There's an unwritten rule in politics just as there is in journalism - politicians and journalists shouldn't sue. Because rectitude isn't the preserve of either, neither enjoy the public's trust, reputations are as easily lost as made and litigation is a lottery in which nothing that happens in a defamation action is guaranteed. We know from … [Read more...] about # BIMAN PRASAD’S MONUMENTAL OWN GOAL THAT WILL HAUNT HIM ALL THROUGH ELECTION YEAR
COMING SOON… COMMONMAN RETURNS AND JOINS THE PILE-ON OF THE PRIME MINISTER, ACCUSING SITIVENI RABUKA OF BEING THE GREAT DIVIDER OF THE ITAUKEI
# “A DOOMED CHAOTIC GOVERNMENT”. A DEVASTATING CRITIQUE OF THE COALITION BY INIA SERUIRATU – LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION AND THE NEW PEOPLE FIRST
As the first month of the year comes to an end, the people of Fiji can now officially declare this Coalition administration what it truly is, a Government of Chaos. From the Prime Minister down, every major decision, policy direction and administrative action of this Government has descended into confusion, controversy, legal dispute and … [Read more...] about # “A DOOMED CHAOTIC GOVERNMENT”. A DEVASTATING CRITIQUE OF THE COALITION BY INIA SERUIRATU – LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION AND THE NEW PEOPLE FIRST
# THE USUAL FIJI-STYLE DELAY. BUT WAS IT REALLY NECESSARY?
Barbara Malimali's judicial review ruling that was due this afternoon has been pushed into next week and will be delivered by Justice Dane Tuiqereqere on Monday. It will now coincide with the verdict by the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, in the case against Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Mohammed Saneem. Justice Tuiqereqere said he was 90 per cent into … [Read more...] about # THE USUAL FIJI-STYLE DELAY. BUT WAS IT REALLY NECESSARY?
# RABUKA’S GREAT BETRAYAL. THE SECRET – NOW NOT SO SECRET – SETTLEMENT WITH THE CHIEF CROCODILE TO CRUSH THE COI (UPDATED 1030 FIJI TIME FRIDAY)
It is extraordinary enough that the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, engaged a private lawyer in the form of Isireli Fa to represent him as he tries to escape the damning finding by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry that he committed perjury and obstructed and perverted the course of justice in the scandalous Malimali affair. Yet it is even more … [Read more...] about # RABUKA’S GREAT BETRAYAL. THE SECRET – NOW NOT SO SECRET – SETTLEMENT WITH THE CHIEF CROCODILE TO CRUSH THE COI (UPDATED 1030 FIJI TIME FRIDAY)
# THE NFP BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS OF PANIC AS BIMAN PRASAD’S CASE IS SET TO DRAG THROUGH ELECTION YEAR (UPDATED)
Four months after the NFP pledged "full and unwavering support" for its leader and sidelined deputy prime minister Biman Prasad over the criminal charges he is facing, that support is starting to waver. The latest developments in the case - that the pretrial conference won't be held until April 20 - have only increased the existing anxiety … [Read more...] about # THE NFP BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS OF PANIC AS BIMAN PRASAD’S CASE IS SET TO DRAG THROUGH ELECTION YEAR (UPDATED)