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Grubsheet readers have a front row seat to aspects of the biggest showdown in recent Fijian judicial history - the request by Justice David Ashton-Lewis for the suspension of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner and the refusal by the Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, Salesi Temo, to do so. As we reported this … [Read more...] about # REVEALED. PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS IN THE BARBARA-GATE SCANDAL

We now have a stand-off in the judiciary as the Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, Salesi Temo, digs in to refuse the request by Justice David Ashton-Lewis of the Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner to suspend Malimali after she fired one of his witnesses. Salesi Temo says … [Read more...] about # THE CORRUPTION AT THE HEART OF THE STATE

Not content with lying his way into power, presiding over a chaotic and dysfunctional government that is chronically unable to provide basic services and is mounting a full-blown assault on the integrity of the nation's institutions of state, Sitiveni Rabuka adds insult to injury by saying that he is personally "suffering" because of the 1987 coups … [Read more...] about # HEY FIJI. LOOK WHO’S “SUFFERING” BECAUSE OF THE 1987 COUPS

Highly disturbing reports are reaching Grubsheet that the Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, Salesi Temo, is telling associates that he intends to prevent the reinstated DPP Christopher Pryde's scheduled return to Gunu House on Monday at all costs. These reports are from credible sources and cannot be ignored. And one … [Read more...] about # IS THE CHIEF JUSTICE SETTING A TRAP FOR THE DPP?

Just as it took him two weeks to decide whether to uphold the Pryde Tribunal ruling that the DPP be reinstated, the Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, Salesi Temo, is stalling on agreeing to the request by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry to suspend the FICAC Commissioner, Barbara Malimali. The issues couldn't be … [Read more...] about # THE MALIMALI SUSPENSION REQUEST. HIS LORDSHIP AGAIN DRAGS HIS FEET

The Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner has requested her immediate suspension after she fired her chief investigator over evidence he gave in four days of questioning at the Commission. The COI has also reported Barbara Malimali to the police for alleged breaches of the Crimes Act. … [Read more...] about # THE SIREN OF TUVALU HITS THE ROCKS