It took 12 days for the Head of the Judicial Services Commission - the Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo - to finally advise the President to remove the illegal Acting DPP, John Rabuku, after three Supreme Court judges stated the bleeding obvious - that Rabuku's appointment last October was unconstitutional because he had been found guilty and … [Read more...] about # WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION?
# NEGLIGENCE GROUNDS THE NAVY’S FLAGSHIP
Full marks to the RFMF, its Commander, Major General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, and the head of the Navy, Commodore Humphrey Tawake, for their speedy inquiry into the cause of the grounding of RFNS Puamau in Lau last month. They have done what the Coalition government invariably fails to do - face up to their responsibility for a failure and report … [Read more...] about # NEGLIGENCE GROUNDS THE NAVY’S FLAGSHIP
# THE SCENTED, BESPECTACLED QUEEN OF TARTS COPS A DRUBBING (UPDATED)
It's easy when you're a multi-millionaire who fled the United States owing creditors more than $F100-million to lecture the one third of Fijians who live in poverty about the importance of relying on family support. The Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, is already rich beyond the imagination of ordinary people. … [Read more...] about # THE SCENTED, BESPECTACLED QUEEN OF TARTS COPS A DRUBBING (UPDATED)
# AFTER 12 DAYS, IT’S FINALLY BYE BYE JOHNNY!
The illegal Acting DPP, John Rabuku, has finally received a letter from the President dismissing him, bring an end to the farce of having been declared ineligible for the role by three Supreme Court judges the best part of two weeks ago but hunkering down and refusing to go. The Fiji Sun reports exclusively this morning that the President's … [Read more...] about # AFTER 12 DAYS, IT’S FINALLY BYE BYE JOHNNY!
# “NO RETURN TO THE DARK DAYS OF TYRANNY”. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TYRANNY OF THE PRESENT?
The new Attorney General, Graham Leung, is proving to be embarrassingly impotent in his ability to remove the unlawfully-appointed Acting DPP, John Rabuku. Yet he is proving to be just as adept at spin as his predecessor during the FijiFirst years, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Graham Leung isn't an elected politician. He has been appointed from outside … [Read more...] about # “NO RETURN TO THE DARK DAYS OF TYRANNY”. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TYRANNY OF THE PRESENT?
# IMRANA WEEPS FOR THE RULE OF LAW. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF IT? (UPDATED)
The lawyer, women's rights advocate and Asian Development Bank staffer, Imrana Jalal, says she "weeps for the rule of law in Fiji" as the Acting DPP, John Rabuku, continues to defy calls for his resignation after three Supreme Court judges found that he is "ineligible" to hold the position because of professional misconduct. It is now nine days … [Read more...] about # IMRANA WEEPS FOR THE RULE OF LAW. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF IT? (UPDATED)