Sa dina, Wise. And the sickest joke of the week was the spectacle of the Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, hobnobbing at the GCC with the Qaranivalu - the high chief of Naitasiri, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata - who he recently freed from prison after the Qaranivalu served a 13 year sentence for instigating the mutiny in the RFMF in 2000. Siromi Turaga … [Read more...] about # WISE BY NAME, WISE BY NATURE
# UNREPRESENTATIVE SWILL?
The former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, once triggered a furore when he described the upper house of the Australian parliament - the Senate - as "unrepresentative swill". He was suggesting that unlike members of the lower house - the House of Representatives - senators chosen from party lists weren't as representative of the people as … [Read more...] about # UNREPRESENTATIVE SWILL?
# THE COALITION GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT ON THE CONSTITUTION. (UPDATED)
So it’s on. The Coalition is going to the Supreme Court to interpret the provision of the 2013 Constitution relating to appointments it has made that the Constitution declares unlawful . Cabinet is using Section 91 (5) that says: “Cabinet may seek an opinion from the Supreme Court concerning the interpretation or application of this … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT ON THE CONSTITUTION. (UPDATED)
# A PRIME MINISTER WHO THINKS FIJIANS ARE IDIOTS
The thing about Sitiveni Rabuka and those around him is that they are not very bright and assume that everyone else is the same. There is frankly no other way to explain the astonishing contents of the speech the Prime Minister delivered yesterday to the Great Council of Chiefs. The Fiji Times headlines Sitiveni Rabuka as having told the chiefs … [Read more...] about # A PRIME MINISTER WHO THINKS FIJIANS ARE IDIOTS
# THE CHIEFS CHOOSE A MILITARY MAN TO LEAD THEM
Right out of left field, the GCC has appointed the former military officer, Ratu Viliame Seruvakula, to lead the re-instituted Great Council, bypassing the high chiefs of the confederacies who had also put their names forward. Ro Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu of Bau, and Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui … [Read more...] about # THE CHIEFS CHOOSE A MILITARY MAN TO LEAD THEM
# THE COALITION’S MISGUIDED SENSE OF PRIORITIES
As the Great Council of Chiefs begins its two day meeting to elect a chair and begin the formal process of advising the government, Grubsheet is struck by the woeful lack of judgment of the Coalition in establishing its priorities. 14 months after it took office, it is still showing a chronic lack of ability to deliver tangible outcomes to improve … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION’S MISGUIDED SENSE OF PRIORITIES