also, at the time the “constitutional PM” was in Vanua Balavu - the first 2 months in question - the military under the directions given by the illegal PM kept shutting down communications at Vanua Balavu in order for LQ’s voice not to be heard..they personally visited Aslam Khan of Vodafone to get the connection to the WHOLE of Vanua Balavu disconnected…how low can some people get!! Talk about desparate bunch of losers!

But then again, isn’t that what has been happening since 1987 - and does anyone here believe that this coup was the mother of all coups - to end all coup. Hell no - regardless of which way this case goes - we are in for more coups.

So our goal should not be to downsize the army what we need is a bigger better army - just make sure that the army is on our side.

The high priced lawyers defending the illegal government are defending illegality itself They are defending the principle that might is right, that if the person holding the office of President states that he needs to set aside any principle of the constitution, the doctrine of necessity says he can. If the President thinks the Prime Minister or his government has failed in any way, the President can act to oust the PM and install another PM, who can name his own government. This is strong stuff.

If the court endorses this principle they will be telling Bainimarama he has unlimited power so long as he can put a President’s signature on a piece of paper. The Parliament can be dismissed. Laws are not to be made by Parliament, but rather by somebody who thinks they are needed and has the guns to stop anyone from opposing him.

One disgusting aspect of this whole legal process is the impression that it is Laisenia Qarase who is on trial. This smacks of the rape victim becoming the accused. “Surely, your skirt was too short. You should have known what would happen” etc etc.

But it is not Qarase who is on trial, it is the constitution and the rule of
law. If the court finds against the constitution and the rule of law, it finds against itself.

What the court is being invited to endorse is the law of the jungle. If this is what stands behind the Peoples’ Charter, then heaven help us. Judge Gates could reflect on the fact that finding for IG does not mean that Frank and company will necessarily continue to rule. It could mean no more than they will rule until they too are overthrown by force. And if that happens, they won’t be able to look for protection to the rule of law.

It’s all Lais Lais Lais

I don’t know you from a bar of soap, so I can’t vouch for anything you say on this. But someone who I know very well, and who has never lied to me about anything, told me this story – which she stood by when I asked again!

The incident took place around 9:30 am on Saturday the 8th! Why did the announcer need to ask the crowd for applause THREE TIMES if they applauded at all in the first place?

Why do you think the Pig has suddenly gone very quiet on the publicity front lately? Because he now knows for sure that his public bluster is just making him more disliked!

Another interesting thing about this incident is the groups who were involved! It is quite telling that even though there was an abundance of Frank’s Marist Old Boy classmates and fellow Catholics there, there was still no applause for him.

It also shows that there is very little intersection between the Marist 7’s audience and the freedom blog crowd (since none of us were aware of this incident). But even though 7’s crowd don’t get to read the anti-Frank stuff on here, they are still aware enough to make up their own minds, and dislike him all the same!

Just goes to show that people just aren’t as stupid as Frank thinks, despite all his clumsy attempts to controlling the airwaves via Khaiyum at FBC, and exclusive IG interview access “bribes” of Vijay Narayan & Co. at CFL.