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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)

Imagine a bunch of political mobsters busting their way into any nation's "independent" corruption watchdog, installing one of their own at the top and forcing the resignation of the existing head who was investigating nine of these mobsters and was about to charge one of them and put him before a judge. Welcome to Fiji, folks, the new Chicago … [Read more...] about # THE CHEEK OF THESE BASTARDS. NOW THEY’VE SOOLED THE POLICE ONTO FRANCIS PULEIWAI. CORRUPT TO THE CORE (UPDATED WED PM)

Premila Kumar has established herself as definitely someone to watch as other former FijiFirst politicians struggle to carve out meaningful roles as independents in this parliament following the party's implosion and position themselves for the next election. The former senior minister has gone on the attack against the Coalition's conduct in a … [Read more...] about # BARBARA-GATE. PREMILA TAKES A BLOWTORCH TO THE COALITION’S CORRUPTION

Except over at the Fiji Times, which doesn't mention it at all and is more interested in the man who was about to be charged by FICAC and was spared by Barbara Malimali wanting the rest of us to be as rich as he is. That body language. Oh dear. Below is the petition for Barbara Malimali's removal referred to above. It is … [Read more...] about # BARBARA-GATE. IT ISN’T GOING AWAY