As long ago as May last year, Grubsheet was opining that Manoa Kamikamica had demonstrated that he was unfit to succeed Sitiveni Rabuka as prime minister because of his craven support for the 138-per cent average pay rises that MPs had awarded themselves when more than half the nation lives in poverty.
Grubsheet readers will recall that we pilloried Kamikamica for saying that if politicians were paid more, they would work harder. As if they aren’t already privileged to have salaries that ordinary Fijians can only dream of and have a solemn obligation as elected representatives of the people to work as hard as possible anyway.
We again said that Manoa Kamikamica had forfeited his right to be considered to succeed Sitiveni Rabuka when news emerged that he had broken all convention and gone to FICAC personally to raise his own corruption investigation with the former deputy commissioner, Francis Puleiwai. Across the desk from the principal corruption watchdog at the time, the Deputy Prime Minister had asked her about the progress of that investigation – something Puleiwai says she found confronting, intimidating and highly inappropriate.
This was the current Prime Minister’s putative successor having the temerity to take it upon himself – using the ruse of wanting to talk to Puleiwai about another matter – of blatantly interfering in an investigation into his own conduct by the supposedly Independent Commission Against Corruption.
When this story emerged, it was the final nail in Manoa Kamikamica’s coffin as far a Grubsheet was concerned. Because Fiji simply cannot have someone who aspires to lead the nation treating its supposedly independent institutions of state with such contempt. But sadly, it turns out that we were grossly naive to imagine that this was the worst of Kamikamica’s offences against proper standards of governance.
Today, we are giving the Fijian people a ringside seat as Manoa Kamikamica drives the biggest nail of all into his political career – an incident that irrespective of whether charges are eventually laid against him – demonstrates beyond doubt that his personal standards of conduct make him totally unsuitable to be prime minister. And that he must be prevented from every reaching the top political office at all costs.
It is the transcript of what happened when Kamikamica gave evidence at the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry, a hearing that was held “in camera” – in secret – but that has now burst from the pages of the unredacted COI Report to swamp Kamikamica’s ambition to lead once and for all.
What you are about to read is a shocking insight into the personal standards of Kamikamica himself and also the political milieu in which the Deputy Minister has been operating.
- The COI establishes that Manoa Kamikamica has been a close friend of Barbara Malimali through his wife, Ann Kaukamea Kamikamica.
- He was lobbying for Barbara Malimali to become FICAC Commissioner despite her being unqualified for the job and legally prevented from taking the position.
- He allegedly told a fellow MP, Kalaveti Ravu – who had been charged by FICAC with abuse of office for allegedly interfering in an investigation into the illegal trade in Sea cucumber – that he could intervene with Barbara Malimali on Ravu’s behalf.
- Ravu has given sworn evidence to this effect – in an affidavit and under oath again when he was cross examined on that evidence at the COI.
- Manoa Kamikamica’s response, also under oath? That he cannot recall having the conversation that Kalaveti Ravu describes.
- This is not “hearsay” – the favoured tactic of the likes of Graham Leung, Vijay Narayan and the Fiji Times to try to discredit the COI – but evidence at a judicial inquiry sworn on the Bible under oath.
The COI concludes that a prima facie case exists against Manoa Kamikamica to charge him with perverting the court of justice. The file is now with the Police CID for further investigation. But Kamikamica’s supporters are saying that it will never see the light of day.
Sadly, that is undoubtedly the most likely outcome when the Prime Minister and President refuse to follow the COI recommendation that they consider suspending the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, who controls the two prosecution arms of the state – the ODPP and FICAC.
When any police docket on Kamikamica reaches the ODPP, it will be reviewed by the equally compromised Acting DPP, Nancy Tikoisuva, and the Deputy DPP, John Rabuku – both of whom have also had adverse findings against them by the COI. And the most likely outcome is that Manoa Kamikamica will not be brought to account. Because as well as Tikoisuva and Rabuku being friends with Barbara Malimali, they are also friends of Manoa and Ann Kamikamica.
Yet irrespective of the outome of the police investigation, Manoa Kamikamica must never be allowed to become Prime Minister. Why? Read on and make up your own minds, Fiji. But what Kalaveti Ravu alleges Manoa Kamikamica did as Deputy Prime Minister is official corruption of the most serious kind.
You will not see any of this in the local mainstream media. As with Biman Prasad, the media is suppressing the Kamikamica story in a shocking indictment of its supposedly independent role in the much trumpeted new era of media freedom. Which is actually the same climate of fear and repression as the last government only worse. Because there is an added layer of scandalous complicity arising from the fact that a number of media outlets – CFL-Fiji Village, Fiji TV and Mai TV – have actually been bought off with taxpayer funds.
Please sit down and take the trouble to read the following extracts carefully. Because you too can join the crusade to maintain the integrity of governance in our beloved nation by saying “no” to such conduct. Our collective future and of future generations depends on it. (The “Prasad” is Biman Prasad, Kamikamica’s fellow Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister).
And that’s precisely what the COI Report recommends in its chapter 7 on “Possible Offences” that has been redacted altogether in the version of the Report that the government has published this week – the censored version – but which Grubsheet published unredacted when the Report was first leaked.
So Manoa Kamikamica can cajole and intimidate local journalists into not reporting the allegations against him. He can call Grubsheet an “alcoholic” and say that nothing I report matters. His supporters can anonymously brand me a “white boy” who will never again be allowed to set foot in Fiji. But Mr Sweet’s reputation has turned decidedly sour and he will only ever become prime minister if the People’s Alliance suspends all judgment and abandons all notion of proper conduct and the ability to separate right from wrong.
It is entirely possible, of course, because this is a party that let Kamikamica’s close political ally, Lynda Tabuya, off the hook over the sordid events in Room 233 and is campaigning for the restoration of the racist 1997 Constitution, despite promising the minorities before the last election that it would protect their interests.
It is the same with Kamikamica and Tabuya as it was with Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. When you got Frank, you got Aiyaz. Get Manoa and you will get Lynda. And unlike Frank and and Aiyaz – who at least stood for equal opportunity in Fiji – Manoa and Lynda are the most dishonourable “honourable members” of parliament.
Trafficking in influence and patronage, using their positions to enrich and benefit themselves and their political allies, trashing the institutions of state and totally unfit for public office of any kind. They must be brought to account. They must be stopped. And Manoa Kamikamica must NEVER be prime minister.
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The Kalavata Couple. Manoa Kamikamica with his wife, Ann, who is widely described as being the power behind him – a Lady Macbeth figure exerting broad influence behind the scenes in the PAP and the Coalition.
Plus an eclectic groups of friends and associates. Some of the other company Mr Sweet has kept recently. His fellow accused Biman Prasad…
The Opposition leader who is now calling for stronger action on the COI’s findings (see previous story)
And the 2000 rebellion leader, George Speight.
Plus what Manoa Kamikamica says about Grubsheet…
Seti. The alcoholic with the shot credibility and too much time on his hands is on your case, Mr Sweet. And will be all the way to election day.
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POSTSCRIPT:
Then last night, this:
NOTE:
Reader’s comments that perpetuate the myth that the COI is based purely on hearsay are being rejected. Grubsheet will not be party to propagating falsehood.
The COI is a lawfully-constituted judicial inquiry of the kind that are routinely conducted as royal commissions in Australia, New Zealand and other jurisdictions. The only reason ours wasn’t a royal commission is that we no longer have the monarchy.
Sworn evidence is taken in the form of affidavits, that evidence is subject to cross-examination, also under oath, and the Judge makes findings. If on the basis of those findings, he recommends that further investigation is necessary, they are conducted by the police or FICAC in the normal manner of any criminal investigation.
In the case of a police investigation, a “docket” will be sent to the ODPP for the DPP to decide whether charges should be laid on the customary basis of whether there is a likelihood of securing a conviction and whether the prosecution is in the public interest.
Anyone charged then appears before a court of law and there is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
The notion of “hearsay” is being used by the opponents of the COI to undermine its credibility. Justice David Ashton-Lewis is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji – the nation’s highest court. And while he said in his Australian radio interview that some of what was submitted at the COI was hearsay, it was his job as a Judge to separate hearsay from hard evidence and he is skilled at doing so.
In the case of Manoa Kamikamica, Kalaveti Ravu has given sworn evidence that Kamikamica offered to intercede with Barbara Malimali on his behalf. That is not hearsay but evidence to the Inquiry from a primary source given under oath.
If Kamikamica is eventually charged, he will face trial, that evidence will be examined in a court of law as opposed to a commission of inquiry and it will be up to another Judge to determine his innocence or guilt without any reference to what happened at the COI.
That is our system of justice based on the British model evolved over centuries and it is generally acknowledged as world’s best practice.
CumCum, Grubsheet has nailed you. Best of all, your wife’s mate Stan the man printed your demise first. How are you feeling Parmesh Sharma? Your regime of Fijian corporates together didn’t last 4 years.You still want to have another whiskey party this weekend with Sudha and Sussan preaching against what grub writes? Have a great week, Ann. Where is your file about board appointments now? With the police lol
Greetings from USA. Trump needs another idiot. Manoa, are you free sir? You could substitute for Goofy at Disney if it doesn’t work with Trump. Ann can get job as local pure Fijian.
Manoa you idiot – bitten by the Snake. You were too concerned about ASK and others. You got bitten, idiot.
Dear Graham, this is what has transpired under Manoa and his people.
Ann Kamikamica and Barbara Malimali are best mates and Lynda is a close second to Barbara. I have knowledge of three cases – Walesi, FBC and EFL.
EFL was discontinued after Barbara instructed that it be shelved (apparently on instructions from Manoa and Finance Minister Prasad).
With FBC, the instruction was to just pin something on Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum at any cost.
And with Walesi, the instruction was that it needs to be destroyed because it was Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s baby and cost too much.
I have to commend you for your ongoing battle against these new age snakes. Keep going sir.
What was the efl one about? First time I’ve heard of this. Pls explain if can.
Manoa, you poopoo like William Parkinson now. Stan and Vijay will join you soon. Long live Rambo.
Pramesh Sharma drowning his sorrows with his adopted family members tonight – lol how are you doing Manoa?
Manoa, your own weapon just weaponised against you bro. The Snake is back and your wife can’t do jack shit about it Your wife’s stupid actions just ended your career. Have a great week.
Yeah, yeah, oh yes, I am screwed. Yeah, oh, yes. Isa Manoa.
It is so very interesting that the memories of the guilty can fade very quickly when they have engaged in unlawful deeds and are asked about them.
They “can’t recall ” the conversation but they can remember that they didn’t say anything that would incriminate themselves.
Selective memory syndrome. It has been said often that to be a ‘good’ liar you must have a very good memory. But, under cross examination, a really good Lawyer asks the same question in two different ways with an interval between and it takes a very clever person to spot this and answer correctly, both times. (Often used in psychometric tests)
Maybe Mr K will come to find this out when he sits before a Court, under oath and is tested on his memory of events. Let’s hope so.
We need honest and integrity leaders.
Those that stand with the LAW of the land.
Friends and families must all abide by the LAW.
You do the crime you serve the time.
Fiji is the Home to everyone-the land of my ancestors.
God Bless my beautiful Fiji!
Stanley is a shameless hussy, a strumpet, a prostitute of the highest order. So high and sought after that you can only buy his services for around 1.6 million dollars. If you give him this much then u can have your way with him in whatever style you want and for however long. He is not the cheap one hour kabawaqa. He is the very elite expensive kind who is his own pimp. Call him direct, make the appropriate offer and he’s all your..front ways, sideways and from the back. He will even give you a blow job or two…heck for that much money he doesn’t mind if you invite some of your friends and give him a gang bang savusavu style.
This fat sickly looking prick has sold all media ethics and principles at the altar of the political elite and sadly the young journalists are learning that prostitution in the media is now a normal thing. The last time we had such blatant literal and figurative prostitution by the media was when rabuka f**ked his way through the fiji times newsroom and even got Margaret to pop a baby or two.
Rabuka got free roots by journalist and great positive coverage in return despite being an evil conman lying prick who slowly and systematically destroyed our country. Stanley and Vijay now fall in the same category. Except that unlike before, when rabuka was the only one rogering journalists, Stanley and vijay are now constantly getting pounded by whole group of them. Money has been paid and received and biman, manoa and their friends now have a field day with these two who pretend to be veteran journalists.
In his latest display of of trying to save manoa, as manoa manouvres him from the back..pun intended, Stanley is saying that “manoa is allegedly implicated in the coi report”!!
WTF!..he bloody well IS implicated in the report..not allegedly! It’s there in black and white. But Stanley like Vijay the vuji is trying desperately to muddy the waters and discredit the report in order to save manoa, biman, temo and others collective arses whilst ironically taking it up the arse themselves.
Heck Stanley might even pay the govt some of the hundreds of thousands he owes the fijian govt in years of license fees from the money he has received from biman and manoa to prostitute himslef. Wouldn’t that be a laugh. You pay me for illegal work and I will pay you for legal work. On second thoughts I don’t think that will happen. Stanley’s kaidia side will always prevail and he’s not about to pay anyone for anything….not even for license fees. The only thing Stanley is prepared to do is to get paid for a favour even if it means selling his backside to the highest bidder.
I assume you mean metaphorically. Crikey, what a spray.
Silly thought, but wouldn’t we rather have Manoa at the helm than Siti the snake? At least with Manoa you get what you see.
Manoa if I were you, time to put section 94 of the constitution at work. Surely with the opposition and a few PAP breakaways, you will have the majority. Time to forge your own path instead of working under a snake who will throw you under the bus for self preservation.
Godspeed !
“At least with Manoa you get what you see”. That bit at least is right. Someone who says he’ll work harder for the people if they pay him more, who interferes in a corruption investigation into himself and allegedly offers to stop another corruption investigation into a fellow minister.
God has had enough of politicians like this.
Why has ficac confiscated the goofy manoa’s mobile phone when this is a police investigation?????
Because both agencies are obviously investigating him.
According to buka the baku it was only going to be a police investigation as per the coi recommendations. Somethings smells funny…as per usual.
Everything with the Coalition buffoons is smelly…they stink of nepotism, fraud, and self-preservation.
Regardless of which agency investigates them, as long as they get prosecuted and are imprisoned is what matters most.
Manoa – the intellectual monkey who wants more bananas to perform his elected duty – Grub is right, you are a crook – your power hungry wife just put you in the wrong cage.
Parmesh Sharma – the most hated Indian in NZ – how you going to cope without your goofy mate Manoa, your crap speech about the PM in making etc – Chor Manoa won’t save you or your cronies at Tanoa group or Vinod Patel – long live the snake Rambo.
Let’s make PAP great again – what’s little Pavan Kundan Singh going to do now – his PAP founder mate stumped by his boss, what’s Ajay Amrit going to do? Manoa’s demise should be a lesson to Kundan Singh and Family – get ready for jail time when Govt changes.
Stan, you boci baboon, did Ann give you that information about Manoa’s phone, you sold your soul for $$, now get ready to be abused. Manoa’s pet dog is now running for cover.
Mr Davis – congrats, you called it. Pure Fiji, where you now, buying new phone and waiting at coffee shop with Billy Kundan Singh & George Speight with box of tissues – Manoa wants to see new Jurassic Park Movie as he believes that like those Dinosaurs, he can also make a comeback lol – game over Manoa.
Even with free school education in Fiji, the actual literacy rates in Fiji especially on civil issues are low. So we see journalists, lawyers and other professionals not able to correlate ( join the dots), think critically and analyse. Hence the acceptance of innuendo and gossip in relation to COI and its status. There is fat chance that these literacy levels will improve in the short term and there doesn’t appear to be any inroads to lift up education standards. The Minister is marking time until he can strike for power.
The high level office bearers at DPP, judicial department and FICAC are geared towards embracing itaukei advancement. I wonder if anyone including Ms Malimali or Rokoika or Tikoisuva and Mr Bainivalu or Rabuku possess 1st class law degrees or just merely passed to achieve their qualifications? It is no wonder that there substandard practices and depth in the organisations they head.
We know that the concept of equity does exist across all sectors in Fiji and have to live with it. This makes the whole connections within a small population group all the more incestuous and lacking in objectivity. So circuit breakers between these lines of personal relationships do not exist or are diminishing. We find ourselves in a situation where opportunists like Mr and Mrs Kamikamica are weaponising it for their benefit.
By the way, I love the kalavata in photo…where can I get it? Was it an undeclared gift from a prominent local fashion designer business in exchange for a favour 🤔.
By the way, show me a contemporary Fijian who doesn’t drink and many times to access. Does it make them all alcoholics. I am sure Mr and Mrs Kamikamica are not teetotallers.
An Independent media in Fiji is our very own lasulasu joke. From the Eurocentric FTH of Colonial Fiji to the Alliance aligned version 2.0 FT of post 1970 Fiji. Fast forward to an ethnonationalist newsroom of spread leg journalism screwed infinitum of post 1987 by Rambo. 1999 to 2000 FTH turns all its machinery to be a blow torch on the Labor Coalition Government and especially MP Chaudhary barely veiling its ethnonationalist leanings. Post 2000 FTH is back to post 1997. 2006 about turn for FT as it retracts fangs under ASK media beat down ably assisted by Qorvis and GD et Al. Meanwhile Fiji Sun after its version 1.0 bout of Independent journalism comes as V2.0 owned and operated by a Gujarati corporation and aligns lock stock and Pratibha with Post 2006 Coup regime with seamless shift into FF mouthpiece. Sadly the flash in the pan Review magazine with its Rambo roots Margaret Wise in paradise expose than falls flat as YG shags Shameless Shamima while printing FWRC newsletters moolah. For the record the FTH proudly ran on it’d editorial masthead this sadly ironical quote from its founder GL Griffiths “Sworn to no master and o’ no sect am I. “
Manoa had all the right qualifications to be PM. He is thick as a brick, he interferes in the legal process, he is entitled and privileged, he has that ‘who, not me’ attitude, he is not aware of anything, he has no financial management skills. All the right qualification to be PM, in Fiji, that is. Did I mention he has no idea.
MK’s private political agenda is about to become everyone’s business, thanks to his confiscated iRaid phone.
What a brilliant strike from the touring serpent.
In one fell swoop he beheads the chief croc in the pond and the President-in-waiting of the so called, New Generation Party, that is busy going around collecting signatures for registration.
Only days ago, New Gen’s Chief Operating Officer, New England University drop out and blogger Bis Moce announced the appointment of his two Vice Presidents saying the President’s position was being reserved for a “big chief” to step forward and volunteer.
This was the position MK was supposed to be parachuted into when the timing was right. Poor Bis, Pavan Kundan Singh, GS and Ms Billings must be in a state of shock.
They’ll now have to find a new leader.
Manoa is a corrupt man, judging from the COI. He is exposed. I don’t think he has the qualities to be a good PM. He has greed. We know his accomplices, the rich Indo Fijians.
He is gone, next on the Rabuka list. Firstly, he will get rid of his biggest threat.
Secondly, the slithering snake has to show he is doing something regarding the COI recommendations.
The fact remains that he is not worse than our snaky PM. Unless he removes CJ Temo, Rabuka will be recorded as the most corrupt leader in the history of Fiji politics.
Bye bye Manoa – isa even your stupid wannabe intelligent dumb speeches can’t save you anymore – who do you blame now, 16 years of FF or your self centred power obsessed wife.
Rabuka bit your ass Manoa – game over goofy.
To hell with love Manoa – regards Rabuka the queen nagin
The weekend will be much better if we had Baimaan the Bajaru (prostitute) being hauled in either by the Police or FICAC. I want to see that dreadful ugly as f**k smile wiped out of his hideous face.
This baboon has no iota of shame and continues to walk around as if he is untouchable.
And with him, the authorities must also investigate Richard the RAT, along with the other chimpanzees Temo, Bainivalu, Siromi, Wylie, and others.
Please God…I know you do things in your own time and for some reason you usually and only speak with the natives directly somehow, to the exclusion of us vulagis, but this one is kinda urgent. Kerekere.
Manoa’s ambitions and that of his wife for him to be PM is driven by both hunger for power and pure greed !!
Manoa is the one that made all the appointments on behalf of Rabuka ie Luke Rokovada to be Chair PSC ( Manoa’s mum is the older sister of Mrs Luke Rokovada !
Tanya Waqanika and their racist band of Indigenous Fijian Lawyer group are the ones giving board appointment recommendations to Manoa K.
Be happy Manoa is now exposed.
Big week for Fiji – Manoa lost his political mojo courtesy of his arrogance and dim witted thinking ( thanks to his entitled numpty Ann as well), CJ proved he is a birdbrain again and PoPo Parkinson celebrated 40 years of running a shit media organisation which wouldn’t last a day in the normal media world like Aust and NZ – POPO is smiling after getting 1.6m of tax payer funds to run his commercial venture but he will not be smiling when govt changes and he goes to jail, his polo tag will have constant diarrhoea when that happens – him, Manoa and Temo will be jail meat.
Hi ho ho – Christians will be praying for Ann and Manoa this Sunday. – smart Fijian will join smart kai idia soon – maybe they can be cell buddies.
lol Manoa – you can’t talk your shit out of this one – as G said, it’s over
Give Manoa a break. He will rise from the ashes and take over from the Snake. There is no other option.
Yes there is. Another government.