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
# THE VIRGIN RAPE AND BASHING. A SHOCKING ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE (UPDATED SUNDAY AM)
The charging of a Fijian man with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault puts an end to the pretence that the attacks on members of a visiting Virgin Airlines crew in Martintar on New Year's Eve were being sensationalised by the international media and weren't as serious as they were being depicted. There have been repeated attempts … [Read more...] about # THE VIRGIN RAPE AND BASHING. A SHOCKING ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE (UPDATED SUNDAY AM)
# BARBARA MALIMALI MUST BE STOOD DOWN IMMEDIATELY
There are a number of deeply troubling aspects about the announcement that the Commission of Inquiry into the allegedly "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner begins its hearings on Monday with the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, as the first witness. For a start, the inquiry is being held in secret. No … [Read more...] about # BARBARA MALIMALI MUST BE STOOD DOWN IMMEDIATELY