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
# THE COALITION’S LATEST OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY. GOVERNMENT FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
Fiji is already a beggar nation dependent on foreign assistance - especially from Australia - to meet its growing budget shortfall. Yet if the Coalition gets its way, we are also on the path to being a whore nation that can be bought by wealthy foreigners funding our political parties. Changes planned to the Political Parties Act would lift the … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION’S LATEST OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY. GOVERNMENT FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
# THE NFP’S ONLY CHANCE TO AVOID OBLIVION. VOTE DOWN ANY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT DISADVANTAGES THE MINORITIES
Behind the current desperate attempt in the courts by lawyer Richard Naidu to derail FICAC's prosecution of Biman Prasad is the sure knowledge that both of them face an existential threat if the NFP leader is convicted. Why? Because if Biman Prasad goes down, his political career is over. And if Biman's political career is over, Richard Naidu … [Read more...] about # THE NFP’S ONLY CHANCE TO AVOID OBLIVION. VOTE DOWN ANY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT DISADVANTAGES THE MINORITIES
# STUNG BY CRITICISM OF HIS INACTION ON THE CRC REPORT, INIA SERUIRATU DEFENDS HIMSELF BUT NOT THE SECULAR STATE
The official Opposition leader and leader of People First, Inia Seruiratu, is clearly sensitive about Grubsheet's criticism of him in our article in which we questioned why he hadn't joined Savenaca Narube, Premila Kumar and Mahendra Chaudhry in their strong statements criticising the government's handling of the review of the 2013 … [Read more...] about # STUNG BY CRITICISM OF HIS INACTION ON THE CRC REPORT, INIA SERUIRATU DEFENDS HIMSELF BUT NOT THE SECULAR STATE
# KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. BECAUSE AT LEAST THE ITAUKEI ARE NOW FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND NOT THE REST OF US
Why would the Prime Minister call for calm while refusing to rule out the abolition of the secular state that would establish the primacy of Christianity and marginalise other religions? It isn't as if Hindus and Muslims have taken to the streets to demand the right to equal treatment by the state - something they have enjoyed for a decade - but … [Read more...] about # KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. BECAUSE AT LEAST THE ITAUKEI ARE NOW FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND NOT THE REST OF US