Is the NFP terrified that Mahendra Chaudhry‘s Labour Party is going to pose an existential threat to it when voters go to the polls next year? It’s a fair bet given the extreme language employed by Biman Prasad‘s General Secretary, Kamal Iyer, against the Labour leader and former prime minister.
“Caught with his pants down”, “entangled in his own web of lies, deceit and treachery”, “diabolical lies”, “a habitual liar”, “a desperate politician clutching at straws”, “a cornered rat”.
Wow. And we are still more than a year away from the election.
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Crikey. As political vituperation goes, this is a real doozy.
Who’s behaving like a cornered rat? I’d say Kamal Iyer and his NFP colleagues, wouldn’t you?
Judgment Day awaits the NFP for its betrayal of the minorities and blind panic has already set in. And the wily octogenarian warhorse of Fijian politics knows precisely which buttons to push.
Of course, politicians caught with their pants down are becoming a staple of Fijian politics.
But not as brutal as Kamal Iyer in full flight.
Aseri Radrodro is clearly a pussycat by comparison when the NFP General Secretary chooses to go after someone with their pants around their ankles.
Yep. It’s going to be brutal alright.
Tick, tick, tick.
“Of course, politicians caught with their pants down are becoming a staple of Fijian politics.”
BINGO !!
When you claim the NFP has betrayed the ‘minorities’, you are obviously referring to the Indians who have traditionally supported the NFP.
Other ethnic minority groups have supported either the Labor Party or i’taukei parties as they no longer, under the 2013 Constitution, have a seat in Parliament.
This dogfight between Iyer and Mahen represents infighting within the Indian community.
Other ethnic minority groups couldn’t give a rat’s arse.
So iTaukei like you are now speaking for the minorities? When we need your opinion, we’ll ask for it.
Uluiqalau is stating a fact.
The kai loma, kai valagi, kai Solomoni, kai Rabi, kai Kioa, and Kai Tonga, etc., don’t have representation in Parliament.
We need a parliamentary seat allocated to them.
We also need to return to constituencies.
We are all Fijians. Allocating seats on the basis of race just perpetuates national division.
So what happens in 2026 when the NFP under Biman is consigned to the dustbin of history in the elections and PAP and Sodelpa capture all the seats?
We will have an all i’taukei party without representation of ethnic minorities including the kai India. This is a very likely scenario.
So much for the 2013 Constitution.
If the old saying that a week is a long time in politics is true, then a year or more is an eternity.
There is still time for the forces of multi-racialism and good governance to emerge and capture the public imagination.
The remnants of FijiFirst come to mind but so do the Labour Party and Roko Ului, whose rumoured new party is bound, like his late father’s, to be multiracial.
And then there are one of two others who are contemplating running. For the minorities, all is not lost. Far from it. Because even many iTaukei subscribe to the multiracial ideal as the best and only way to take Fiji forward.
The result of iTaukei domination that emerged from the last election is painfully obvious for everyone to see.
You missed your most hated group, tiny though they are but still deserves representation-our Muslim community.
And hows about those of Chinese, Philippine,Korean, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Tuvaluan, Rotuman, Afghan, African continent heritages?
You see where this can go?
We can’t have seats allocated based on religion. The Muslims under Sadiq Koya tried that in the 1960s but failed…and rightly so. Otherwise we could end up like Lebanon ?
Spoken like a true sewer rat!
Kamal iyer just described Biman Prasad to the detail …that is beautiful.
the Notionally F***** Party led by Baimaan and Iyer needs to go – good for the vulagis.
Once Ramburqah divests them from the unwilling collation they are finished.
Once the NFP became religiously polarised in 1977 it was nuisance value only.
The sooner the romantics and diehards accept this the better.
Judging by the comments on Facebook, many Indo-Fijians see Labor as the lesser of two evils, the second being NFP. They know of Chaudhry’s faults, including his $2m heist that he stowed away in Australia. However Indofijians still see Chaudhry as a better option than the man dubbed Baiman. Anyone is better than a “betrayer” or “gaddar.”
If the sentiments on FB are anything to go by, the NFP has a major fight on its hands. If it’s not careful its seats will be taken by Labor. What a humiliation that would be for NFP. Octogenarian Mahen (surely he’s in his eighties by now; it seems he has been around forever) will be back in parliament. Then Baiman’s worst nightmare will come true.
No wonder Kamal lashed out in the vicious manner that he did, but all he achieved was give Chaudhry more prominence and publicity.
Labor and Chaudhry must be giving the likes of Biman and Kamal sleepless nights. And it’ll only get worse as the election nears.
No doubt the NFP is terrified of the Labour Party. And for all the good reasons. Because Labour will crush NFP in the next polls.
With Frank and Aiyaz gone, a significant portion of the former FijiFirst supporters are gravitating towards MP Chaudhry. After all, most of the Indo-Fijian supporters of former FijiFirst were Labour Party supporters. As for NFP, there’s an exodus of their supporters towards Labour as well.
NFP Secretary Kamal Iyer and President Parmod Chand are some of the most uncouth people around. Together with Baimaan and Charan Jhoot, they attack Chaudhry with a zeal. What these nincompoops don’t realize is that when they hurl grenades at Chaudhry, the Labour Leader retaliates with missiles – tearing NFP to shreds.
One can observe that Baimaan – and by extension NFP – love to viciously attack only MP Chaudhry, Nirmal Singh Cheema, Ketal Lal and Rinesh Sharma. They dare not criticize or even call out those who they should – Bonking Minister Lynda, Turaga, Rolex Rabuka, Pedo President Naiqama, John Rabuka, Jone Navakamocea, acting Commissioner Prisons and the list goes on. No wonder Baiman is called Badhiya (totally hopeless, useless and good for nothing).
Both parties (NFP and Labor) will not make it into parliament in 2026.
In 2026, we will have an all i’taukei government and opposition.
Equal citizenship will be rejected.
Ethnic minorities will have no representation in parliament.
The 2013 Constitution allows for such a scenario. So much for democracy.