The secrecy accompanying the government’s plans for constitutional change constitutes a conspiracy against the people and a violation of the public’s right know.
It is simply not acceptable for the Prime Minister to continue to act like an emperor and dodge the obligation he has to tell us all precisely what changes he envisages.
The imperative of Sitiveni Rabuka coming clean has been brought into sharp focus by our article yesterday on reports that the government is pushing through a new constitution that would come into effect the day after a joint election and referendum in six month’s time.
What will be in that constitution? We simply don’t know. And for the minorities in particular, we need answers from the Prime Minister to the following:
- Will there be an end to the common and equal citizenry provisions of the 2013 Constitution – an end to equal opportunity and equal votes of equal value?
- Will there be an end to the common identity – everyone “Fijian” – and a re-introduction of the 1997 provision that only the iTaukei are Fijian and the rest of us are “Fiji Islanders”?
- Will there be an end or any change to the secular state and provisions introduced in the new supreme law to assert the primacy of Christianity?
These are core issues of critical importance that will determine whether many non-indigenous people remain in Fiji as second class citizens or find new homes elsewhere in democracies that grant them equal status.
They must be answered.
And at the same time, we need a further answer to the following question for us to decide whether the nation is being led by a crook.
Prime Minister, where did you get your $150,000 gold Rolex?
That’s how they carry the dead in India.
Om shanti shanti shanti
Ha! Ha!
The elite love to lord it over the ordinary and the ordinary love this. Where else will the chiefs and Rabuka get this treatment? Never mind that the ordinary laid out a feast for him and ate noodles with their children for dinner. This picture is downright hilarious.
And I could imagine Rabuka’s cabal giving the voters a very limited amount of time to read, ask questions and understand the constitution before voting on it. They are complicated documents that take many many months to draft and re-draft and get right.
Perhaps they even plan to circulate a “simplified” version that hides the sinister parts to the community prior.
The cabal will stop at nothing to get the upper hand any way they can.
This is how Kaindias carried colonial masters in palanquins in India. Baimaan Jhoothah Prasad BJP NamuLevu Fatface Party NFP is doing the heavy lifting of Rampuker while shitting on the Kaindias.
Baimaan being idolised on Facebook by one “Sam Palani”.
Shows that the Hindis simply do not learn.
The man who blamed Lau’s venerable High Chief, Ratu Mara, for the coup long after he died now hoisted as a King in the Province by a clueless people under a clueless leader.
This has been only possible through Chutiya Baimaan…He sold out his community because of personal differences with Bai and Kai…Only chutiya people do that because the community is supposed to be bigger than an individual….Leave politics and prepare to go and wear orange uniform gaadu. ..
Wonder if chutiya Baimaan will be allowed to die his hair black in orange or will orange be the new black. Chutiya Baimaan sold his soul to the devil rampuker snake to enrich himself and his cronies before he sold out his community.
Not forgetting the treacherous five chamars cripple-brain kirpal, shalen gee kumar, viren latkan lallu, shitty sachida and loser vijay nut.
Elections can’t come soon enough.
Traitor Biman hoodwinked voters with false promises, thinking he could fool ordinary folk. This bastard’s political career is over and he will take NFP down with him in its worse defeat in history. This is because the NFP board lacks the balls to make tough decisions. NFP truly is a party of badhia or eunuchs with Biman as head eunuch, who was desperately hanging on Rabuka’s cocktails throughout his term, the coward.
Every second day Biman was shamelessly, sucking up to and praising Rabuka, only to get a solid kick in the arse from him in the end. As I said, a pathetic leader and a pathetic party.
Nobody is interested in Biman’s bullshit. He is the most hated politician in Fiji. As soon as Biman got into power he started serving elite interests. Tappoo and Fiji Water are just two examples. He appointed fellow bastard Richard Naidu Fiscal Review Committee chair to enable increase in VAT to 15%.
He also appointed Kirti Patel who has no qualifications or qualifications, only Biman knows about in private. This is the same bastard who used to criticize Khaiyum for improper and corrupt board appointments.
VAT increase turned out to be Biman’s second biggest political mistake. The first was thinking that he could fool voters with his lies of $5 lamb chops, not holding meetings in hotels and cutting down on overseas travel, plus taking a pay cut. All of these lies have come back to bite him on the arse.
It is well known by now that Baiman rewarded arsehole Richard’s law firm Munro Leys with a 7 year tax holiday for Fiji Water that was totally unwarranted, plus contracts for Aspen Hospital and FNPF. There would be other deals that we are not aware of. These actions damaged the coalition government as a whole and for PM Rabuka it’s a blessing in disguise that Biman is no longer in his cabinet. Biman is the most hated politician in Fiji because people can see right through his greed and self-serving nature.
Biman is finished and it’s comical to see how desperately he is trying to be relevant and hoping that he can get back into parliament.
Keep hoping sucker.
This photo is ludicrous when this government is responsible for awarding a tax holiday to a foreign company that takes Fiji’s resources and makes billions.
Piss poor and Fijian people have been sold out.
Fiji won’t progress until this type of decision is reversed and a proper inquiry is established to explain how this happened.
Basking in glory, that is what this pic is all about. The dickhead loves to bask in glory. Has been the case since 1987 but the idiots in Fiji do not realise it still. The welfare of the population and economic progress is the last thing on his mind. But these idiot batis are not the only idiots in Fiji, the whole country is full of them. And proud. Just look at them proud to be idiots. That is Fiji and they do not even know it.
Rolex Rabuka basking in adulation, wealth and privilege, while the rest of the unwashed masses, as highlighted by iTaukei Viti on Facebook:
LUXURY FOR POLITICIANS, FIBERGLASS BOATS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
Ministers can travel in luxury vehicles and fly business class around the world, yet healthcare workers serving our maritime islands are expected to travel in small fiberglass boats while caring for thousands of men, women, and children.
If politicians voted to halve their own salaries, they’d still live comfortably. Surely this country can afford safe, medium-sized boats for the frontline workers who deliver essential healthcare to our island communities.
It’s a matter of priorities.
ANNUAL SAVINGS IF SALARIES HALVED
Using the current parliamentary salary figures that have been publicly reported:
Prime Minister: FJ$320,000
Cabinet Ministers: FJ$200,000 each
Assistant Ministers: FJ$120,000 each
Leader of the Opposition: FJ$200,000
MPs: FJ$95,000 each
Assuming Fiji has:
1 Prime Minister
20 Cabinet Ministers
12 Assistant Ministers
1 Leader of the Opposition
31 other MPs (55 MPs in total)
The total annual salary bill is approximately:
Prime Minister: $320,000
Cabinet Ministers: $4,000,000
Assistant Ministers: $1,440,000
Leader of the Opposition: $200,000
Other MPs: $2,945,000
Total: FJ$8.905 million per year
If every politician’s salary were cut by 50%, the annual saving would be about:
FJ$4.45 million per year.
That estimate covers salaries only. It does not include additional savings from reducing: overseas travel, vehicle and unnecessary fuel costs,
housing, allowances, and other benefits, which could increase the total savings significantly.
Comical. Geriatrix?
It only took 39 years for Rabuka to be carried on a ceremonial platform that he has probably felt was his destiny. This picture might cement his permanent political downfall for those who hope for a better future.
An elected leader should avoid symbols that create distance between themselves and the public, regardless of tradition.
I heard the healthcare workers boat that foundered did not even have flares or a marine radio, let alone an EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon, a portable distress device used on boats to send a 406 MHz satellite signal to rescue teams.)
The engine failure and near deaths show the boat was not fit for purpose. It reflects the state of just about every bit of infrastructure in crumbling Fiji.
Outboard Motor ” Engine Failure”. Many instances of engine failure that result in loss of life at sea.
Or is it poor or no engine Servicing / Maintenance that causes these failures. As it is with most machinery in Fiji , due to blatant disregard for proper manufacturer specified procedures. And doing it the Fiji way.