Viliame Naupoto has twice sworn on oath on the Bible ( "So Help me God") to "obey, observe, uphold and maintain" the Constitution - first when he was appointed RFMF Commander and then when he left the military to enter parliament as a FijiFirst MP. On both occasions, he rode on the coat-tails of Frank Bainimarama, who appointed Naupoto RFMF … [Read more...] about # THE TRAITOR JOINS FORCES WITH THE SNAKE TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION
# ANOTHER HYPOCRITE WHO THINKS WE’VE FORGOTTEN
The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, sat in the audience for Professor Anthony James Regan's lecture on changing the Constitution at FNU last week taking the occasional note but giving nothing away - his face as inscrutable as a poker player. As speculation rages about what changes the Coalition wants to make to the 2013 Constitution, the Prime … [Read more...] about # ANOTHER HYPOCRITE WHO THINKS WE’VE FORGOTTEN
# SUDDENLY PROFESSOR WHAT’S HIS NAME IS EVERYWHERE
It's always been said in Fiji that the locals will invariably tell you what you want to hear. But the same applies when an outsider tells the locals what they want to hear. So that when an obscure Australian academic constitutional lawyer says the 2013 Constitution must be changed, he is suddenly feted as a national hero by those who want to amend … [Read more...] about # SUDDENLY PROFESSOR WHAT’S HIS NAME IS EVERYWHERE
# FIJI’S MOST DELUDED MAN. AND A PRIZE HYPOCRITE
It was meant to be a celebration of the government’s success – the taxpayer-funded party at the GPH that has again triggered national outrage close on the heels of the public revolt over the massive pay and benefits increases our politicians gave themselves, which had them already branded as greedy pigs. Biman Prasad cuts a forlorn figure in … [Read more...] about # FIJI’S MOST DELUDED MAN. AND A PRIZE HYPOCRITE
# YES, BUT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO WHAT?
You can be sure that the Coalition government is intent on fast- tracking changes to the Constitution when it wheels in a tame academic from Australia to sing from the same song sheet about how the 2013 Constitution was imposed by Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and should be changed. Anthony James Regan - who Grubsheet has never … [Read more...] about # YES, BUT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO WHAT?
# HERE’S TO US. AND UP YOURS, FIJI
What do you do when you've just got $86-million from the taxpayers of Australia to support your budget because you haven't got enough money yourself? You throw a big party at the GPH for all your ministers to celebrate how stupid the Aussies are and rub it into your own people's faces that you are all getting big pay rises from August 1 while … [Read more...] about # HERE’S TO US. AND UP YOURS, FIJI