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So the distinguished New Zealand Kings Counsel, Professor Philip Joseph, has produced his advice on whether the Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, Salesi Temo, is wrong to insist that he doesn't have the power to suspend the FICAC Commissioner, Barbara Malimali. And while the official verdict is being withheld until the … [Read more...] about # ANOTHER WEEK OF INSTABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY COMING UP

Biman Prasad once told Grubsheet in writing that he and Sitiveni Rabuka intended to make Christopher Pryde chief justice. Instead the NFP leader remained silent while Rabuka appointed Salesi Temo to the apex of the judiciary and has enabled Temo's full-blown assault on the rule of law in Fiji. It is entirely typical of Baimaan Prasad's constant … [Read more...] about # WHERE’S THE DPP’S MONEY THE PRESIDENT PROMISED, BIMAN? (UPDATED MON AM)

Christopher Pryde has issued a formal statement to the media in which he makes some astonishing revelations about the circumstances in which the Judicial Services Commission has sidelined him and reappointed Nancy Tikoisuva as Acting DPP. 1/ He reveals that Nancy Tikoisuva has filed a number of fresh allegations against him on top of those she … [Read more...] about # BOMBSHELL. THE DPP BREAKS HIS SILENCE (UPDATED SATURDAY AM)

The Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, is already having a bad day - waking to find himself splashed all over today's Fiji Sun accused of presiding over dysfunction and incompetence as head of the Judicial Services Commission. The JSC is slammed by the Opposition's Jone Usamate and the Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, … [Read more...] about # SALESI TEMO’S BLACK FRIDAY

The party resumes at the ODPP, where a month after being exonerated and reinstated, Christopher Pryde is again sidelined and Nancy Tikoisuva is back in charge of the bottles. So, Fiji. We have more trumped up charges against the DPP on top of the refusal to suspend Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner for being in obvious contempt of the … [Read more...] about # WELCOME TO FIJI. WHERE A JUDICIAL RULING AND PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE ARE WORTHLESS (UPDATED)

It is easily one of the most bizarre spectacles in Fijian political history - the Co-Chair of the Coalition government's Task Force on Pornography, Lynda Tabuya, making a pornographic video herself and then claiming to be "crucified" when it goes public because either the person who took it leaked it or someone close to her did. But certainly not … [Read more...] about # WHEN THE ONLY THING BEING CRUCIFIED IS THE TRUTH