As Grubsheet predicted, the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornet's nest with the announcement of a parliamentary vote and a referendum that would deliver a new constitution by December 24. The first and most provocative criticism has come not from one of the political parties but from Nilesh Lal - the respected head of Fiji's most influential … [Read more...] about # SITIVENI RABUKA ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STAGE ANOTHER COUP IN A FURIOUS RESPONSE TO HIS PLAN FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION BY CHRISTMAS (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
# SO NOW WE KNOW. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO USE ITS NUMBERS IN THE PARLIAMENT AND THE ITAUKEI MAJORITY TO PUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION BY CHRISTMAS
A year after the Supreme Court ruled that the 2013 Constitution is the valid supreme law in Fiji, that constitution is set to be dumped by Christmas. How? The answer is contained in just three sentences in a government Facebook statement yesterday that much of the mainstream media hasn't yet noticed but is already sending shock waves through … [Read more...] about # SO NOW WE KNOW. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO USE ITS NUMBERS IN THE PARLIAMENT AND THE ITAUKEI MAJORITY TO PUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION BY CHRISTMAS
# FURTHER TO OUR PREVIOUS STORY, FIJI’S HIV CRISIS GOES GENUINELY GLOBAL
Only the Coalition would think it could go to an election with any credibility at all when its response to the escalating incidence of HIV infections in the country has been so woeful. As we reported in our previous article, Parliament is being recalled for a special session next Tuesday yet it isn't about the HIV crisis but to fast-track the … [Read more...] about # FURTHER TO OUR PREVIOUS STORY, FIJI’S HIV CRISIS GOES GENUINELY GLOBAL
# GOD HELP THE ITAUKEI. LITERALLY F**KING OR INJECTING THEMSELVES TOWARDS EXTINCTION
The government has declared a national emergency over the HIV explosion that we are told today now threatens entire iTaukei communities in the vanua. That's right. So many HIV infections, even among babies, that it poses an existential threat to their survival. The government has called a special sitting of the parliament next week. But it's … [Read more...] about # GOD HELP THE ITAUKEI. LITERALLY F**KING OR INJECTING THEMSELVES TOWARDS EXTINCTION
# FIJI IS DRIFTING DANGEROUSLY IN A WORLD SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
The nation has never needed certainty more than it needs it now yet the Prime Minister and his Coalition colleagues are wallowing in indecision and incompetence, so much so that they are keeping us in ignorance of certain things that should, by now, be set in stone. Is it true that Sitiveni Rabuka sent his Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Ifereimi … [Read more...] about # FIJI IS DRIFTING DANGEROUSLY IN A WORLD SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
# THE SHOCK DEATH OF AGNI DEO SINGH ADDS TO THE NFP’S WOES
The grief in Coalition circles at the sudden passing of the Minister for Employment, Agni Deo Singh, is being compounded by the realisation that the law prevents anyone from filling his seat this close to an election. According to Section 64 (3) of the Constitution, it is too late for the NFP to fill the seat with the "next cab off the rank" - … [Read more...] about # THE SHOCK DEATH OF AGNI DEO SINGH ADDS TO THE NFP’S WOES