So Manoa Kamikamica is back as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and other things wearing the uniform of Sitiveni Rabuka’s government – a large rock of gold on his left hand.
What is it about these people that they can flash symbols of wealth in the faces of voters who put them there who can scarcely put food on the table? Or mat. Simple. They are utterly shameless.
Kamikamica famously told us all when he supported the average 138 per cent pay hike for the nation’s MPs that it would make him work harder. He’d better get his stakes on. Because there is precisely six months to judgment day on these jokers, assuming the election isn’t delayed.
Rumour has it that Kamikamica recently got the shock of his life when he was presented with a large bill from his lawyers for the work of his Kings Counsel, Martin Daubney, during the legal stations of the cross that have led him back to the cabinet.
He evidently thought it would be a freebie, just like everything else these people have become used to. At least the ring hasn’t had to be pawned or on-sold like the Prime Minister’s first Rolex. Or maybe he will now get his legal bills reimbursed by the taxpayer. None of us would be in the least bit surprised.
The old adage ” all that glitters is not gold” – meaning attractive appearances can be deceptive – has never been more apt than in Fiji under the Coalition. They think these baubles make them more appealing. But all they do in the minds of long-suffering voters is confirm the chasm between their own lives and the gilded privileges of those members of the elite who suck on the public teat.
For these politicians, all that glitters is gold. But the shine has gone off the whole lot of them. And as soon as viable alternatives emerge in the coming weeks to replace them, then Inshallah, God willing, their fortunes will turn to stone.
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
WANTED
The People’s Alliance Party is seeking candidates who are not only successful but look the part. You don’t have to be wealthy because we will make you wealthy once you get into parliament. But you have to look wealthy so that everyone else in Fiji wants to be like you.
This will give you some idea of our ideal candidate:
Do you look like this? Then we want to hear from you.
Rest assured you will be in good company. Here are just some of those whose lives have been transformed by the People’s Alliance. And you too can join them!
Authorised by Sitiveni Rabuka. PAP leader, House of Bling, Government Buildings, Suva
Plus, of course, the PAP’s Queen of Bling. The most shameless of them all.
Mr. Sweet certainly left a bitter taste in voters’ mouths with demands for a higher salary.
His greed is certainly matched by his ample girth. He should stop listening to his wife so much.
Then we have Mr. Badhia, the eunuch Baiman Prasad.
This piece of shit is so stupid that he is actually bragging about increasing the minimum wage by 50cents.
That’s an 11% increase for workers compared to 135% increase for MPs.
MPs pay increase that was 12.3 times larger than the minimum wage increase.
And Baiman expects us to be grateful. Thank God this dumb arse is out.
They were very generous when it came to their allowances but so f**king stingy when it came to workers. Vinaka Lynda Tabuya. We will remember you in the election – lots of money for MP’s pay but not enough for social welfare recipients, eh Lin-da?
The People’s Alliance Coalition government is hands down the shittiest government in Fiji’s history.
Let’s not forget, voters. Let’s do our job in this election.
The speed with which Kamikamica was reappointed to the cushy positions of DPM and Minister of Trade etc speaks volumes about the power and potential these positions bring. He could have been modest enough to say he will use his position as a backbencher to reconnect with voters in the remaining 6 months or so before the next test. And maybe come back stronger?
One doesn’t have to look much further that Lynda Tabuya to see how Public Building Solutions is now the undisputed winner of most State building projects in Fiji.
Of course Rabuka has not had the guts to reassign the fat portfolio of Tuisawau’s Ministry of Infrastructure, with the largest share of taxpayers’ money allocated in each budget with little accountability or scrutiny.
To add insult to injury, now Rabuka reassigns the Sugar Ministry to the drunkard Charan Jeet Singh, who has largely been responsible for the exponential decline of the sugar industry. He was a disaster when he was first brought in, spent millions in taxpayers’ funds to visit every jurisdiction in the world that ‘smelt’ sugar in the guise of ‘learning’ about good practices. He also appointed his cronies to the Growers’ Council, Sugar Marketing Board, Sugar Research Council etc decimating their credibility. Perhaps he will see the final nails in the coffin of this industry that had built the country.
Yes the song sheet of the Collision will continue until the final bell.
Modesty? Whatever modesty these people possess is false. The have no idea of the concept of public service. And those appalling values have spread from the parliament to the offices of state to the civil service, which are stacked with Coalition supporters.
This sense of self-entitlement must be reversed if Fiji is to have any hope of developing as a prosperous democracy. And I, for one, have come to increasingly believe that hope is lost. Because the corruption of the nation and its institutions is now entrenched.
Surely Rabuka should have waited until FICAC decide if they are going to appeal the decision before reinstalling him. He might have to stand down a second time whilst it progresses through the courts if they make that decision.
That’ll take the smile of his money grabbing face.
An average accountant, the only thing this man has going for him is his surname.
Ravu a key prosecution witness in the case against Kamikamica declined to identify the parliamentary colleagues he claimed had questioned him about his Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption case, while giving evidence in the trial of former Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica.
I wonder why ?
Now that Kamikamica is going back to the trough, it will be back to jetting off overseas on trade promotions etc and that standard press release on his return about billion dollar deals in the pipeline.