There's an astonishing story doing the rounds in Suva to explain the account by Janet Mason - the Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner - that the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, recommended to the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, that Malimali be suspended before she was … [Read more...] about # BOMBSHELL. WAS THE PRESIDENT MANIPULATED INTO NOT SUSPENDING BARBARA MALIMALI?
# WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THE MUZZLED QUEEN OF TARTS AND HER IDLE THREATS?
It has been almost two weeks since there has been any mention in these columns of the Fallen Woman of the Coalition, Lynda Tabuya, who has vanished into relative obscurity after being constantly in the news for months. The Queen of Tarts and former Minister for Bonking and Weed finally seems to be taking notice of the demands by the management … [Read more...] about # WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THE MUZZLED QUEEN OF TARTS AND HER IDLE THREATS?
# A FISH ROTTING FROM THE HEAD DOWN AND A STENCH THAT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED (UPDATED SUN AM)
More details are emerging of the circumstances of the FICAC Commissioner, Barbara Malimali, being sent on leave instead of being suspended, as requested by the Commission of Inquiry into her appointment. And they raise alarming questions about the integrity of the three people at the apex of the state - the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the … [Read more...] about # A FISH ROTTING FROM THE HEAD DOWN AND A STENCH THAT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED (UPDATED SUN AM)
# HE’S BACK AND HAS SOME SERIOUS EXPLAINING TO DO
When Christopher Pryde goes on leave as DPP to answer the allegations of financial misconduct against him, the Judicial Services Commission appoints an Acting DPP, Nancy Tikoisuva, to assume his powers and he is sidelined. But when Barbara Malimali goes on leave as FICAC Commissioner with her reputation under a cloud, she remains in the job with … [Read more...] about # HE’S BACK AND HAS SOME SERIOUS EXPLAINING TO DO
# BARBARA MALIMALI HAS “VOLUNTARILY TAKEN LEAVE” BUT HAS NOT BEEN SUSPENDED. SO WHAT GAME ARE THESE JOKERS PLAYING?
So the FICAC Commissioner has gone on leave with her full powers intact and a magistrate - a member of the judiciary - has been appointed as Acting Deputy Commissioner in the executive ( the government) in complete defiance of the traditional convention of the separation of powers between the legislature (parliament) the executive (government) and … [Read more...] about # BARBARA MALIMALI HAS “VOLUNTARILY TAKEN LEAVE” BUT HAS NOT BEEN SUSPENDED. SO WHAT GAME ARE THESE JOKERS PLAYING?
# REVEALED: THE KC’S LEGAL ADVICE THAT CONTRADICTS THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND PAVES THE WAY FOR THE SUSPENSION OF BARBARA MALIMALI
Grubsheet has obtained a copy of the advice from the New Zealand King's Counsel, Professor Philip Joseph, requested by the Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner that gives the lie to the claim by the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, that the state doesn't have the legal power to suspend her for firing her … [Read more...] about # REVEALED: THE KC’S LEGAL ADVICE THAT CONTRADICTS THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND PAVES THE WAY FOR THE SUSPENSION OF BARBARA MALIMALI