Can you believe it, Fiji? As the Coalition government wallows in chaos and dysfunction, the man with the supercilious grin has succeeded in putting Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Christopher Pryde back on the front pages of both dailies today, with the ousted AG and the reinstated DPP on the front foot. It is the biggest resurrection for both men since … [Read more...] about # THE GRIN GETS WIPED OFF SIROMI TURAGA’S FACE
# A STUNNING VINDICATION. NOW FOR THE FALLOUT
Christopher Pryde is preparing to return to Suva to resume his position as DPP after the belated release yesterday of the Tribunal Report finding him not guilty of misbehaviour. The report has sent shockwaves waves through the establishment but a great many Fijians have welcomed it as a much-needed reassurance that the rule of law has prevailed in … [Read more...] about # A STUNNING VINDICATION. NOW FOR THE FALLOUT
# CHRISTOPHER PRYDE REINSTATED AS DPP (UPDATED WITH LINK TO TRIBUNAL REPORT)
In sensational news, the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has written to the DPP, Christopher Pryde, telling hm that the allegations of misbehaviour that have seen him suspended for the past 21 months have not been proven and that he is expected back in Suva to resume duty at Gunu House as the nation's Chief Prosecutor. To follow is the … [Read more...] about # CHRISTOPHER PRYDE REINSTATED AS DPP (UPDATED WITH LINK TO TRIBUNAL REPORT)
# THE SECRET INQUIRY WHOSE FINDINGS WE MAY NEVER KNOW (UPDATE: THOUGH WE KNOW WHO’S APPEARING AND WHEN)
Just as we can have no confidence that Christopher Pryde will be reinstated as DPP after he was reportedly exonerated by the Tribunal investigating him for misbehaviour (see previous story), we can have no confidence that we will ever know the results of the current inquiry into the allegedly "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment … [Read more...] about # THE SECRET INQUIRY WHOSE FINDINGS WE MAY NEVER KNOW (UPDATE: THOUGH WE KNOW WHO’S APPEARING AND WHEN)
# 14 DAYS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION AND COUNTING
As the judicial inquiry begins today into the allegedly "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner, it is also precisely two weeks (Dec 23) since the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, received the findings of the judicial inquiry into the allegations of misbehaviour against the DPP, Christopher Pryde. The … [Read more...] about # 14 DAYS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION AND COUNTING
# LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE FIJIAN MEDIA AND WEEP
22 months ago, Stanley Simpson - the doyen of Fijian journalism and Secretary General of the Fiji Media Association - made an astonishing spectacle on what was then Twitter and is now "X" of shedding tears of joy over the abolition of the FijiFirst government's media laws. It was meant to herald in a new era of media freedom and there were … [Read more...] about # LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE FIJIAN MEDIA AND WEEP