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Today, we're publishing the affidavit of the suspended Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, on behalf of himself and the ousted prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, in the High Court action they are mounting seeking the recusal of the Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, from hearing the appeal of the ODPP against the sentences passed on them by … [Read more...] about # WHY BAINIMARAMA AND QILIHO WANT JUSTICE TEMO TO STAND ASIDE

In a major development, lawyers for Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho have filed an action in the High Court seeking to have the Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, recuse himself on the grounds of alleged conflict of interest and bias from hearing the ODPP's appeal against their sentencing next month. They are also seeking a stay on the … [Read more...] about # BREAKING NEWS…BAINIMARAMA AND QILIHO FIGHT BACK

There is a great deal of confusion about the options open to change the government or bring on a fresh election arising from SODELPA'S challenge to the authority of the Prime Minister. Part of this lies with the 2013 Constitution itself - which has separate sections on no confidence motions and the calling of an early election that really ought … [Read more...] about # AN EARLY ELECTION. THE PRECISE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION

Today's Fiji Sun describes it as worst case scenarios - the Prime Minister speculating on what might happen if SODELPA wants to enforce its demand that he reinstate the new SODELPA leader, Aseri Radrodro, as Education Minister by withdrawing its support for the Coalition. What he outlines are, in fact, best case scenarios because the current … [Read more...] about # BEST CASE SCENARIO? A FRESH ELECTION

Remember Grubsheet reporting that the true number of people leaving Fiji over the past two years was closer to 80,000 than the 50,000 the Ministry of Finance - the horse's mouth - was reporting? Well, finally that's been confirmed by the horse himself - Baimann Prasad, the NFP leader and Finance Minister, with whom much of the blame lies for the … [Read more...] about # THE BETRAYER FINALLY COMES CLEAN ABOUT THE MASS EXODUS FROM FIJI

Today's Fiji Sun confirms what many suspected - that the Qaranivalu - Naitasiri High Chief, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata - is the hand in the glove of the new SODELPA leader, Aseri Radrodro, in his attempt to be restored to the Education Ministry and reassert SODELPA control over the Coalition government. With the deadline having now passed for the … [Read more...] about # THE MURDEROUS HIGH CHIEF HOLDING THE NATION TO RANSOM