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Mahendra Chaudhry once again demonstrates that he is far from a spent force in politics and will be the man to watch next year with his withering condemnation of the government's 17-member mission to Israel for the opening of Fiji's new embassy in Jerusalem. (see below) Chaudhry is a master strategist, beginning his assault with the leaking of … [Read more...] about # THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER OUTSIDE THE PARLIAMENT SINKS THE KNIFE INTO THE COALITION’S ISRAELI JUNKET

It is a total disgrace that Fiji is sending no less than 17 officials - none of them Indo-Fijian - to Israel for the opening of the nation's new embassy in Jerusalem. Even if Israel is picking up the tab for this extravaganza - and it better be - it is the worst possible look when most other countries with any conscience are giving Israel a wide … [Read more...] about # A GLOBAL OBSCENITY. WHILE ISRAEL IS ACCUSED OF GENOCIDE* IN GAZA, THE FIJIAN LEADERSHIP LIVES HIGH ON THE HOG OF ISRAELI HOSPITALITY

We shall not be seeing Charlie Charters - the bête noire of the Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair - back in Fiji anytime soon. Because he now faces the prospect of a two year jail sentence for insulting the Commissioner, Justice David Ashton-Lewis, and the Counsel Assisting the COI, Janet Mason. This is what Section … [Read more...] about # POOR CHARLIE. A CLASSIC CASE OF OVERREACH (UPDATED THURSDAY AM)

Trying to decipher what is going on in the Coalition in Fiji is a bit like trying to decipher what was going on in the Kremlin during the Soviet era - a combination of getting small bits of information and piecing them together like a jigsaw puzzle to try to produce a complete picture or sometimes simple guesswork. Take this cryptic FBC News … [Read more...] about # SOMETHING BIG IS BREWING. BUT WHAT? (UPDATED WED AM WITH THE PM SAYING THE COI FINDINGS STAND)

"Trust me to ensure that the interests of all citizens are protected", says the Snake. Yeah, sure. Just like you protected them in 1987 and most recently when you allowed your supporters to call non-indigenous citizens "vulagi" - visitors in their country. Sitiveni Rabuka doesn't like the Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra … [Read more...] about # PROTECTING THE “VULAGI”. WHO THE HELL IS THE PRIME MINISTER TRYING TO KID?

Grubsheet and Fijileaks are irritants that the Coalition largely ignores. But when two bright, young iTaukei who are clearly budding intellectuals pen a devastating portrait of a government wallowing in dysfunction, it's another matter altogether. It is sit-up time. This is a cancer that could easily metastasize and swamp the body politic as a … [Read more...] about # OUCH. AN OBSCURE ARTICLE ON PAGE 49 STRIKES A RAW NERVE WITH THE NEW MINISTER FOR BULLSH*T, BONKING AND WEED