So now the Acting Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa, is set to lose her job for doing her job. And at the hands of the miserable Barbara Malimali – who complained after the election that women weren’t getting enough Coalition jobs until she got one and is now using it to remove another woman from her job.
Yes, folks, next they’ll be eating their babies. And if you think I’m being overwrought, consider this:
1/ Ana Mataiciwa is required by law to refer any MP suspected of violating the Political Parties Act to FICAC – the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption.
2/ She has reportedly done so in the case of three Coalition Ministers – the Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica, the Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, and our old friend, the Minister for Bonking and Weed, Lynda Tabuya.
3/ The official reason hasn’t been given. But according to the Fiji Sun, all three have joined the NFP leader and Minister for Finance, Biman Prasad, in being referred to FICAC for allegedly breaching the legal requirements relating to the declaration of assets in the lead-up to the 2022 election.
4/ Now the Chair of the Electoral Commission, lawyer Barbara Malimali, has written to the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, asking that Ana Mataiciwa be removed.
By any standard, this is an outrage. Make that “another outrage” by a government that came to power promising to restore proper standards of governance and has betrayed the Fijian people by doing precisely the opposite.
The attempt to remove the independent referee is bad enough. But some of these jokers are already mired in scandal. And it doesn’t take much in the public mind to suspect that where there is smoke, there is fire. And for public confidence in the electoral system, even the smallest flicker of doubt about its integrity must be extinguished.
FICAC is there to help the Elections Office keep the process clean. To keep the bastards honest. And it must be allowed to do its job.
We simply cannot allow party hacks like Barbara Malimali – who was made Chair of the Electoral Commission after she complained about Coalition women not getting enough jobs – to dislodge an independent public official like the Acting Supervisor of Elections. As Commission Chair, she is supposed to protect Ana Mataiciwa’s back when she comes under attack, not knife her.
So back off, Barbara. Or you too will face the full force of the Fijian people’s anger that having been promised better standards of governance, things have actually got worse.
With so much to be legitimately unhappy about, Savenaca Narube chooses to be unhappy that the government hasn’t moved quickly enough to abolish the 2013 Constitution.
What planet are you on, Save? This government cannot deliver basic services, let alone proper standards of conduct on the part of its ministers. And you want it to concentrate on challenging the Constitution?
It beggars belief that in this long article in today’s Fiji Sun, not once does the Unity Party leader say precisely what is wrong with the terms of the Constitution. Which bits do you want changed, Save? The common and equal citizenry? The common identity? The secular state?
Or has your sidekick – the Sage of Sabeto, Mick Beddoes – given you his best PR advice to avoid ever saying why you want the Constitution changed, knowing that the gormless journalists in the mainstream media will never ask?
In the meantime, the Minister for Bonking and Weed behaves as if she doesn’t have a care in the world.
If you’ve got away with adultery, drug taking and lying to the Prime Minister, the police and everyone else, what’s a little local difficulty with FICAC?
Turn around, Lynda, and show us your Tatts!
No, I didn’t think so.
Shameless.
Oilei the loud miserable heavy chested Barbra Malimali still getting her jobs using her mouth and other things ! She is a close friend of the Minister for Bonking and Weed so don’t expect any standards from her too! Birds of the same feather flock together so Ana just stand your ground ! You’re doing a great job! What did they think ?
You prosecute Bainimarama for a directive that did not benefit him financially but don’t want to prosecute your own Ministers who’ve gained personal benefits under corruptive methods using taxpayers to vote for you as you misrepresent to them ?
We already said. Retribution is long ! You open that door expect more complaints to come including those against the PM himself!
SOE is now in the crosshairs of the coalition sniper. SEND it will be the next command and she will be gone.
Moce SOE, you were not corrupt enough to fit into this den of thieves.
Everyone is under the LAW including Ministers and if they want to clear themselves they must follow the due process of the LAW – the acting supervisor of election is only doing her job…We the citizens of Fiji including Fijians & indigenous Fijians MUST learn to respect the Rule of the LAW…
Dina taucoko, Paula! Only wished you had the ears of PM, AG, CJ, ADPP, Linda, ….. the list grows. That they would hear and go a step further to act on your counsel accordingly in the interests of good national governance. No wonder our youths have gone berserk, and their younger siblings will, will, will surely follow suit.
Rabuka went to great lengths to save Minister for Weed and Bonking, lately seen posing care-freely in her bikini on her instagram page, in a victory sign, and as an ‘up-yours’ ????to GrubSheet and other critics. What will Rabuka do with Ana?
It is an “up yours” to the Fijian people. Is Lynda Tabuya not only an adulterer and an illicit drug-taker but also someone who has lied about her financial assets? We must keep the blowtorch on these bastards to make sure we get answers to that question. And propel them into the political wilderness at the first opportunity.
Astonishing
This government is an enemy of democracy. They have worked with their operatives to systematically weaken public institutions such as FICAC, police, the DPP’s office and now the FEO over the last 16 months, enabled and even emboldened by an asinine media.
Sadly, this is all happening under the watch of the self-righteous but ultimately impotent and compromised RFMF commander, who wears his moral superiority on his sleeve but lacks the courage to do what is right – that is, act in the interest of Fiji and the wellbeing of all Fijians.
Leave the commander and the RFMF out of this misery. We are a democratic country and there are democratic processes that we should adhere to. Everyone should be equal under the law and we should all respect it. Whether it’s a minister or just an ordinary citizen we should be all equally treated under the law.
Childish games of blame & remove the umpire every time something doesn’t go their way. Ruled by mental age of 10 year olds.
The Fijiana lawyers of Fiji are flexing their muscles it seems.
Could take the country by surprise by executing a coup themselves.
Toso Viti Toso
I think you might have smoked what Lynda smokes. You don’t need brains, you need guns.
The problem with Ana is that she doesn’t think. Anyone writing in an allegation like that idiot Alex Forwood or whatever her name is, she just forwards it to FICAC. She could easily verify if the claims have substance or not. She is just acting like a halfback with her eyes closed. Worse than that FJ Drua halfback who got carded. One needs an uppercut and the other a haircut.
Heard smiley bear Kamikamica has been referred too. Just gets better. All DPMs under FICAC review now. Lol lol lol
This Coalition is below me.
They have f**ked the country so bad.
End of story.
Like most people in Fiji who are able to, pack up and leave. Australia and NZ are welcoming Fijians with open arms.
This place ain’t worth fighting for. There are too many crooks and too many crooks being appointed to protect those crooks.
When shame is lost, all is lost. And coalition aint got a gram of shame.
If you are a civil servant, you don’t serve the public, you serve the political masters. We Fijians haven’t learnt and we probably we never learn. We will defend anything our politicians do. We will die poor, without education and good health or social care but what the hell, at least the politicians and their families are well off.
I thought the education system was on the way up, apparently not. Teachers getting direct PR pathway in Australia and NZ now. Soon no Teachers will be left in Fiji. Doctors and nurses and accountants have already left.
The best thing Savenaca Narube can do is just go away.
He is talking about the 2013 Fiji Constitution when he can’t even abide by his party’s own Constitution and convene an AGM.
Oh so that Playboy centre piece is of LT that she posted herself?
I wonder what role of women she projects in the pictures and whether it is in accord with the womens’ rights movement?
Replacement for Ana will not report any corrupt activities committed by Coalition Ministers or their mates to FICAC…
Ana has also referred the President, the former AG and the former PM to FICAC! Why should Ana’s removal be pushed simply because she has referred Ministers? Does anybody care about the President? Or was this the easiest way to ask for his resignation and bring in Kepa? Something interesting is happening in the background.
Given this government is founded and funded through nepotism, cronyism and corruption, any moves to prosecute or investigate any of the ministers or government officials means the end of ones career.
In the public service today yr longevity is determined by how high you hold yr principles.
The higher the quicker yr exit.
Ms Kotobalavu of the Fiji Public Service Association’s silence is deafening.
Now they also want 4percent state land to be turned into Native land. https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/more-people-less-land-for-certain-mataqali-in-fiji/
Most state land is being used my minority groups.
Vinaka Coalition, GM any coverage on this please?
Oh boy, seems like it’s a game of who eats who first!
They should make a new series of “Survivor”, starring Coalition and Co.
Interesting how anyone with an ounce of ethics is destined to be removed.
All I can say is lead by example…….things aren’t looking good!!
We voted for change, not stupidity and ignorance.
Don’t think of yourselves, think of what you can improve and the legacy you can leave…….or is that too hard?
The Corrupt and Immoral Minister for Women.
No class.
We’re more interested in the rule of law and justice in Fiji. If you sleep with a married Cabinet minister during taxpayer-funded government trip abroad, you do the honorable thing and just resign.
I’ll be frank. There are more beautiful bodies to ogle in Fiji than your half a century bod.
Sculpt up or just turn around so we can all see those ugly turtles.
Cover up, Minister. You look cheap.
Drama queen of a tin pot democracy somewhere in the South Pacific, hahaha!
I am concerned about Tabuya and her mental health status. She is craving for attention. Haven’t seen a cheap as Minister for Women advertising $12 sulu’s in a bikini. It is creepy as. No moral values.
Do Fiji’s Minister’s not have a code of conduct to abide by? I am sure it calls for basic professionalism and mannerisms.
Anyway, another day for the Fijians to witness. She is giving all Fijians a “f**k yourself” and we the taxpayers have to keep paying her while she models, takes drugs, and has sex with other married men. The President of the Methodist church can pray for her.
I am not sure why the Temptress is wearing a slim line bikini. Isn’t she more comfortable with nothing on? I think she should parade naked and show us what she has on her back. She only shows what she wants people to see.
Oh please for the love of Mike, no! We’d be mentally scarred for life collectively as a people with such a macabre sight.
Vinaka GD. Keep holding their feet to the fire. Disillusionment is beginning to set in. 2026 is not looking good for the Coalition.
The Glitch has come to bite her equally.
The narrative that she created.
Karma is a bitch.
Now you know.
When I was a child the game of Pani was more enticing than this bullshit of Ms Whoever Malimali. Plot thickens. Did she just mislead Rabuka?
https://www.fijivillage.com/news/FICAC-analyzes-complaint-sent-against-Malimali-4fx85r/?fbclid=IwAR2GxqWFZdSF2O-jUE-cbz_dpEfgaN-PM4Lrs8aIJHKzygGqsN70f2A07qE
Average Fijians: Man we baci got no water this morning!
Our beloved ruling class: Well the letter was sent…no it wasn’t…yes it was! Someone complained…no they didn’t….
Always interesting to see the disconnect…remember folks these people don’t worry about the things you do because they’re set…we’re not!
Read this today on Facebook. Credit Alex Elbourne.
Priorities of the Coalition.
Alex is great. I’d like to read the original on Facebook but because the Minister for Bonking and Weed got me kicked off for showing the turtle tattoos on her back, I have been banned.
It has now become contagious
and a clear writing on the wall nowadays. Both the the failed military commanders leadership has turned out to be worse than the mafia.
RABUKA whom majority of Fijians look up to save or restore lost privileges, pride and glory. Has totally failed.
RABUKA has and is carrying on the thuggish legacy of BAINIMARA & Kaiyum.
Not accepting their wrongdoing and being man enough to admit it but covering up their own lies.
The question is why are the citizens of Fiji still hanging on to this venomous snake ????.