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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

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

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)

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)

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?

With two of the three deputy prime ministers sidelined after having been charged with serious criminal offences and awaiting trial, we now have an Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Sitiveni Rabuka in Japan who has had multiple findings against him for professional misconduct. Yes, folks, the Prime Minister's nephew, Filimoni Vosarogo - the … [Read more...] about # ONLY IN FIJI, EH? THE MAN WHO CAN’T BE ATTORNEY GENERAL DUE TO MISCONDUCT IS NOW ACTING PRIME MINISTER