Long-time readers of Grubsheet will recall that I came under withering attack in the aftermath of the 2022 election for suggesting that elements in the RFMF were extremely unhappy about some of the new government's policies and conduct. I came in for particular criticism for publishing (on my old Facebook page) a series of purported military … [Read more...] about # HAVE THE RUMBLINGS IN THE RFMF BEGUN AGAIN?
# SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. SITIVENI RABUKA’S ROLE IN THE 2000 MUTINY (A DETAILED WEEKEND READ)
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission is one of the Coalition's signature policies as its constituent parties turn their attention to the 2026 elections. Yet few people believe we will ever get to the truth about precisely who was behind the three major upheavals in national life since Independence - the Sitiveni Rabuka-led coups of 1987, the … [Read more...] about # SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. SITIVENI RABUKA’S ROLE IN THE 2000 MUTINY (A DETAILED WEEKEND READ)
# SELF-DELUSION WELL AND TRULY SETS IN (UPDATED SUN AM)
What are we to make of Saturday's address by the Prime Minister to the annual conference of the National Federation Party? One word sums it up: DESPERATION. The NFP leader, Biman Prasad, is desperate to keep Sitiveni Rabuka on side so that the Prime Minister throws him a life-line in any inquiry into the circumstances in which a FICAC charge of … [Read more...] about # SELF-DELUSION WELL AND TRULY SETS IN (UPDATED SUN AM)
# BARBARA-GATE. RIDING IT OUT ISN’T AN OPTION
To its credit, the Fiji Sun rips into the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, in its Saturday editorial, accusing him of dragging his heels in fulfilling his promise to conduct an official inquiry into what Rabuka himself has described as the "rotten" process associated with the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner. Clearly, the … [Read more...] about # BARBARA-GATE. RIDING IT OUT ISN’T AN OPTION
# NO HEALING WITHOUT JUSTICE AND PROPER CONDUCT
The former prime minister and Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, nails it when he suggests the "nation is in denial" about a "government rocked by scams and scandals" that has left the electorate in "utter disgust". To underline his point came confirmation of Grubsheet's report three days ago that Lynda Tabuya would be guest of honour at … [Read more...] about # NO HEALING WITHOUT JUSTICE AND PROPER CONDUCT
# FIJI DAY. HERE’S TO SOME REFLECTION ALONG WITH THE CELEBRATIONS
Wherever you are in Fiji or the diaspora, Grubsheet sends greetings to every Fijian on the occasion of our national day. This is not a time for politics but to make a concerted effort, irrespective of our differences, to think of the things that bind us together as a nation and how we can all contribute. So let's hope for a day of genuine … [Read more...] about # FIJI DAY. HERE’S TO SOME REFLECTION ALONG WITH THE CELEBRATIONS