Further to our previous story last night, the Opposition has since issued a strong statement calling for the removal of the Chief Justice and accusing the Prime Minister and the President of failing in their duty to do so. The statement has added potency because it is being given headline treatment today by both the Fiji Times and the Fiji Sun, … [Read more...] about # THE ENTIRE OPPOSITION (AMPLIFIED BY BOTH NEWSPAPERS) JOINS THE CLAMOUR FOR SALESI TEMO’S SUSPENSION AS CHIEF JUSTICE
# “SUSPEND TEMO!” THE CLAMOUR BUILDS AND THE PRESSURE ON THE PRIME MINISTER INTENSIFIES
Two sitting politicians - Jone Usamate and Ketan Lal - have joined the Unity Party's Savenaca Narube in calling on the Prime Minister and President to suspend the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, over the allegations of criminal conduct made against him by the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair. The three join the two … [Read more...] about # “SUSPEND TEMO!” THE CLAMOUR BUILDS AND THE PRESSURE ON THE PRIME MINISTER INTENSIFIES
# A GOVERNMENT DYSFUNCTIONAL AND IN A STATE OF PANIC (WHEN IT’S AWAKE)
The sight of the Prime Minister asleep at a "Friends of Zion" function in Jerusalem before he flew to the United Nations for the next stage of his latest overseas odyssey pretty much sums up the state of the Coalition government. It is sleep walking through a minefield of its own making, triggering one crisis after another, has lost control of … [Read more...] about # A GOVERNMENT DYSFUNCTIONAL AND IN A STATE OF PANIC (WHEN IT’S AWAKE)
# UNITY’S SAVENACA NARUBE FACES DOWN THE BULLY BOYS, SALESI TEMO AND ISIRELI FA
It is a shocking reflection of the state of the judiciary in Fiji that the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has hired a private lawyer to threaten the nation's politicians into silence over the criminal accusations against him by the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair. At the same time, it is an encouraging sign of the state … [Read more...] about # UNITY’S SAVENACA NARUBE FACES DOWN THE BULLY BOYS, SALESI TEMO AND ISIRELI FA
# THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE TRIGGERS A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS TO SAVE HIS JOB (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
One individual - Salesi Temo - masquerading as the Judicial Services Commission as a whole - is using a private law firm of dubious repute to seek a judicial review of the findings of the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair. In truth, they are the findings against Temo himself - that he allegedly committed perjury and … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPT CHIEF JUSTICE TRIGGERS A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS TO SAVE HIS JOB (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
# BIBI AND LYNDA. THE ALLEGED WAR CRIMINAL AND FIJI’S ROVING INTERNATIONAL TART (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
We predicted that Lynda Tabuya would push herself to the forefront of the Prime Minister's visit to Israel and use it as a self-promotion tool but even Grubsheet is shocked by the conduct of the brazen hussy in appearing to put her arm around the Israeli leader, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. She is the Information Minister, for God's sake. The … [Read more...] about # BIBI AND LYNDA. THE ALLEGED WAR CRIMINAL AND FIJI’S ROVING INTERNATIONAL TART (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)