We're giving Fiji's 55 members of parliament the opportunity here to declare whether they have cheated those who put them there - the nation's voters - by claiming per diem expenses for travel when it has already been paid for by their hosts. Grubsheet will soon be revealing widespread abuse of the law that prevents MPs from double-dipping. And … [Read more...] about # ATTENTION ALL MPs. HANDS UP THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER DOUBLE DIPPED ON THEIR EXPENSES
# ANOTHER COALITION DEBACLE. PROFESSOR WADAN NARSEY GOES ROGUE AND UNILATERALLY RELEASES THE ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
The government has lurched into a fresh crisis, with Professor Wadan Narsey losing patience with the four-month delay in releasing the Electoral Law Reform Commission recommendations for changing the electoral system and taking it upon himself to do so. The Commission's Report was presented to the government back in July but has been sitting on … [Read more...] about # ANOTHER COALITION DEBACLE. PROFESSOR WADAN NARSEY GOES ROGUE AND UNILATERALLY RELEASES THE ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
# JUDGMENT DAY APPROACHES. IN THE CORRUPTION COURT AND THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
The NFP leader, Biman Prasad, along with his family and supporters, try to put on a brave face as he appears in court in Suva - the once powerful deputy prime minister and minister of finance now sidelined, relegated to the backbench of parliament and facing a lengthy trial. Why is his lawyer, Richard Naidu, looking so anxious? Because the … [Read more...] about # JUDGMENT DAY APPROACHES. IN THE CORRUPTION COURT AND THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
# COMMONMAN ON THE DIGITAL VANUA AND 21ST CENTURY “SOLESOLEVAKI” (UPDATED SUNDAY PM)
GD writes: In the space of a month, CommonMan - our weekly voice from the grassroots in the vanua - is already making an impact on the national debate. And this week, he dedicates his column to the increasing power of the Internet in iTaukei society. It includes a remarkable event that has gone unnoticed in the mainstream media - how the … [Read more...] about # COMMONMAN ON THE DIGITAL VANUA AND 21ST CENTURY “SOLESOLEVAKI” (UPDATED SUNDAY PM)
# WHEN THE CROCODILES IN THE POND TURN THE HUNTER INTO PREY (UPDATED SATURDAY AM)
We are precisely four weeks out from the High Court hearing on the application by some of those adversely named in the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair for a judicial review to overturn its findings. And shocking evidence is emerging that the corrupt Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has engineered a series of moves to turn … [Read more...] about # WHEN THE CROCODILES IN THE POND TURN THE HUNTER INTO PREY (UPDATED SATURDAY AM)
# COMING SOON. IS JUSTICE DAVID ASHTON-LEWIS FACING ARREST ON ARRIVAL IN FIJI FOR THE COI JUDICIAL REVIEW HEARING?
The integrity of the judicial system in Fiji hangs in the balance as the corrupt Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, turns the tables on the Supreme Court Judge who has accused him of perjury and perverting the course of justice and is pressing for Justice Ashton-Lewis to be charged with fraud. The shocking saga of how the Prime Minister, Sitiveni … [Read more...] about # COMING SOON. IS JUSTICE DAVID ASHTON-LEWIS FACING ARREST ON ARRIVAL IN FIJI FOR THE COI JUDICIAL REVIEW HEARING?