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Two weeks after the Prime Minister said the Acting Chief Justice had been wrong to cut off Christopher Pryde’s salary in advance of a tribunal hearing into the charge against him of misbehaviour, Salesi Temo doubles down and issues an astonishing statement that completely prejudices the DPP’s case. Justice Temo says that Christopher Pryde’s … [Read more...] about # THE ACTING CJ PREJUDICES A CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL HEARING. HE MUST GO. (UPDATED)

The grave injustice and illegality of the treatment metered out to the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, has been like a "broken record" in these columns in recent weeks - to use the description of one of our critics - but finally our campaign to get the local mainstream media in Fiji to embrace the story has paid off. And in spectacular … [Read more...] about # AT LAST! AND GRUBSHEET COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER

So Fiji's Rugby Sevens team is going to have to be ready to "win ugly" at the Paris Olympics. What about winning fair and square? What about relying on skills and teamwork? What about setting an example to the world of sportsmanship, dignity and fair play? Do these guys intend to "play ugly" while wearing their religious beliefs in their … [Read more...] about # FIJI TO TURN UGLY AT THE OLYMPICS

The Joe Biden of Fiji states the bleeding obvious - that the prissy New Zealand Foreign Minister was crazy to side with Sitiveni Rabuka's government in blatantly violating Fijian law in its treatment of a New Zealand citizen. Winston Peters's petulant attack on Christopher Pryde for not complying with the letter-writing etiquette that Miss … [Read more...] about # FINALLY, SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON

The Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has been guilty of repeated breaches of the Constitution - the latest when he unlawfully cut off the salary of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, two weeks ago and left him unable to defend himself. Yet it is a sign of Fiji's steady progress down the Zimbabwe Road to banana republic status that Justice … [Read more...] about # THE STATE TOTTERS AS AN OUTLAW TAKES CHARGE

Any hope the Fijian government might have had to spare the New Zealand Foreign Minister embarrassment over his inaction in coming to the assistance of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, has been dashed, with strong criticism of Winston Peters going Pacific-wide on Radio New Zealand. The NZ public broadcaster has picked up Grubsheet's weekend … [Read more...] about # CRITICISM OF WINSTON PETERS OVER THE DPP GOES PACIFIC WIDE