Almost a year to the day after he was unceremoniously dumped as attorney-general in favour of the disgraced Graham Leung, Siromi Turaga is back in an acting capacity as the government’s chief legal advisor.
As a senior lawyer said in a message to Grubsheet this evening: “Is the Prime Minister mad? Answer: Well, yes. But what choice did he have given the dearth of talent in the rabble of a government over which he presides?
An AG doesn’t have to be a lawyer but generally is. And take a look at the remaining lawyers in the government ranks and it’s soon clear that Sitiveni Rabuka had no choice but to scrape the bottom of the barrel again and reinstate someone who was specifically removed for incompetence.
Lynda Tabuya can’t be attorney general or anything really or the government goes to the election next year tainted by the scandals of Room 233 and Lynda’s “bush and butt” video. And Filimoni Vosarogo can’t be AG because he has three times been found guilty of professional misconduct as a lawyer and the Constitution prohibits it.
So Leung is out and Mr Kalavata is back in – leaving the rest of us to wonder just how bad things can still get under the Coalition before Fijians get the opportunity to go to the polls and send the whole lot of them packing.
Yep, the Prime Minister is definitely mad. But then so arguably is everyone else in Fiji for putting up with this farce.
It is the astonishing and very depressing story of how the best person for one of the most important offices of state in Fiji is a man who was found to be unfit for the job a year ago, who presumably remains unfit for the job but gets it anyway because there is no-one else.
What an appalling indictment of the Coalition government! Truly staggering.
Lynda’s “Bush and butt” video. GD you are evil 😅
Nothing is certain , except Death and Taxes. Well you can add to this ….and the Fijian PM (and his administration) making U turns, wrong turns, not making a turn and losing control…Much like the state of road transportation on Fiji roads…..
Sadly, tax is not as much of a certainty as the other, in Fiji. Haven’t you heard about tax holidays?
The people of Fiji and the PM are into recycling in a big way. Recycle and go backwards. The way Fiji should be. . They recycle the same persons for up to 40 years. Makes the people of Fiji proud to be Fijians.
Fiji coalition is the circus that just keeps giving us the best clowns.
What a shitshow!
Will siromi get a second welcoming ceremony with salusalu and grog by the AGs office staff?
What a f**king farce!
Quote from you above GD:
“Yep, the Prime Minister is definitely mad. But then so arguably is everyone else in Fiji for putting up with this farce.”
So I have always been right after all, the people of Fiji are idiots. Just that I realised it well before anyone else.
This truly is a circus with monkeys and clowns putting on a show.
Siromi is more of a court jester who is devoid of any intellectual capacity. He not only makes a mockery of the role of AG but is a joke himself.
There has to be a better criteria for appointing the AG. Or maybe Aiyaz set the standards so high that we are unable to accept an imbecile like Siromi.
This appointment will soon be made permanent.
The reason the gold rolex snake goes back to this baboon is simple: the Snake wants the lid of his own can of worms to remain tightly closed.
A fellow ethno-nationalist will be the most loyal lapdog to ensure no one will know the truth about the Snake.
They are all on the “gravy train” and corrupt to the core, and it’s not getting any better. Because, I have just read a story that a tiny, insignificant country – Fiji – has sent a 9 member delegation to attend the ILO Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, scheduled to last 12 days, excluding traveling times. And, Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in the world. Meanwhile, back home, the people are faced with endemic poverty and hardship whilst how Rolex Rambo can find taxpayers money to fund this Switzerland “junket” is beyond me!
I bet, by this time next year, expect this corrupt iTaukei-led gov’t to bankrupt Fiji with the rich getting richer and the poor ignored and marginalised with the rise of gang violence, lawlessness and racial intolerence.
Lastly, where have all the Fiji Indians gone to? Have the iTaukei taken over running the country at the expense of the others; the forgotten clever ethnic minorities? Let’s hope that it doesn’t spiral downward towards becoming a “new” Haiti!!
Round and Round Fiji’s Mulberry Bush
Round and round Fiji’s mulberry bush,
President Naiqama hides away,
Silly Siti fires sly Siromi,
But a year later—calls him back to play.
Round and round Lynda’s gyrating bush,
Her “bush and butt” steals the show,
While headlines spin and tongues wag fast,
The PM ducks every blow.
Round and round the crocodile pond,
Manoa snaps with glee,
Wanna-be PM, biggest croc,
King of hypocrisy.
Round and round the courtroom maze,
CJ Temo and Bainivalu hide,
Dismissals long overdue,
But justice takes a slide.
Round and round the election game,
Nalini Singh and Atu Bain,
Starts all this mess—
Their own seats should feel the strain.
Round and round the media’s tune,
They nod and toe the line,
“Nothing to see, just move along,”
While Fiji’s hopes decline.
Round and round the sidelines wait,
Ro Jone sits inert,
Watching chaos swirl and spin—
Will he act or just desert?
Round and round Fiji’s mulberry bush,
The people watch aghast,
Will this circus ever end,
Oh how long more will the chaos last?
Brilliant, “Cherry”. Take a bow. 🙂
You get what you deserve and deserve what you get. Sadly, the people of Fiji have brought this upon themselves.
To some extent, people deserve the government they vote in.
However, it might be a tad unfair for voters to take the entire blame.
Unfortunately, no one knew these bastards were going to sell everyone down the river.
They promised to be better than the previous, and they promised to be transparent and honest.
What an utterly unbelievably low life imbeciles they turned out to be. No one could’ve seen they’d be so horrendously out of touch and callous with ordinary people.
Rabuka the snake has demonstrated what an unthinking, tone deaf nitwit and shameless liar he is.