Grubsheet has rarely has such a high-level response privately to any story than our article last week about how the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has effectively seized executive control of the government from the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka. We have had senior people who are reputedly "in the know" contacting us to say that the … [Read more...] about # THE BIGGEST STORY IN FIJI RIGHT NOW. WATCH THIS SPACE (UPDATED)
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# THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE’S BIASED, HIGH-HANDED AND IGNORANT RULING THAT PUTS AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM’S LIFE IN DANGER (UPDATED SUNDAY AM)
We now have the formal judgment from the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, explaining his reasons for again denying the former attorney general permission to travel overseas for urgent medical treatment. And it is a shocking indictment of the judiciary in Fiji that someone who is so blatantly biased and ignorant can sit at its pinnacle. Salesi Temo … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE’S BIASED, HIGH-HANDED AND IGNORANT RULING THAT PUTS AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM’S LIFE IN DANGER (UPDATED SUNDAY AM)
# THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE AND ACTING DPP CONSPIRE TO DENY AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT ISN’T AVAILABLE IN FIJI
We said it was a foregone conclusion and so it has proved to be - proof conclusive that justice has taken second place to a determination by the corrupt "new order" to punish the former attorney general even if it means putting his life at risk. The opinions of three state medical officers - one an ophthalmologist - have taken preference over … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE AND ACTING DPP CONSPIRE TO DENY AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT ISN’T AVAILABLE IN FIJI
# THE BILLIONAIRES AT FIJI WATER CUT FIJIAN JOBS DESPITE THEIR SEVEN YEAR TAX HOLIDAY
The owners of Fiji Water, Stewart and Faye Resnick of Beverly Hills, are the richest farmers in the United States, with a fortune of $F28.5-billion ($US12.6-billion), according to Forbes Magazine. But the poor dears are doing it tough. So tough that they are about to sack 51 people from their workforce in Fiji. So what do we think about that, … [Read more...] about # THE BILLIONAIRES AT FIJI WATER CUT FIJIAN JOBS DESPITE THEIR SEVEN YEAR TAX HOLIDAY
# YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS. WHEN THE STATE KNOWS BETTER THAN YOUR OWN DOCTORS AND JUSTICE DOESN’T COME INTO IT
The rogue Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, will give his ruling on Friday on the application from Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum's lawyers to vary his bail conditions to allow him to receive urgent medical treatment overseas. And it speaks volumes about the state of the rule of law in Fiji that the result is a forgone conclusion. It will be denied. Why? Because … [Read more...] about # YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS. WHEN THE STATE KNOWS BETTER THAN YOUR OWN DOCTORS AND JUSTICE DOESN’T COME INTO IT
# THERE’S ALREADY BEEN ANOTHER COUP IN FIJI. EXCEPT THAT IT DOESN’T INVOLVE THE MILITARY AND THE FIJIAN PEOPLE AREN’T YET AWARE OF IT
Extraordinary details are emerging of the Head of State, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, seizing executive authority from the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, in a grave violation of his role under the Constitution that some are casting as treason. In a clear case of "state capture", the Tui Cakau has seized control of the reins of power and imposed … [Read more...] about # THERE’S ALREADY BEEN ANOTHER COUP IN FIJI. EXCEPT THAT IT DOESN’T INVOLVE THE MILITARY AND THE FIJIAN PEOPLE AREN’T YET AWARE OF IT