in a government which is now a direct threat to the national interest across a broad front.
Ajai Kumar says
Dont worry GD. All rascals do what AG is doing and what prima facie appears to be destruction of Fiji is actually destruction of the individual. AG wants to portray himself as a hero of the iTaukei but he will turn out to be joining the previous AG’s club.
Nalawa says
Let’s have a Q&A to try to solve the B.S. in Fiji about our banana republic.
Questions
1.What would be the ideal central focus of our governance in Fiji?
2. Is federalism good for Fiji?
3. How would you like to see Fiji 10 years from now?
Lady Justice says
Then and no 37 years later.✔
1. Lets look at what is front of us now – a coalition government who re-established a British colonial construct of 1876 – The Great Council of chiefs. What role does the great council of chiefs play at this point, I do not know.
2, What is federalism? – Read link to understand it better – State policy network.
https://spn.org/articles/what-is-federalism/
3. I would like to see the Senate re-instated that represents the island territories. The senate introduced in the parliamentary system in 1970 was to substitute the three confederacy – Tovata, Kubuna and Burebasaga.
Through all the chaos of 37 years we tried to re-invent the wheel when the structure was already set for self determination. But because we the people and the natives of the different island territories, were not consulted by the confederated chiefs.
But someone stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
Who me?
Yes you !
Vili says
It could be he’s stepping in as in one year Fiji has managed very public economic mismanagement with conflict of interests and tax holidays. Right now everyone can’t believe how Fijians been conned.
Mad at Biman says
Anyone who has half a chance to make it elsewhere, pack your bags and take your family to a country where you know your family has a future.
Shady says
Fijileaks has the story on Biman, O’ Connor, Daniel Whippy, and FRU. Yet Biman has the audacity to address Fiji’s financial woes publicly while at the same time, he offers tenders to his own company Lotus Construction. As for his party’s legal adviser, Richard Naidu, why didn’t he mention being the corporate lawyer in Fiji for Fiji Water through his law firm, Munro Leys?
Vili says
Rich Richard poster boy for bad governance. Who’d have thunk it?
Anonymous says
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Albert Einstein.
Hope-less says
Only doom and gloom everywhere with no hope in sight.
Those of you who helped enable these criminals to come in power are responsible for the horrible situation we are in today.
For those of you who are in a position to leave, leave as fast as you can with your families.
Red Card says
Law breaking has extended to 7s. How come we surrendered to Spain after being 19-0 up? Our red and yellow cards were the enablers for the Spanish upset. And, isa, Paris is just around the corner. Crime on and off the rugby paddock is clearly on the rise. Let us follow the Leader, follow the Leader, Leader, Leader stationed at Suvavou House.
Fiji Watcher says
The exodus of skilled people and those with money will continue. As others have pointed out this loss of people and their skills, experience and knowledge benefits countries like Australia and New Zealand not Fiji. The skills and people shortage will harm Fiji and its ability to grow. Everything from Health to Infrastructure to Tourism will feel the effects and the standards and quality will, over time, deteriorate.
Those who go to Australia, New Zealand and other first world economies and learn skills, acquire qualifications together experience and expertise will become use to the lifestyle and living standards and may not return to a country where the standards are less and race is a factor in employment, education and how you are viewed before the law.
Even remittances, will over time, grow smaller as inflation, cost of living and exchange rates impact on those living and working overseas.
Do people like the Attorney General worry, I doubt it. He and the rest of the coalition live in this “money is not a problem” bubble, insulated from reality. Money, cars, travel and staff to burn with no accountability.