Grubsheet has returned from holiday and is catching up on events while we were away. And one of the stories that struck us most was the Chinese Ambassador's gross lack of respect for the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, when they shared a platform together and the Ambassador used the occasion to address the recent Australian media reports citing … [Read more...] about # AN ACT OF CONTEMPT FOR FIJIAN SOVEREIGNTY (UPDATED)
# WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, GET WET
Few things demonstrate the growing impotence and senility of the Prime Minister more starkly than his attempt to make political capital out of dispensing with his umbrella in the rain when the rest of the country is desperate to stay dry or get water out of the taps. Sitiveni Rabuka thinks we are all going to cobo and cry "vinaka" at the sight … [Read more...] about # WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, GET WET
# HE DOESN’T GET TO CLOSE ANYTHING
Sitiveni Rabuka lives in a parallel universe in which he thinks he can conduct himself in a manner contrary to political and community norms and get away with it without having to face the judgment of the people. The Prime Minister has defied his own party by retaining Lynda Tabuya as Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection when a … [Read more...] about # HE DOESN’T GET TO CLOSE ANYTHING
# JUDGE FOR YOURSELF, FIJI
All eyes are now on the High Court appeal next Wednesday brought by the Acting DPP, John Rabuku, against the sentencing by Resident Magistrate Seini Puamau of Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho. The speed with which the appeal date has been set has shocked much of the country, coming as it will less than a week after Seini Puamau gave Frank … [Read more...] about # JUDGE FOR YOURSELF, FIJI
# THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURN WITH UNSEEMLY HASTE
There is something deeply unsettling about the news on the front page of Good Friday's Fiji Times that the state is moving so quickly to try to crucify Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho after the "screams of joy" and tears of relief that accompanied the lenient sentences they received yesterday from Magistrate Seini Puamau. Soon after the … [Read more...] about # THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURN WITH UNSEEMLY HASTE
# THE GENUINE DISGRACE IS THE ASSISTANT DPP
The sooner Christopher Pryde is reinstated as DPP and Elizabeth Rice is reinstated as his assistant the better off Fiji will be given the extraordinary conduct of the "white" Rice's replacement at today's sentencing of Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho. Laisani Tabuakoro is way out of line with her belligerent conduct and unrestrained and … [Read more...] about # THE GENUINE DISGRACE IS THE ASSISTANT DPP