It is now more than a week since the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, received two copies of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report into the "rotten circumstances" of the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner - one the full report with legally-sensitive content and two, a redacted version for immediate public … [Read more...] about # THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY URGES “MORE TIME” FOR THE PM TO DO THE RIGHT THING OR FACE THE PEOPLE’S WRATH
# MAHENDRA CHAUDHRY FINGERS BIMAN PRASAD AS HE ALLEGES “SINISTER COLLUSION” IN RELATION TO FICAC
The Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, has renewed his call for the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, to release the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner, saying its findings uncover "sinister collusion between officials high up in the executive, the … [Read more...] about # MAHENDRA CHAUDHRY FINGERS BIMAN PRASAD AS HE ALLEGES “SINISTER COLLUSION” IN RELATION TO FICAC
# UNDER INTENSE POLITICAL PRESSURE, SITIVENI RABUKA APPEARS TO BOW TO THE INEVITABLE (UPDATED SUN AM)
The Prime Minister has given his strongest indication yet that he will authorise the release of the findings of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the "rotten circumstances" of the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner. His constant toing and froing and changes of mind on his public positions across the board means that … [Read more...] about # UNDER INTENSE POLITICAL PRESSURE, SITIVENI RABUKA APPEARS TO BOW TO THE INEVITABLE (UPDATED SUN AM)
# WHAT THE JUDGE HAS FOUND. THE PRESSURE MOUNTS (UPDATED SAT AM)
One man and one man alone has the power to decide whether to release the reportedly explosive Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry report on the "rotten circumstances" of the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commisioner - the man who commissioned it in the first place, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Wild rumours are circulating of … [Read more...] about # WHAT THE JUDGE HAS FOUND. THE PRESSURE MOUNTS (UPDATED SAT AM)
# DECISION TIME ON THE ASHTON-LEWIS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT
The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, is grappling with one of the toughest decisions of his political career - whether to publicly release the findings of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the "rotten circumstances" of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner or bury it in the certain knowledge that it will eventually be … [Read more...] about # DECISION TIME ON THE ASHTON-LEWIS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT
# CAN FIJI’S OBI WAN KENOBI SAVE US FROM A CORRUPT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT THREATENS THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF?
Suva is abuzz with rumours about the imminent release of the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry report into the "rotten" circumstances surrounding the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner, with some reports saying it could come as early as tomorrow (Friday). Yet such is the confusion about whether the Prime Minister, Sitiveni … [Read more...] about # CAN FIJI’S OBI WAN KENOBI SAVE US FROM A CORRUPT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT THREATENS THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF?