An “all you need to know” guide to the 15 month-long Christopher Pryde affair.
WHAT THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, SIROMI TURAGA, DID :
1/ You have a DPP in the form of Christopher Pryde you want to get rid of.
2/ You get photos of him talking to your predecessor, Aiyaz Sayed -Khaiyum, at a Japanese Embassy function. (February 28 2023)
3/ You call him in and tell him if he apologises in writing, that will be the end of the matter. It is a lie.
4/ Instead you use the written “confession” to nail him and hand him over to the Acting Chief Justice for the next phase in the stitch-up.
WHAT THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, SALESI TEMO, DID :
5/ You recommend to the President that Christopher Pryde be suspended for misbehaviour and H.E does so. (April 13 2023)
6/ The Constitution requires you to convene a judicial tribunal to hear the allegation but you delay doing so for almost a year. (March 5 2024)
7/ More than a year later (April 15 2024), you make a fresh allegation against Pryde that he received unauthorised superannuation payments stretching back to 2012, before the Coalition came to power.
8/ In further breach of the Constitution, you recommend to the President that the DPP’s salary is cut off. (July 9 2024)
9/ Two weeks later (July 25 2024), you announce publicly that the Tribunal hearing will be convened next month (August 19-30) but Christopher Pryde no longer has the means to pay for his defence.
If that’s not a stitch-up, I’m a horse hair wig.
WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER, SITIVENI RABUKA, DID:
10/ Nothing. You say cutting off Christopher Pryde’s salary shouldn’t have happened but it is beyond your control and there’s nothing you can do.
WHAT THE “NEW BROOM”, THE REPLACEMENT AG, GRAHAM LEUNG, DID:
11/ Nothing. A new broom with no bristles. As sparse as the top of his head.
WHAT “PONTIUS PETERS”, THE NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTER, DID:
12/ Nothing. You wash your hands of the entire affair and deliver a petulant lecture about letter-writing etiquette.
That’s the Christopher Pryde saga in a nutshell, Fiji. The white man screwed by a gaggle of local thugs and a criminal justice system that has been corrupted by the “new order”. Which is much the same as the old order only worse.
Well put Graham. The racism, incompetence and sheer folly of it all.
Well captured Graham.
This is a shame for Fiji. It shows that corruption is very much alive in a racist nation.
I feel a deep sense of shame for my race, as it seems we have forsaken our noblest qualities in pursuit of money and power. Values like honesty, integrity, empathy, and community have been overshadowed by greed, pettiness and ambition.
We have forgotten the importance of kindness, fairness and solidarity.
It pains me to witness this transformation
They have no morals what they have done to Pryde. There will be no proper justice for him in Fiji.
‘Fiji where happiness finds you’ is full of bullshit, definitely not since this gaggle under the worst Prime Minister Rabuka
WTF – Welcome to Fiji
Come one, come all! How the law works when you’re not BFF with the people in charge
The real question – Is anybody really surprised?
It is so obvious to everyone that the Fijian government has been moving the goal post to get rid of Mr Pryde from the beginning; firstly with a very “weak” allegation of fraternising with his previous boss at a social function then followed up by a more serious allegation of some financial irregularities. Sadly for Mr Pryde, the second allegation is far more serious and he has reached the point of no return and it is more than likely that the racist government of Fiji will deport him with a one way ticket. There is NO fairness or justice and expect more expats to leave Fiji in the coming days.
The point is that these allegations should be tested by three tribunal judges, as the supreme law requires. Not prejudged by a rogue outlaw who I have no hesitation in describing as an oaf. Read his statement. Barely literate.
BTW, I’m not bringing the judiciary into disrepute. By his unlawful actions, Temo is doing that himself.
The guy in that silly Santa outfit has blown it and brought disrepute to the Judiciary. He should be relieved of his duties.
People seem to forget, this is a Third World country, with a third rate government, third rate PM and ministers and third rate everything else including the judiciary.
What is more, they all are proud to be third raters as this is their country.
As for the people, I believe a vast majority are proud to be third raters as well. Fiji has a obligation to maintain its proud Third World status or all the foreign charity will stop.
Have you not noticed how proud the PM and his ministers are when they get presented charity especially by Australia. It is like they have achieved something with all the photo opportunities and the basking in all the glory. It is great fun. Kaila.
So true
Santa should relieve himself first.
The demonstrable fcukwit is full of sh^t.
It’s interesting that four out of five people pictured above have trained and practiced law, with three of them having studied in New Zealand or Australia. Additionally, the three most senior having over 30 years of legal experience each.
Given their expertise, could GD or some of the commenters be wrong about this? Food for thought.
Nup. It’s all there in black and white. The L-A-W.
Where’s Lice, Kelvin and other reporters for the ABC/RBNZ?!
What’s happening to Sharvada?
Most importantly, Where’s Dick (Naidu), Imrana, Wylie, Jon and other so-called trumpeteers of law?
WHAT DID THE NUTTY PROFESSOR AND THE NFP DO?
A big fat NOTHING and further enabled the deterioration of the justice system!!
Santa has not just been the Acting CJ for almost 18 months, but he is currently the Acting President as well. Why has he been acting all this time, no one seems to have questioned. Why hasn’t he been confirmed after all this time? Maybe they know he is not good enough. But this is Fiji and eveything is just normal here. Why question such things?