We will soon know now that Shailendra Raju has made good on his Facebook undertaking to hand an explosive recording he says is in his possession to the Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa.* The disillusioned former People's Alliance stalwart and social media warrior has caused a minor sensation with the following posting that threatens to … [Read more...] about # WHO IS THE MYSTERY PERSON TRYING TO SECURE DONATIONS WITHOUT RECEIPTS WHO ALSO SAYS SITIVENI RABUKA IS TOO OLD TO BE PM?
# CFL’S IDEA OF PUBLIC SERVICE. “THE TRIBUTE TO OUR OWN RADIO STAR WAS THE BIGGEST SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON’S” (UPDATED WED AM)
Everything that is wrong with the Fijian media and the way it allows itself to be used as a PR tool for powerful vested interests is encapsulated in today's Fiji Sun story on the Coalition gifting $1.7-million of taxpayer funds to Communications Fiji Limited under the guise of "public service" broadcasting. The Sun's Managing Editor, Frederica … [Read more...] about # CFL’S IDEA OF PUBLIC SERVICE. “THE TRIBUTE TO OUR OWN RADIO STAR WAS THE BIGGEST SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON’S” (UPDATED WED AM)
# DIALOGUE FIJI’S NILESH LAL BUSTS THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM MYTH BEING PEDDLED BY RICHARD NAIDU
There is a lot of nonsense being spread about the failings of Fiji's electoral system, just as there is a lot of nonsense being spread about the failings of the 2013 Constitution. And by people who should know better, such as the lawyer and NFP stalwart, Richard Naidu. The (now very) occasional Fiji Times columnist has attracted the ire of … [Read more...] about # DIALOGUE FIJI’S NILESH LAL BUSTS THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM MYTH BEING PEDDLED BY RICHARD NAIDU
# ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF GENUINE MEDIA FREEDOM. THE COALITION BUYS OFF CFL-FIJI VILLAGE
There is genuine media freedom in any democracy in which a vibrant, independent media fulfils its duty to the public to hold elected governments to account. And there is the bullshit version of "media freedom" in Fiji, in which the Coalition government uses taxpayer funds to buy off commercial, non-government media outlets to secure their support. … [Read more...] about # ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF GENUINE MEDIA FREEDOM. THE COALITION BUYS OFF CFL-FIJI VILLAGE
# SO ARE WE RETURNING TO RACE-BASED VOTING OR AREN’T WE? PRIME MINISTER, THE MINORITIES DESERVE TO KNOW
Poor Dan Fatiaki. The former chief justice spent years in the judicial and political wilderness until the Coalition recently appointed him Chair of the Electoral Reform Commission to review the nation's electoral laws. His contributions to the national debate thus far have been confined to his prolific letters to the editor of the Fiji Times, … [Read more...] about # SO ARE WE RETURNING TO RACE-BASED VOTING OR AREN’T WE? PRIME MINISTER, THE MINORITIES DESERVE TO KNOW
# THE COALITION. DANGEROUSLY COMPLACENT AND HOPELESSLY NAIVE (UPDATED SATURDAY)
For weeks, even months, the world has known that Donald Trump intended to introduce wide-ranging tariffs to punish America's trading partners for what he depicts as their ripoff of American consumers and their unfair advantage in the global marketplace. The only question has been which countries would be hit hardest and by how much. So it … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION. DANGEROUSLY COMPLACENT AND HOPELESSLY NAIVE (UPDATED SATURDAY)