Fiji's international reputation and its ability to attract foreign investment and workers has taken a huge hit with the Coalition's treatment of the DPP, Christopher Pryde, who gives a "gloves off" interview to Radio New Zealand almost a week after the conclusion of the judicial Tribunal hearing into the allegations of misbehaviour against him that … [Read more...] about # ON THE WARPATH. THE DPP SAYS THE OUTCOME OF HIS TRIAL IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION
# BYE-BYE BARBIE. A DEAD WOMAN WALKING
The ongoing upheavals in the criminal justice system simply cannot continue if the Coalition is to have any chance of retaining public confidence in the rule of law, let alone of winning the 2026 election. And that means replacing Barbara Malimali, the one-woman stumbling disaster at FICAC, as well as the "guilty of professional misconduct" … [Read more...] about # BYE-BYE BARBIE. A DEAD WOMAN WALKING
# THE FACE OF A SHOCKING COLLAPSE OF GOVERNANCE
The antics of the FICAC Commissioner, Barbara Malimali, go from bad to worse as she breaks every single convention expected of those in high office and of someone currently under judicial investigation. The record shows that whatever emerges about the "rotten" circumstances of her appointment - the Prime Minister's description, not mine - Barbara … [Read more...] about # THE FACE OF A SHOCKING COLLAPSE OF GOVERNANCE
# REALITY CHECK. THE CONSTITUTION WILL NOT BE CHANGED ANY TIME SOON
The Attorney General, Graham Leung, reaches for the Bible for inspiration to tell the nation through both dailies today that it will be easier to fit a camel through the eye of a needle than to change the 2013 Constitution. The AG goes on to say that constitutional change is still on the "front burner" for the Coalition government. But he is … [Read more...] about # REALITY CHECK. THE CONSTITUTION WILL NOT BE CHANGED ANY TIME SOON
# WANT TO KNOW WHY STANDARDS OF PUBLIC CONDUCT HAVE COLLAPSED? IT STARTS AT THE TOP. (UPDATED TUES AM)
The Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has compounded the outrage of his false allegation of stealing against the DPP, Christopher Pryde, with an astonishing speech in which he defends the notion of convicted criminals becoming lawyers. The following is what Temo told the legal profession in remarks at the annual Attorney General's Conference … [Read more...] about # WANT TO KNOW WHY STANDARDS OF PUBLIC CONDUCT HAVE COLLAPSED? IT STARTS AT THE TOP. (UPDATED TUES AM)
# EXPOSED. THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE’S LIE ABOUT THE DPP “STEALING”.
Of all the long line of witnesses at the Tribunal hearing the allegations of misbehaviour against the DPP, Christopher Pryde - from Pryde's driver to Charan Jeath Singh - the most important came late in the proceedings on Friday in the form of the Permanent Secretary for Finance, Shiri Gounder. Because in testimony that has largely gone under the … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED. THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE’S LIE ABOUT THE DPP “STEALING”.