Francis Puleiwai would do well to take no notice of the Prime Minister's assurances that she would be safe returning to Fiji to give evidence at the forthcoming inquiry into the "rot" of Barbara Malimali's appointment at FICAC. There is ample evidence that Sitiveni Rabuka doesn't have control over instruments of state such as the Judicial … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER’S ASSURANCES ARE WORTHLESS (UPDATED FRIDAY LUNCHTIME)
# “BARBARA-GATE”. AN OPEN LETTER TO WYLIE CLARKE
Who is standing up for the rule of law in Fiji? Well, evidently not the Fiji Law Society when two of its luminaries - the current President, Wylie Clarke, and former President, Laurel Vaurasi, - were reportedly part of the gang of enforcers that descended on FICAC on "Black Thursday "(September 5) to strong-arm Francis Puleiwai into backing off in … [Read more...] about # “BARBARA-GATE”. AN OPEN LETTER TO WYLIE CLARKE
# MANOA KAMIKAMICA’S SUBTLE BRAND OF INTIMIDATION (UPDATED THURS PM)
Manoa Kamikamica has again shown his unfitness for national leadership with an extraordinary display of hypocrisy and lack of understanding about (what ought to be) the independence of our institutions of state from the executive government. At the same time as he crows that intimidation and threats against FICAC won't be tolerated, he admits … [Read more...] about # MANOA KAMIKAMICA’S SUBTLE BRAND OF INTIMIDATION (UPDATED THURS PM)
# EXPOSED: LYNDA TABUYA AND BARBARA MALIMALI’S BIG LIE
It has taken barely a day for the Prime Minister to be humiliated over his refusal to insist that Barbara MalImali stand aside as FICAC Commissioner while an official inquiry examines what Sitiveni Rabuka himself has described as the "rottenness" surrounding her appointment. One of Barbara Malimali's first acts has been to terminate the FICAC … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED: LYNDA TABUYA AND BARBARA MALIMALI’S BIG LIE
# PLEASE EXPLAIN. AN OPEN LETTER TO RICHARD NAIDU
The lawyer, Richard Naidu, has enjoyed decades of being lionised as a conscience of the nation ever since indigenous supremacists dug a lovo pit for him outside the parliament in 1987 when he was press secretary to the ousted prime minister, Timoci Bavadra . He has been a “go to” for anyone concerned about good governance and human rights, … [Read more...] about # PLEASE EXPLAIN. AN OPEN LETTER TO RICHARD NAIDU
# TO STOP THE “ROT”, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE REMOVED (UPDATED MON PM)
As the clamour intensifies for an official inquiry into the circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment at FICAC, the real question is what form that inquiry would take. Because there is no mechanism under the Constitution for the setting up of the local equivalent of a special "Royal Commission" that is common in our larger neighbours to … [Read more...] about # TO STOP THE “ROT”, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE REMOVED (UPDATED MON PM)