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For Chapter Seven ( Possible Offences) and Chapter Eight ( the Judge's Recommendations), click here to go back to our first story on the COI leak on Tuesday. … [Read more...] about # THE BIG ONE. CHAPTER SIX OF THE COI REPORT. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BARBARA MALIMALI WAS PARACHUTED INTO FICAC, INCLUDING THE DRAMA OF SEPT 5 2024

It is an astonishing proposition that a legally constituted Commission of Inquiry by a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji who happens to be Australian should be cast as " a disgraceful interference" in the domestic politics of Fiji. Yet that's the argument that appears to be mounted by the long-time Fiji commentator, Professor Jon Fraenkel of New … [Read more...] about # THE EMPIRE FIGHTS BACK AGAINST OBI-WAN KENOBI

One thing will be obvious to any Grubsheet reader taking the time to read the full Commission of Inquiry Report into the "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner - the impressive ability of the Judge, Justice David Ashton-Lewis, to cut through the static and get to the core of this saga. Justice Ashton-Lewis … [Read more...] about # CHAPTER FIVE OF THE COI REPORT. JUSTICE ASHTON-LEWIS DETAILS THE EXTRAORDINARY INSIDE STORY OF BARBARA MALIMALI’S APPOINTMENT TO FICAC.

Barbara Malimali's reputation as been shredded by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry, so much so that in any other country, she would not only be barred from ever holding public office again but would lose her practicing certificate as a lawyer. Malimali emerges not only as a shameless law breaker but a thoroughly unpleasant person who … [Read more...] about # CHAPTER FOUR OF THE COI REPORT. THE MALIMALI INVESTIGATION

Grubsheet believes the Fijian people deserve access to the entire Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report to make up their own minds free from selective reporting and spin. It simply isn't possible to publish it it one hit so here's the first installment with the rest to follow over the coming days. So that by the end of the week, you can … [Read more...] about # THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT IN FULL – CHAPTERS 1-3 OF EIGHT IN INSTALLMENTS OVER THE COMING DAYS

Of all the findings of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Barbara Malimali affair, the most urgent for the state to action is the devastating findings against Salesi Temo, the Chief Justice and Head of the Judicial Services Commission. The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, must go to the President immediately, if he hasn't already … [Read more...] about # THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SALESI TEMO, MUST BE SUSPENDED AS THE FIRST STEP TO REBUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM