Seven months after he last appeared in the opinion columns of the Fiji Times (aside from an obituary of Barrie Sweetman in December), the paper's lawyer, Richard "I have the means" Naidu, is back singing from the same song sheet as his proprietor, Mahendra "Mac" Patel - the FT's "Chairman Emeritus", the first Fijian criminal never to have served … [Read more...] about # RICHIE RICH IS BACK AGAIN SINGING FOR HIS SUPPER
# THE PRIME MINISTER OF BLING IS “APPALLING”, “DODGY”AND “CORRUPT”: CHAUDHRY (UPDATED SAT AM)
The Fijian media may be underplaying the provenance of Sitiveni Rabuka's $150,000 "plus" gold Rolex watch but the Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, isn't going to let him off the hook and is pressing home the political advantage of having his opponent hopelessly pinned on the ropes. The Prime Minister and his … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER OF BLING IS “APPALLING”, “DODGY”AND “CORRUPT”: CHAUDHRY (UPDATED SAT AM)
# 150,000 PLUS REASONS WHY THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE REFERRED TO FICAC (UPDATED FRI AM)
In a tacit admission of guilt, Sitiveni Rabuka acknowledges that he has been wearing a "$150,000 plus" gold Rolex watch but he "has he right to remain silent" over allegations that he received it from a local businessman (Mahendra "Mac" Patel) and "those making the allegations must prove what they are saying". The old man has well and truly lost … [Read more...] about # 150,000 PLUS REASONS WHY THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE REFERRED TO FICAC (UPDATED FRI AM)
# THE LOSERS SHOW THEIR CONTEMPT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE
Parliament is the supreme authority in any democracy - the place where the elected representatives of the people gather to make the laws that govern our lives and that we are obliged to obey for the common good. Yet what happens when certain of those elected representatives don't get what they want because they can't persuade their fellow MPs to … [Read more...] about # THE LOSERS SHOW THEIR CONTEMPT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE
# O SOBO! THE MYSTERY OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S GOLD ROLEX DEEPENS
We can be certain that Sitiveni Rabuka is having the day from hell, first licking his wounds over the humiliation of the Coalition's Bill to change the Constitution being defeated in Parliament last night and now fresh questions about the gold Rolex watch that he has been flashing on his wrist. The saga of the watch has now gone regional (and … [Read more...] about # O SOBO! THE MYSTERY OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S GOLD ROLEX DEEPENS
# COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN. RINESH SHARMA TORPEDOS THE BILL TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION (UPDATED 0800 WED)
An obscure Opposition backbencher has shot to national prominence by destroying the Coalition's hopes of changing the Constitution for the foreseeable future by switching his "yes" vote at the first reading of the parliamentary bill to "no' at the second reading and producing a humiliating defeat. Whether Rinesh Sharma's change of heart was … [Read more...] about # COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN. RINESH SHARMA TORPEDOS THE BILL TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION (UPDATED 0800 WED)