Whatever the precise reasons that have prompted the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, to seize control of the Fiji National University from his Education Minister, Aseri Radrodro, it has given the new People First Party of former Frank Bainimarama loyalists a gold-plated issue to run with on the same day it was formally registered. The election … [Read more...] about # PEOPLE FIRST COMES OUT FIGHTING AS THE NEW PARTY OF FORMER FIJIFIRST MPS IS GIFTED THE “FAMILY FIRST” SHENANIGANS AT FNU
# FAMILYFIRST: THE PM REMOVES THE FNU FROM ASERI RADRODRO’S CONTROL REPORTEDLY BECAUSE HE TRIED TO SACK HIS DAUGHTER (UPDATED TWICE)
Vijay Narayan calls it a shocking move - the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, seizing control of the Fiji National University from his Education Minister, Aseri Radrodro, in a manner that breaches all convention and has plunged the Coalition into yet another crisis. Yet more shocking are reports of what has evidently triggered the move - that … [Read more...] about # FAMILYFIRST: THE PM REMOVES THE FNU FROM ASERI RADRODRO’S CONTROL REPORTEDLY BECAUSE HE TRIED TO SACK HIS DAUGHTER (UPDATED TWICE)
# WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE ACTING DPP AND THE FIJI LAW SOCIETY PRESIDENT DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW AS THEY TRY TO CRUSH THE COI (UPDATED SUNDAY PM)
While desperate attempts are being made behind the scenes to throttle the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair, the forces trying to manipulate the course of justice to spare the likes of Barbara Malimali herself and senior politicians Manoa Kamikamica and Biman Prasad are finally meeting a degree of resistance. It isn't … [Read more...] about # WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE ACTING DPP AND THE FIJI LAW SOCIETY PRESIDENT DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW AS THEY TRY TO CRUSH THE COI (UPDATED SUNDAY PM)
# THE WORKPLACE ETHNIC CLEANSING UNDER THE COALITION CONTINUES APACE
After 14 years as a permanent secretary across two governments, Shaheen Ali has been removed and been replaced by an iTaukei as the government steps up its purge of the minorities from the civil service and offices of state. There is no question about Ali's competence. Indeed I know from personal experience that he was one of the stars of the … [Read more...] about # THE WORKPLACE ETHNIC CLEANSING UNDER THE COALITION CONTINUES APACE
# DOES “MANAGING” THE DRUGS CRISIS JUSTIFY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETING AN ALLEGED “MR BIG” OF THE DRUG TRADE?
The Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu, has some serious explaining to do over the revelation that he has had meetings with Zhao Fugang, the self-confessed Chinese Communist Party agent and owner of Suva's Yue Lai Restaurant, who has been identified by intelligence agencies as an alleged key figure in the regional drug trade. Tudravu has … [Read more...] about # DOES “MANAGING” THE DRUGS CRISIS JUSTIFY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETING AN ALLEGED “MR BIG” OF THE DRUG TRADE?
# A MAJOR SCANDAL BREWS AS THE ODPP REFUSES TO ACTION POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE COI (UPDATED MON AM)
Why is the Acting DPP, Nancy Tikoisuva, sitting on 12 files containing recommendations from the police about who should be charged and tried arising from the revelations unmasked by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair? It is inconceivable that none of the dozen police "dockets" meets the traditional standard of a … [Read more...] about # A MAJOR SCANDAL BREWS AS THE ODPP REFUSES TO ACTION POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE COI (UPDATED MON AM)