It is becoming clear that by advising the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, to suspend the salary of the DPP, Christopher Pryde, the Acting Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, and the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, have led Ratu Naiqama into an ambush in which he now standards accused of again breaking the law. It is an astonishing position that the … [Read more...] about # A CORRUPT CABAL TAKES ADVANTAGE OF AN AILING PRESIDENT AND SEVERELY COMPROMISES THE HEAD OF STATE
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# THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE DENIES THE MOST BASIC NATURAL JUSTICE TO AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM (UPDATED FRI AM)
We already know that the justice system in Fiji is in grave peril when the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, can be accused by a Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry of perjury and perverting the course of justice yet still remain at the pinnacle of the judiciary. But Temo's latest conduct towards the former attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, is … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE DENIES THE MOST BASIC NATURAL JUSTICE TO AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM (UPDATED FRI AM)
# THE CORRUPT STITCH-UP OVER THE COI NOW UNFOLDING AT GUNU HOUSE (UPDATED THURS AM)
The news that the DPP Christopher Pryde's salary has again been suspended to try to force him to resign has been accompanied by equally disturbing news for any Fijian looking for justice to be done in cases of wrongdoing exposed by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair. The Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu, has … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPT STITCH-UP OVER THE COI NOW UNFOLDING AT GUNU HOUSE (UPDATED THURS AM)
# MAINSTREAM MEDIA SQUALOR. THE FIJI SUN IS AS CORRUPT AS THE FIJI TIMES (UPDATED THURS AM)
The Fijian people can no longer have any confidence at all in their mainstream media, judging from Tuesday's front page story in the Fiji Sun reporting that the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has suspended the salary of the DPP, Christopher Pryde, even though Pryde remains in office. In an extraordinary lapse of all accepted journalistic … [Read more...] about # MAINSTREAM MEDIA SQUALOR. THE FIJI SUN IS AS CORRUPT AS THE FIJI TIMES (UPDATED THURS AM)
# HO HUM. SO NOW THE COALITION WANTS ME DEAD. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LAND WHERE HAPPINESS FINDS YOU
After half a century in journalism and having collected my fair share of enemies, death threats aren't par for the course but they have happened before. You just alert the relevant authorities, revise your personal security and press on. But the latest death threat is from Fiji and is more startling than usual because of the manner in which it … [Read more...] about # HO HUM. SO NOW THE COALITION WANTS ME DEAD. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LAND WHERE HAPPINESS FINDS YOU
# THE FUTURE OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION PARTY? BECAUSE OF ITS MULTIPLE BETRAYALS, IT DOESN’T HAVE ONE
As well as being mired in alleged criminality and corruption, the NFP leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Biman Prasad, is the most deluded man in Fijian politics. Even more so than that other Deputy Prime Minister from the same swamp of crocodiles, Manoa Kamikamica, who thinks he can still be prime minister. With two politicians … [Read more...] about # THE FUTURE OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION PARTY? BECAUSE OF ITS MULTIPLE BETRAYALS, IT DOESN’T HAVE ONE