One thing will be obvious to any Grubsheet reader taking the time to read the full Commission of Inquiry Report into the "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner - the impressive ability of the Judge, Justice David Ashton-Lewis, to cut through the static and get to the core of this saga. Justice Ashton-Lewis … [Read more...] about # CHAPTER FIVE OF THE COI REPORT. JUSTICE ASHTON-LEWIS DETAILS THE EXTRAORDINARY INSIDE STORY OF BARBARA MALIMALI’S APPOINTMENT TO FICAC.
# CHAPTER FOUR OF THE COI REPORT. THE MALIMALI INVESTIGATION
Barbara Malimali's reputation as been shredded by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry, so much so that in any other country, she would not only be barred from ever holding public office again but would lose her practicing certificate as a lawyer. Malimali emerges not only as a shameless law breaker but a thoroughly unpleasant person who … [Read more...] about # CHAPTER FOUR OF THE COI REPORT. THE MALIMALI INVESTIGATION
# THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT IN FULL – CHAPTERS 1-3 OF EIGHT IN INSTALLMENTS OVER THE COMING DAYS
Grubsheet believes the Fijian people deserve access to the entire Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report to make up their own minds free from selective reporting and spin. It simply isn't possible to publish it it one hit so here's the first installment with the rest to follow over the coming days. So that by the end of the week, you can … [Read more...] about # THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT IN FULL – CHAPTERS 1-3 OF EIGHT IN INSTALLMENTS OVER THE COMING DAYS
# THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SALESI TEMO, MUST BE SUSPENDED AS THE FIRST STEP TO REBUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Of all the findings of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Barbara Malimali affair, the most urgent for the state to action is the devastating findings against Salesi Temo, the Chief Justice and Head of the Judicial Services Commission. The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, must go to the President immediately, if he hasn't already … [Read more...] about # THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SALESI TEMO, MUST BE SUSPENDED AS THE FIRST STEP TO REBUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
# “A DAMNING AND SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF INTEGRITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FIJI’S GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS”
The David Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report into the Barbara Malimali affair is a searing indictment of how the Coalition government has degraded Fiji's institutions of state during its two-and-a half years in power. And it simply isn't an option for the scandalous conduct it has exposed to be covered up and for it to be business as usual. … [Read more...] about # “A DAMNING AND SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF INTEGRITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FIJI’S GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS”
# FINALLY, THE DOCUMENT THEY’VE TRIED TO SUPPRESS – THE POSSIBLE OFFENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ASHTON-LEWIS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Grubsheet is today publishing Chapters 7 and 8 of the Commission of Inquiry Report into the circumstances of Barbara Malimali’s appointment as FICAC Commissioner. These have been leaked to me and I strongly believe that publishing them is in the public interest, especially given the attempts to suppress the COI Report. It isn’t the entire … [Read more...] about # FINALLY, THE DOCUMENT THEY’VE TRIED TO SUPPRESS – THE POSSIBLE OFFENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ASHTON-LEWIS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY