Ever keen to pass the buck for any setback, the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, blames poor advice rather than telling a deliberate lie for the debacle in which he misled the nation by saying the parliamentary emoluments decision could be revisited when it has already been gazetted and become law. He doesn’t say where the bad advice came from. … [Read more...] about # THE NEPOTISM MAKING THE COALITION CRISIS WORSE
# WELL LOOK WHO’S BACK (UPDATED)
Richard "I have the means" Naidu says we need to keep the parliamentary emoluments scandal in perspective. For the first time in many months, the Chair of the government's Fiscal Review Committee deigns to give us his perspective in Saturday's Fiji Times. We've got "the rule of law now"? You mean the illegal appointments of a judge and … [Read more...] about # WELL LOOK WHO’S BACK (UPDATED)
# THE QUEEN OF TARTS. LIES AND GROSS HYPOCRISY
For the first time today, a Fijian mainstream media outlet - the Fiji Sun - makes reference to something that Grubsheet has long reported - the "drug-fuelled sex encounter" between Lynda Tabuya and Aseri Radrodro in Room 233 of the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne last August. (See previous posting) Despite a People's Alliance disciplinary committee … [Read more...] about # THE QUEEN OF TARTS. LIES AND GROSS HYPOCRISY
# “UNFIT TO LEAD”. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TURNS
Anyone reading today's editorial in the Fiji Sun might be excused for thinking that Grubsheet has taken over the paper. It pronounces Sitiveni Rabuka "no longer fit to run the nation" and lists a series of offences that has led the paper to the conclusion Grubsheet reached a long time ago. For the first time, there is reference to the … [Read more...] about # “UNFIT TO LEAD”. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TURNS
# SEVENTEEN IDIOTS WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
Imagine the scene last night in the homes of the 17 FijiFirst MPs who have been expelled from the parliament for defying a party directive not to vote to enrich themselves with increased salaries and benefits - in the case of Inia Seruiratu, the parliamentary leader, an $80,000 salary hike plus a house. Imagine the tears, the gnashing of teeth, … [Read more...] about # SEVENTEEN IDIOTS WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
