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So Fiji is to be saddled with a corrupt Chief Justice who stands accused by a judicial inquiry of abuse of office and obstructing and perverting the course of justice because the Prime Minister says he is powerless to remove him. Sitiveni Rabuka does a Pontius Pilate and washes his hands of any responsibility to deal with Salesi Temo with an … [Read more...] about # PONTIUS SITI WASHES HIS HANDS OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH SALESI TEMO WITH A BIG LASULASU-JHOOT

It beggars belief that the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, is still in place despite the devastating findings against him by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali Affair. But community incredulity will soar to an entirely new level with the news that the CJ is getting a new SUV to carry him around in the splendour to which he thinks … [Read more...] about # DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH SITI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE GETS A NEW “PRESIDENTIAL” VEHICLE DESPITE FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES AND BEING JUST PLAIN DUMB

So the leak of the COI Report that Grubsheet readers have been digesting for the past week has "triggered a political reckoning" that has forced the Prime Minister into an undertaking that the government will release the unredacted version. That's what the Fiji Times is reporting on this morning's front page at the same time as it carries an "in … [Read more...] about # ADVENTURES IN LA-LA LAND. THE MADNESS DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH SITI

This is an abbreviated version of the contents of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report into the Barbara Malimali affair. It is authentic - 100 per cent genuine and unredacted - with the names of those under scrutiny exposed. Having published the various sections of the Report in full over recent days, Grubsheet is publishing this … [Read more...] about # YOUR WEEKEND READ. A POTTED VERSION OF THE COI REPORT WITH THE MAIN POINTS YOU NEED TO KNOW (UPDATED SATURDAY AM)

It has now been seven weeks since Justice David Ashton-Lewis and Janet Mason handed their Commission of Inquiry Report into the Barbara Malimali affair to the President and Prime Minister and they have sat on it like two hens refusing to yield their eggs. Sitiveni Rabuka has flip-flopped between promising that the report would be made public, … [Read more...] about # THE MOTHER OF ALL LEAKS. WHAT ON EARTH DID THE PRIME MINISTER EXPECT? (UPDATED 1000 FIJI TIME)

I invited Professor Jon Fraenkel to respond to my criticism yesterday of the front page Fiji Times story in which he was quoted as having slammed Justice David Ashton-Lewis for a "disgraceful interference with Fiji politics". Alas the Professor has a thin-skin and has taken particular exception to some of the comments by Grubsheet readers about … [Read more...] about # NO MAN IS AN ISLAND. AND THE “ALCOHOLIC VIPER” IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN (UPDATED FRIDAY PM)