Less than 24 hours after Grubsheet highlighted that Inia Seruiratu was missing in action and hadn’t issued a statement for weeks, the opposition leader has come out of hiding to issue a statement expressing “deep concern’ about rising crime and drugs and especially offences against women.
Who says the FijiFirst leader in the Parliament isn’t responsive to public criticism? Seruiratu has snapped to attention so quickly in response to Grubsheet’s admonition that I’m surprised I didn’t also get a salute.
Still, the opposition leader’s intervention is very welcome and let’s hope this is the start of a sustained effort to hold the Coalition government to account. Because God knows, the nation needs it.
Did Inia Seruiratu act on his own volition or did Frank and Aiyaz tell him to put something out after Grubsheet ‘s story yesterday that also mentioned rampant speculation that Khaiyum is trying to replace him as parliamentary leader with Faiyaz Koya? Who knows? But an intriguing piece of other news has also come Grubsheet’s way in the past 24 hours.
Inia Seruiratu has confirmed to third parties that Grubsheet’s speculation about him being constrained by Frank and Aiyaz is 100 per cent correct, as is the desire by the ousted Attorney General to replace him with Faiyaz Koya.
It is in the national interest that he fights back. And let’s hope this statement is the start. First, what I said yesterday, followed by the Opposition Leader’s media statement today.
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The problem with Inia is he is too nice. Nice to coalition, nice to PM and everyone else. He isn’t brutal enough and let me say it again “he isn’t brutal enough”. Opposition should hold the government accountable and not blend in with the government.
Who knows just like RFMF commander, Inia is also becoming a fan of the coalition Government. Time and again Inia has been seen with PM on official visits overseas and I feel Aiyaz and Frank know that Inia’s heart is melting away.
Humans have a greed motor fixed in their brain and Inia’s may have been activated. His love for coalition is growing and his removal as party leader may make him join forces with NFP or PAP. Similar to Pio.
There is no other logical reason to remove him as the opposition party leader. He has been doing a good job.
Seruratu better wake up and act like an Opposition leader or stand down completely.
These men are getting paid by the taxpayers.
There is so much crime and corruption.
They think they all there to smartly look like leaders and not perform.
Problem with the Fijians is worshipping politicians like celebrities. Treat them like government workers. They don’t need fancy cars. They don’t need people opening their doors for them. Let them do it themselves.
They can also declare themselves as the most useless Opposition in history.
Shocking but given what is happening shouldn’t come as a surprise. Keep poking them GD. Seems no one is calling them to account. Mainstream media reading is mainly sport. The last thing on their mind is the welfare of the people of Fiji.
The spineless midget should not remain in Parliament if he’s still scared of the Bai/Kai shadow.
But then, it also goes to show just how deep in the muck his fingers are, that he can only whinge and whine feebly about the continuing interference from the two rottweilers outside Parliament, without even trying to stand up to them. Weilei!
#hopelessopposition
Any police force is only as good as the men and women that serve in it. There should be an investigation of the police at both Nadi and Namaka Police station. Their non action and lazy attitude when investigating crimes committed in their area of operations is a well known fact and observations for both locals and overseas visitors.
The drug houses and traffickers in Nadi and Lautoka are known to police, yet they appear too lazy to do anything about it. One such house is in Nasau next to South Pacific Orchids where addicts rob passing traffic to purchase their “hits”. I don’t live in Fiji but visit frequently for business and know of this house for over a decade when the only drug sold was “marijuana” but now you can get anything you want.
Sgt “N” from Nadi Police Station, it would have been nice if you got out of your police car with the rest of your crew as the senior officer to investigate the recent robbery of a “kai valagi”. Big mistake talking in Fijian amongst yourself and others on the road as it showed your unprofessionalism and ignorance that the “kai valagi” understood what was being discussed. When you have such police men and women behaving in this manner, it will take some time to improve the drug problem in Fiji.
I beg no tourists to go to Fiji.
It is unsafe.
The Police are not trustworthy.
The systems are so broken.
The Minister for Women and Children will not blink at all at your misery unless she has something to gain from you.
If you are a woman traveling alone then get ready to be abused or used somewhere.
I hope NZ and Australia are putting red travel alerts on this country already.
There is something about Honourable Seruiratu that spells integrity, honesty and wisdom. He has proved that many times in the past. One example was in is his capacity as Commissioner Northern and how he genuinely led by example. Another as the government whip where he lashed out at false statements made by the opposition then. He justified his arguments which made a lot of sense. When he speaks on any pressing issue, he does it with authority and great intellect. He is the leader we can all trust to take Fiji forward.
@miti well this kavalagi has been married to a highly educated itaukei for 38 years. Of course I understood what they were saying
Strange thing Sgt N was on the job! Playing reggae and yelling out the window- “Bula tavale” -at the drug house.
He may have personal issues so put him behind a desk.
Lazy!!! Do your work!!
Development partners such as UNDP like to tick their boxes for delivering governance-related induction, training etc. to MPs. Yet our MPs from both sides of the house remain boring and fail to perform. Aiyaz and Niko from the last House are sorely missed in this regard. And what about those from yesterdecades, such as the Ramrakha brothers, SM Koya, Ro Mosese Tuisawau who were among the country’s brilliant debaters, and of course the firebrand Sakeasi Butadroka.
Isa, DFAT’s MP Whips training, of course, will be forever remembered for the brutal W’s – whipping, weeping and weeding by (Hon?) Lynda and Aseri in Room 233. What parliamentary Whipping knowledge and skills were learnt, shared and applied upon return?
Anyway, back to Graham’s point, MPs and Inia in particular would benefit immensely from capacity building involving proven homegrown ex-MPs such as former PM, Mr Chaudhry, instead of solely learning from foreign/local theoreticians. Apologies if this has already been done and if so, the capacity building programmes deserve re-visiting.