Fiji Airways was insisting back in October 2023 that its decision to fly a planeload of Christian pilgrims from Fiji to Israel to commemorate the Feast of the Tabernacle was strictly a commercial decision. Some decision. It has cost the majority public-owned national airline some $2-million in unpaid bills and triggered a wave of litigation.
Fiji Airways is suing Michael Mausio – the organiser of the charter – who has had his reputation shredded when there is ample blame to go around with the Coalition government, freeloading Christians and the airline itself. And now Mausio reveals that he is suing those passengers who haven’t paid him so that he can pay Fiji Airways the outstanding amount.
It is hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for Michael Mausio now that he has given a detailed explanation on Facebook of the circumstances of this debacle and that has been reflected in the public reaction to his post. (see below)
It is also hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for the outgoing Chief Executive of Fiji Airways, Andre Viljoen, who was under intense pressure with the change of government at the end of 2022 because of his close ties with Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum. The Fiji Airways Chief suddenly had to deal with the grim reality of having to get on with the new order or quit. And he chose to try to get on with the new order as best he could.
There are a lot of claims and counter claims raging about where the buck stops in all of this. But the bottom line is surely this:
1/ Why did Michael Mausio not insist that anyone who wanted to go on the pilgrimage pay their fares up front? Most Fijians know from bitter experience that giving anyone credit is a fast track to a great deal of financial pain and personal grief, as Mausio is now finding out to his cost. Blind faith in the Christian message is one thing. But blind faith that Christians will pay their bills is quite another. And it seems that far too many Christians on this trip were freeloaders – happy to render to God what is God’s but not to Caesar what is Caesar’s. In other words, the moolah.
2/ Why did Fiji Airways not insist that it be paid the cost of the charter up front, if not the entire amount then a substantial proportion of it? It is a company that is majority owned by the Fijian people, not a private airline for Christians or members of the government, as much as it might have seemed otherwise under Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
Grubsheet readers will recall that Fiji Airways reportedly substituted a Boeing 737 for a wide-bodied Airbus A330 on the Melbourne route to carry Bainimarama back to Fiji after one of his heart operations because of the former prime minister’s fear of flying in small planes.
What Andre Viljoen needs to explain is this: Did the election of a hostile Coalition and finding himself with a religious nutter as Minister in the form of Aiyaz’s father-in-law, “Blinky Bill” Gavoka, tempt him to be less insistent than usual that normal commercial practices apply? If the pilgrimage was “purely a commercial decision”, wouldn’t the first premise of that decision be that Fiji Airways would get its money? Or did the spectre of a new minister who once caused national panic by predicting a tsunami that never came and got his parliamentary colleagues to fast as well as pray for their election victory induce a bout of blind faith on the CEO’s part that God would eventually provide?
Which brings us to the third player in this saga, the Coalition government, which we know was an ardent supporter of the Feast of the Tabernacle pilgrimage but is now doing a Pontius Pilate of washing its hands of responsibility for carrying any of the cost. It’s between the airline and the organiser, insists “Blinky Bill”. Nothing to do with me. No, Blinky. You are the responsible Minister and we all recall you being one of the principal cheerleaders for this act of commercial folly in the first place.
Governments – as well as commercial entities – have a duty to assess risk. No-one could have reasonably predicted the murderous Hamas assault on Israel on October 7 2023 but a journey to Israel with a Fiji Airways plane always carried a degree of risk. And if it is true that you used the emergency return flight to carry anyone other than the pilgrims who went, then of course you have a duty to bear at least some of the cost. So stop hiding under a bushel like a frightened koala.
Here’s the thing, Fiji. Under the time-honoured principle of “user pays” – that those who receive a benefit have an obligation to pay for it – those freeloading Christians who have yet to pay their fares must do so immediately. And if they don’t, here’s a suggestion. That the government docks their pay if they are employed by the state or carries their debt until they repay it with interest. These Christians need to feel the lion’s breath if they are going to be mamaqi about meeting their obligations.
Then “Blinky Bill” should sit down with Michael Mausio and Andre Viljoen and the three parties – government, trip organiser and airline – can formulate a plan to work their way through this mess instead of paying a bunch of lawyers to run up further bills for everyone. All three parties can surely find the $2-million somehow without Michael Mausio being hung out to dry for a well-meaning idea that everyone enthusiastically signed up to until it turned sour.
And at the end of it all, could all three finally admit that this was a really dumb idea in the first place? Hamas can be blamed for October 7 but it can’t be blamed for this.
The old saying that God helps those who help themselves doesn’t extend to Christians helping themselves to free airfares. There is no such thing as a free feast, tabernacle or otherwise. And all three parties need to acknowledge that in the euphoria of the Coalition win and in the case of Fiji Airways, a desire to please the new order, they broke one of the golden rules of most successful businesses:
Payment strictly up front.
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Michael Mausio’s full explanation for what happened:
A flashback to October 2023. If this was a commercial decision, it was a bad one.
Mahendra Chaudhry‘s Labour Party, for one, blames Fiji Airways for the debacle.
But Fiji Airways is fighting back…
Finally, some of the public reaction to Michael Mausio’s Facebook explanation:
Wasn’t it Pontius Pilate who famously asked, “what is truth?”. Answer: Repeat after me. There is no such thing as a free feast. And in a nation of would-be freeloaders, experience tells us that Christians are no more trustworthy than anyone else.
Blinky Bill – ‘Who me? I have nothing to do with it. It is all someone else’s fault”.
I think it may well be the fault of the previous government and all the vulagis combined.
Isn’t everything in Fiji the fault of these two parties?
Now we all should pray and fast.
So , Ehmm, this Maurisio chap had a 5 year Religious Tourism plan, to make Fiji a Pilgiom destination for Israell Tourists ??
Wow, Gods Chosen people ..
These Religious Zealots- whatever Faith they’re from, should be outlawed and banned from any commercial transactions involving Fijian Taxpayers.
But, in hindsight, they are just following their Racist Snaky leader who did the same with the NBF saga, leaving millions of Debt that Fijians like you and me are still paying for until today, he got away with it, do you really believe that Fiji Airways will get its money back ? Wake up from your Dream those of you who think this will happen…
Agree. Itās de javu! NBF all over again with the same PM presiding over the nation.
Remember how he and his Finance minister then Paul Manuel, and NBF Chief Manager then Makrava did their utmost best to thwart a public inquiry into the Bankās failings and then tried to bury the Aidney-Dickson Report esp. from the media or the public would not have known about the $220million debt which sank our first ever flagship bank!
The NBF was run like a āvillage cooperative storeā with unsecured loans given out like Xmas presents to family, friends and cronies. A grand theft in other words, which the poor taxpayers are still paying for to this very day! Remember how Rabukaās Govt had clearly stated then, that the ātaxpayers will have carry the burden of this debtā This is on public record!
As for the 5 year whatever plans and intentions of those nutty zealots who call themselves Christian Zionists, let me just say that there exists āyour plansā, but then there is āGodās planā..
In other words: bring it on, ulukau Fijian Zionistās. There are no coincidences in life..š
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First they sank to the ground Fijiās first and only ever national bank. Now, they want to do the same to Fijiās flagship carrier.
The sense of entitlement of these shameless thugs and those of their ilk, is astonishing.
And now they about to elect another fraudster Mahendra Chaudhry in the next elections. This guy hid AUD 1.5 million and got convicted for it.
A significant numbers of people in Fiji have amnesia.
They know what happened to the NBF, government owned shipping line etc etc but still elect the person who was leading the country in the 1990s. A joke of an electorate
It appears to me that it is a straight forward case of those that went there and back should pay the balance of their agreed cost.
Those from Fiji that were given seats for repatriation arranged by the Fiji government should have them paid for by the government.
The other countries that were helped by the return of their citizens, should have been approached by the airline to cover the costs for those that were flown out.
Any related family or staff members of the airline should be covered by the airline as a goodwill gesture by Fiji Airways.
Fiji Airways can’t possibly expect the original charterer to be responsible for any of the extra costs due to the Fiji Government offering repatriation flights to all and sundry.
The whole saga has resulted in a debacle and one which this government can add to its list of failures during the time since it took office.
Goodwill my foot! Note that Fiji taxpayers do not have āa dog in the fightā between Israel and Hamas. Therefore, anyone repatriated from Tel Aviv (since there happened to be a chartered flight), must pay up the cost of their passage.
And why the urgency to run away when they could have remained to fight alongside Israel?š
The goodwill was in the āavailableā airplane coming back to Oceania. Not the unpaid seats!
Surely these freeloaders should have enough funds for a return flight anyway, whatever the security situation in Israel.
Fiji taxpayers should NOT foot the bill for the unpaid seats of these freeloaders back to peaceful Oceania!
We have another idiot as the Acting Prime Minister, one who makes prophecies, as fake Christian who is not sure if he is really an Israelite. He has been appointed by God and is delusional.
All this simply because Fiji is full of a bunch of f*ckwits.
Something about Fijiās education system, it has not bred out the teleology that permeates tribal thinking in Melanesia, so that we have in many manifestations the practise of cargo cultism in public policy decisions. Teleology is the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise.
The trip to Israel and the opening of an embassy in Jerusalem is a first class example of teleogucal thinking, By flying to Israel soon after the 2022 election and by opening am embassy in Jerusalem the simplistic teleological mind that dominates this silly Coalition government supposed that it will bring this government blessings from on high.
Jeovah must be a stupid God if his blessings can be bought through gimmicks while those who invoke these offerings walk around with their concubines, and extract thousands in per diems that could be going to the poor.
Mr Sole’ has gone very quite over this matter, wasn’t he crowd funding to pay on behalf of the pilgrims…
I was also wondering about this. How much has he collected so far and how much has he passed onto Air Pacific ?
He’s gone into hiding me thinks.
Sole started crowd funding, but the crowd was not interested. Nor was the crowd gullible or stupid as Sole thought.
Sole seems to have his hands in many cookie jars all at the same time.
The question is, did Sole and his travel companion and Mausio pay 10k each?
As far as I am aware, Israelites do not have a very high regard for Christians. So why are the Christians of Fiji going out of their way to lick the arse of Israelites? Is it because they do not know and lack education and are oblivious to this fact? Why are Christians of Fiji pretending to be Israelites? It may well be that Christians of Fiji know more about their religion than the rest of the Christian world.
Can the Pilgrims from Oct 2023 tell us how they were treated by Israelites when they were there? Why don’t they tell the truth?
Jewish people detest Christians. They are also known to dislike dark coloured people.
Jews don’t even believe in Jesus Christ, the founder and basis of Christianity.
There have been reports in the past of Jewish people chasing tourists and non-Jews from the wailing wall. Including some being spat at.
Very True @Annoymous.
Judaism mandated that Christians should be stoned to death like one of the great Disciples of Jesus “Stephen” in the bible.
Judaism also preach that Jesus is boiling in hell in human excrement and yet that Christians are putting them on a pedestal.
Throughout the New Testament From the book of Matthew to Revelation we the gentiles and Jews who have accepted Jesus as our saviour, Messiah and the Son of God are the new Chosen People.
Gospel Parables such as the Plantation Owner, the Wedding Feast, Synagogue of Satan etc etc confirms this.
In modern times, there is money to be made in the name of religion and Mausio was that opportunist.
If he is stating his entrepreneurial success, one can only say his project and financial management for the trip to Israel leaves a lot to be desired.
The freeloader Christians…what can one say. We Fijians know the bible cover to cover, can quote a verse to suit any occasion but we do not practice the teachings…that is for Sunday church service only.
Mausio should stop seeking sympathy. How dare he come up with all sorts of nonsense so he can get out of this mess. A fashion designer turned travel agent and a religious bigot. And what cargo is he talking about. What cargo was he planning to load onto the airline and to which country. For too long we have been kind to these types of people and they should be taken to task. Don’t forget NBF, Tony Steven’s. Ah Koy and so many more. The government should ask all those returning to pay up. Where did all those who jumped in come from. That Vijloen and his team had been very quiet hoping that things would quieten down. And he sure is lucky that he has resigned and out of fiji. The taxpayers should not pay for this trip via government funds.
Exactly. Mausio seems to be the type of guy who thinks he can talk himself into and out of anything. Anything. A smooth operator.
Perhaps he was talking about loads and loads of coconut cargo to Israel to provide stamina for long grueling āwarā to clear out Gaza and the West Bank and then plant coconuts in those cleared land.
Cargo on the return flights would be Palestinian sands to mix with our itaukei land so that we can all feel āholy and middle-estyā! What say?š
Iām still waiting for the so-called āblockbuster evidenceā that the Fiji Airways planes are owned by the former AG, Khaiyum. Iām also still waiting for proof of those āmillions in shady transfersā people keep talking about. The current government has had full control of Fiji Airways for over a year nowāaccess to every contract, file, and even the power to request information internationally.
So what does that mean? Only two things:
1. Theyāre completely incapable.
2. Or they lied just to get into power by spinning stories.
And hereās a little reminderādonāt try to stretch your hand beyond what you can actually reach. If you couldnāt afford the trip, why take it? Know your limits. Pretending otherwise and freeloading isnāt just irresponsibleāitās the exact opposite of living the Christian values you preach. Going to Israel as a free rider doesnāt make you holy, it just makes you look hypocritical.
Michael Mausio’s facebook post is utter deflection on his part and just trying to get public sympathy. And he got some.
The contract is between his company Pacific Voyager and Air Pacific Limited (The operator of Fiji Airways).
Pacific Voyager is responsible for paying Fiji Airways the full charter cost as the airline has provided the service. Air Pacific Limited is within their right under contract law to sue Pacific Voyager.
The onus was on Pacific Voyager to collect dues from passengers prior to the flight and pay Fiji Airways accordingly. He cannot say after the event that he is waiting for passengers to pay him before he can pay Air Pacific Limited. And whatever commercial dealings in freight that he was relying on that did not eventuate is irrelevant. Thats the risk that every business takes. You still need to pay what you have agreed to. Basic contract law. You signed on the dotted line.
On the notion that the Fiji Airways management were forced by government people (civil servants and/or politicians) to take that flight will never be known and is irrelevant. Fiji Airways management has on a few occasions said it was a commercial arrangement; therefore, they were ok with the flight hence the responsibility is theirs. If they did not want to take the charter and were being unduly forced to do so, the CEO/Board could have resigned.
I am just somewhat baffled at why Fiji Airways will take the unnecessary risk in flying into a volatile region. On top that up they haven’t received all payments for that flight prior to departure.
Their defense has been that they have done charter agreement with Pacific Voyager previously just doesn’t cut it for me. A few charters to Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa etc during Covid is somewhat very different to a return flight to Tel Aviv. A few hundred thousand dollars in a relative safe region versus a few million dollars in a volatile region.
Lastly, If government did use the return flight to repatriate some Fiji citizens that were not part of the pilgrim charter flight, then government should be responsible for paying fares for these people. But this is an arrangement between Pacific Voyager and government. Nothing to do with Fiji Airways.
At the end of the day Pacific Voyager needs to pay up.
Irrespective of whether the passengers were fundamentalist Christian nutters, a rugby team or just a group of sight seers.
Mausio should explain the reasons/excuses himself in court when the time comes.
Let there be no doubt that Mausio’s version of events will hold a lot of water in court–like a sieve.
Finally, on the eve of his departure, Fiji Airways CEO Andre Viljoen revealed to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Affairs that the airline is now suing the customer who chartered an aircraft to transport pilgrims to and from Israel.
He failed to explain why Fiji Airways deviated from its own long-standing policy that all passengers must pay upfront before travel.
Why was this āfly now, pay laterā arrangement approved in this case, and on whose authority?
Earlier calls for accountability from both the CEO and the Chair of Fiji Airways were ignored.
This belated revelation raises more questions than answers. Is Fiji Airways now using the threat of legal action as a public relations cover to justify writing off the arrears?
If the individuals being sued have not settled the debt until now, what assurance does the airline have that they ever willāregardless of any court ruling?
Even more troubling is Fiji Airwaysā admission, as reported by FBC on 4 September, that this chartered flight to Israel operated in late 2023āafter the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Why was such a high-risk decision made, and why is the airline disclosing this only now?
The people of Fiji deserve to know whether this lawsuit is a genuine attempt to recover a huge amount in taxpayer-backed fundsāor merely a smokescreen to excuse a reckless decision and quietly write off the debt.
Against the current post.
Is Bill having another vision?
Imagine the outcry from the lost tribe if fiji born hindus wanted to go on a pilgrimage to India on fiji airways.
Imagine the outcry from the lost tribe if fiji born muslims wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca on fiji airways.
Blinky and Rabuka are responsible, it all happened during the negotiations between SODELPA and PAP and it was to keep everyone happy. Playing emotional games with people to form a coalition.
Of course, there’d be an outcry if other faiths wanted to go on pilgrimages their holey lands.
Only the lost tribe has the birthright to use Fiji Airways for charters.
Read carefully mausa masipolo Mausio’s post trying to wiggle free of responsibility.
Mausa Mausio masipplo muses the “church” insisted on Fiji Airways even when other foreign carriers agreed to do the charter.
And we for a fact Mausa Masiplolo Mausio can never tell a lie.
This is all happening because of the mentality of kana nikua raica mataka. People go on pilrimage only if they have enough money to do so else they should be content with their daily/weekly sermons. Taxpayers can’t be carrying this baggage. I wish we all could travel now and pay later. The question also arises how is Fiji Airways accepting these kind of arrangements. Another bunch of monkeys traveled to Israel? Was this real diplomacy???
The way I read it, Mr Mausio’s post only reinforces the adage of Stick to ones knitting. If one is successful at it. That may be fashion, design or similar. While he may have impressed his admirers including a lawyer, in attempting to exonerate himself , this just reveals the lack of commercial nous of the writer and his fans.
And the sheer incompetence of the legal and finance departments at FJ to entertain such dubious credit, underwritten only by the pittance value of the deed or negligible value of the personal guarantee in the contract.
In terms of the repatriation flight: These are normally done on a cost or partial cost recovery basis for arrangements by governments in events like this. Not a free ride. Unless the Airbus is treated as a govt Toyota Prado that can be used for personal purposes by whoever happens to have the keys to it! And even better if there is a fuel card in the vehicle to fill up full tank.
Fiji – Where Happiness finds you….but not the sleeping dept collectors.
Michael Mausio claims they crossed Gaza a day before the Oct 7 attack.
Really? Does anyone truly believe that a busload of vulagis from the Pacific was anywhere close to even 10km of Gaza on 6th Oct 2023?š
His sob story reads more like the āA-Z story except the Gospel truthā. The 10 Commandments say that one should not fib.š¤„
Andre Viljoen was a suck up to last government.
Was dancing to Aiyaz tune.
Than when this coalition came in, he started sucking up to them.
Now he is about to leave Fiji then he is giving his side of story to save his arse.
Same with the board members of Fiji airways.
All bloody suck ups.
Those board members are there for their benefits and for them and their families to fly free in first class.
They rob Peter (locals ) to pay Paul (Tourists and rich)
Fares are very high and with board giving it’s bullshit explanation for high fares.
This is no fault of people flying with Dinau, especially from Fiji Airways when policy is clear
NO PAY NO FLY.
With respect, Andre Viljoen doesn’t have to suck up to anyone. He has transformed Fiji Airways into a respected global carrier. He doesn’t have to prove anything and deserves our heartfelt thanks for his service to the nation.
I was merely pointing out the pressure he was under from these jokers. If there has been a lapse of judgment on his part in saying “yes” when he should have said “no”, it is nothing in the overall scheme of things. One misstep in an extraordinary career at Fiji Airways that has taken the airline to unprecedented heights and done Fiji proud. He has left huge shoes to fill and the real concern is whether anyone can do so.
Graham ,Andre Viljoen’s previous record wasn’t good.
He got the job at Fiji Airways being someone’s mate.
Tourists numbers has grown after covid.
The more people fly ,the more Airlines grow.
It’s a natural thing ,especiallyFiji being a tourist destination. .
Ofcourse not CEO but bottomline workers who go beyond extra mile to keep your journey safe and make you feel comfortable.
You ask a beer and you get a couple.
Fiji Airways is monopoly here with only one local Airline.
They making huge profits not from tourists but local and returning residents.
Because of Fiji Airways seats are so expensive,other Airlines has taken advantage and run parallel when it comes to air fares for 3 to 4 hour flights.
Rubbish. I can scarcely believe that you can run such an argument.
It’s not an argument but different ideas and information one has.
Doesn’t mean when we speak our minds our heart makes us enemies.
GD, this waqavuka fella sounds like the unemployed bush lawyer fella hanging out at nadi airport cafe all day pretending to be important.
That PAP lackey who thinks he knows everything there is to know about running an airline who didn’t get a job with FJ.
Grinding the axe, it’s called.
Waqavuka
You obviously know very little about business and the airline industry despite calling yourself Waqavuka.
Like GD, I believe Andre Viljoen did a great job at FJ.
Andre Viljoen was the CEO from late 2015 for 10 years. He was there before Covid, during Covid and after Covid.
Your comment on passenger numbers increasing after Covid is irrelevant to his performance. He did an outstanding job in his role from the beginning and especially during what is labelled as the most difficult time in Aviation history.
Fiji Airways is NOT a monopoly.
It is the sole carrier servicing a few Pacific Island destinations directly from Fiji, but these are very marginal routes. I think these are Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati. This is more by default because the airlines of these countries have either gone out of business or own aircrafts too small to fly the distance.
For all their other destinations Fiji Airways operate in, they compete with major airlines such as Qantas, Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia, Jetstar, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air Niugini, Solomon Airlines etc.
Airlines just don’t grow because passenger numbers increase. It grows when the business is managed properly.
Fiji Airways charges air fare based on demand just like all other airlines. It’s called revenue management. Their airfares are competitive with other airlines servicing the same routes. If you buy your ticket ahead of time, during sales or during non-peak period, you will pay cheap fares. if you buy late or during peak period, expect to pay higher fares.
And NO, they don’t only make profits from returning residents. They earn revenue from all fare paying passengers and part of this revenue becomes profit.
Please educate yourself before making unfounded comments.
Mr. Anonymous ,
Load of rubbish
Buy tickets a year before or after,Prices are very high.
For Airlines that struggle or closed down were not funded by their respective governments.
Fiji Airways had free ride with workers sweat of Fiji.
Easy funding from FNPFnd guarantees from government .
Leave alone who financed them from somewhere in Europe ,only God knows .
People like you are chosen on boards to give bullshit explanation about a companies operating cost and system of operation.
We Fijians are not fools .
Keep your knowledge with you.
Responding to Waqavukas comment below.
I am repeating my call for you to go educate yourself and stop peddling rubbish.
I have not been chosen by any board to give any bullshit explanation on anything to anybody.
I am explaining to you the way ticket pricing works because obviously my knowledge on this subject matter is much better than yours. I have worked in the industry (Not Fiji Airways) and I have flown a lot in and out of Fiji mainly to Australia and New Zealand over the last 40 years for education, visiting, work and eventually to live.
I am a Fijian and an Itaukei.
Fiji Airways is majority owned by the Fiji government and it was in their interest to keep the airline afloat during Covid.
The airline contributes significantly in Fijis economy.
The airline did not only borrow from FNPF, but it also borrowed from FDB, ADB, some other commercial banks in Fiji, and other overseas finance companies.
There is nothing clandestine about their borrowings. Its normal for business to borrow. Its reported in parliament because government guarantees their borrowings as the airline is majority owned by government.
Just like government guarantees all borrowings made by all other government owned entities like Housing Authority, FDB, Ports etc
You are right in saying Fijians are not fools. We are not fools.
You are the only fool here for believing the rubbish you hear from the bati ni tanoa and peddling it like gospel.
Please go educate yourself to gather correct information. While at it learn how to string together sentences in English.
GD
If a CEO does this type of blunder in a company ,with losses of millions in modern world, he will immediately be asked to step down or investigated .
Luckily it’s Fiji and he will be garland soon before he leaves.
You are forgetting that Andre Viljoen has not “lost millions”. He has made millions in profits and has turned Fiji Airways into a world-class airline. So the premise of your comment is entirely wrong.
Did the workers lose any FNPF benefits due to decreasing capital and high investment financing. And if Gov owns 51% shares should it not only guarantee the value of its shares. Don’t tell me that the workers benefitted by being employed thats a different part of the equation.
All this criss-cross suing is looking more like some pathetic put-on show. And the discerning public knows it.
Not surprised that Soleās Semi is in hiding waiting for the fallout of their historic, nightmare of a trip to holy land, to blow over. And he knows it will as these cases will be dragged on forever in Court esp. with the likes of fellow-Zionist Mataitoga sitting comfortably on the bench; and his dear wifeās oldest brother, Temo as CJ.
All much ado about nothing, eh Semi?
The link that is made between the Israeli Jews and the Christian iTaukei has amazed me for several years. A while ago I was at a service on the NSW central coast area and a pastor had come from Fiji soliciting donations to buy a vehicle for his use in Fiji. He was telling the group that F I J I stood for First Israeli Jewish Islands. I donāt know what he would have claimed V I T I stood for.
That would be Veituitui I-Tabernacle Israel, for the delusional chosen ones š„±
Another one: That because there is a stretched Lion logo on the Fiji coat of arms on the flag – the itaukei origins must be from the tribe of Judah – symbolized by a Lion. Paleez.
Mausio collected 1.5 million from +170 people on that flight so where is that money Mausio?
Whatever happened or whoever was involved Mausio was the organiser of the flight or charter. The buck stops with him.
Viliame Gonelevu is named as the 3rd Defendant among others.
HBC 236/2024 AIR PACIFIC LTD
[Mitchell Keil]
-V1.] WABS PACIFIC PTE LTD
2.] KANE HOLDING PTE LTD
3.] VILIAME GONELEVU, A KUNANITU, ANA SOQETA, S
TAWAKEVOU, & MIKAELE MDREILAGI4.] MANASA TUQANI KOLIVUSO
5.] MICHAEL MARTIN ENELE STURTIN MASUSIO
https://judiciary.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Suva-High-Court-Civil-05-13-16-2025.pdf
Made millions for Fiji Airways on the expense of returning residents, families and locals.
These days they are ripping off seasonal workers.
Tourists pay 1000 dollars including package of airfares,5 nights accommodation in 5 star hotel, breakfast, free coke ,pick up and drop off to airport.
Tourists buying less alcohol as they bring their duty free liquor as well after the alcohol poisoning scare.
Literally they fly free of charge, plus free bula smile.
Reading some of the comments that come up inspires this comment:
Fiji has enormous potential in the field of literature. Specifically fictional story tales. There is an abundance of talented local experts who can write fairytales on just about any subject. Airline operations and profitability. Vaccines and efficacy. Bitcoins and crypto currency. Complex cardio conditions. Etc etc. So many genres of fairytale expertise. Definitely an industry sector to be pushed for growth by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Information. Radodro and Tabuya..what a potent combination to drive this misinformation sector.
We might add a new subject: brainless baiman’s new brainless idea of offering tax benefits to attract musical events here to make Fiji musical hub.
Problem: Music performers and performing arts groups TAKE money out of Fiji.
Performing artists do not bring money in, and we to offer them tax breaks? For more groups to come in and take money out without paying taxes?
What is with baiman and tax breaks?
Kickbacks and some pocket money for mrs.
Just saw FLeaks post that swindler Mausio proudly says he and another i.e ro teimumu are the only 2 catholics on the fly now, pay later trip. Kon pucho? Viavia!
The disgusting shameless duo are what catholics refer to as CINA – ācatholics in name onlyā.
Just shows how hereditary titles are bereft of wisdom! Pay up your debts instead of trying to burden the hardworking taxpayers of Fiji who cannot afford to take a holiday to another regional country, much less beyond Australiaā¦