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Salesi Temo, the Acting Chief Justice and head of the Judicial Services Commission, is a walking disaster and it is one of Fiji's great mysteries that he is allowed to continue in the job. That he does so after a succession of public scandals tells us not only that he regards himself as a law unto himself but that the Prime Minister, Sitiveni … [Read more...] about # H.E THE PRESIDENT HUMILIATED BY HIS LORDSHIP THE HUMAN CAR CRASH

Since when has it been acceptable in Fiji for a notorious Deputy DPP who was removed from the top job because of his professional misconduct to contradict the elected Prime Minister? Since a few hours ago when John Rabuku made a fool of Sitiveni Rabuka by saying on Facebook that the PM's plan to hold an inquiry into the "rotten" circumstances … [Read more...] about # WHO IS RUNNING THE NATION? RABUKA OR RABUKU?

This is the first photo of the 2000 rebellion leader, George Speight, after his release from prison as the police issue a statement reassuring the Fijian people about their safety amid widespread fear and apprehension about what happens next. The Coalition government has clearly been stung by community reaction to the freeing of Speight - who … [Read more...] about # GEORGE SPEIGHT: THE FIRST PHOTO. AND A PACK OF LIES

The notion that a process of national healing will be triggered by the release of George Speight, Shane Stevens and the other low-lifes associated with the rape of democracy and the killing of innocent soldiers in 2000 is both a fantasy and shockingly naive. Because public reaction to freeing these murderous thugs is already sparking division along … [Read more...] about # THE SPEIGHT RELEASE. MORE CAUSE FOR DIVISION

So the leader of the 2000 rebellion who stormed the parliament and held the then prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, and other MPs hostage for 56 days is a free man, again walking the streets of Suva. So is Shane Stevens, the leader of the 2000 mutiny in the RFMF in which three loyalist soldiers were murdered in cold blood. And in a further … [Read more...] about # GEORGE SPEIGHT PARDONED AND RELEASED. THE FINAL STRAW. GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. IF YOU CAN (UPDATED FRI AM)

Sitiveni Rabuka has developed a particular talent for distancing himself from any of the Coalition government's successive disasters and "Barbara-gate" - the scandal at FICAC - is no exception. As usual, it is everyone else's fault but his own. "Shock, horror. I had no idea what was going on. Why didn't anyone tell me? Now we're going to have … [Read more...] about # A FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN, PRIME MINISTER (UPDATED THURS AM)