A gentle reminder about dirty tricks and cornered pigs.
Let me remind you of a well-known fact: while pigs aren’t brave and would rather run than fight, they can be vicious and dangerous when cornered.
Coincidentally, Fiji’s freedom bloggers have suggested for some time now that our self-appointed Dictator for life, Voreque Bainimarama, is imbued with characteristics that have a distinct oink-oink feel about them.
So if you are one of those who discern the porcine in Frank, not only do you have highly-developed powers of perception, but your instincts may well serve to protect you from danger in the weeks and months ahead.
Why ? Because, make no mistake, in Bainimarama’s case the cornered pig comparison fits like a glove. Allow me to explain.
Cornered ? Absolutely, and desperate too. Look at everything he’s promised (and boasted about) but has not delivered. His “achievements” are in fact a list of failures. increasingly, they make him more of a liability than as asset, even in the eyes of his one-time supporters.
Pig ? well, thats simple. Pigs are dirty and the dirty tricks our dictator has orchestrated to silence critics and settle scores just makes his affinity with those of the piggy persuasion all the more obvious. Consider, for example:
One. June 2007: Expulsion of New Zealand High Commissioner Michael Green. Official reason: Unfriendly to Fiji. Real Reason: sat in wrong seat (guest of honour) at rugby game.
Two. June 2007. Detention on arrival, then expulsion of respected New Zealand journalist, Michael Field. Official Reason: Prohibited from entry. Real reason: had temerity to want to report on Fiji’s totally unwarranted expulsion of diplomatic representative of a long-standing neighbor.
Three. October 2007. RFMF close down blogsite resist Frank’s Coup/ Why Fiji is Crying and then flood site with explicit Fiji-specific porn: Official reason: Blogspot was in breach of law (but no-one said WHICH law). Real Reason: Blogspot got too close to truth (anyway, perhaps Frank wanted a porno site that didn’t charge him an arm and a leg on his Visa card).
Four. November 2007: Arrest of New Zealand citizen Ballu Khan, and others, on charges of conspiracy to assassinate Bainimarama. Official Reason: As Charged. Real Reason: Still not established (no evidence!), but strongly suspected to be a diversionary tactic to take focus of Fiji’s failing economy.
Five. February 5, 2008. Hoax bomb threat at Holiday Inn, Suva. official Reason. hey, there’s a bomb in there !real Reason: Hotel was venue for first open forum in Fiji since the December 2006 coup.
Six. February 25, 2008. Illegal deportation of Australian citizen, Russell Hunter, publisher of the Fiji Sun. official Reason: National Security. Real reason: Aforesaid newspaper got right up dictatorial nose with factual reports on the background to the illicit millions stashed in Australia by Mahendra pal Chaudhry (aka “The Chodopu$$)
Seven. may 2, 2008, Illegal Deportation of Australian Citizen, Even Hannah, publisher of Fiji Times: Official Reason and real Reason: see Six above.
Yes, pigs can get very down and dirty. And when they’re fighting for their very survival, all the more so.
Now that Frank is getting closer to the wall, we can expect him to reach once again into his dirty tricks repertoire. And what a repertoire it is !
There’s illegal detention and bomb hoaxes to slice Fijian critics, porno to stigmatize blogsites and a crooked lawyer posing as an attorney-general to oversee the manipulation of the law to intimidate Fiji’s courageous media.
And he’s capricious with his dirty tricks: clearly some are aimed at gaining a perceived strategic or political benefit, but others appear driven by motives that are deeply subjective and rooted in paranoia and obsession.
So, who’s next on this list ?
Sorry, I don’t know. You just cant tell with a cornered pig,
CASSANDRA
Soli Vakasama 
May 9, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Agree with you Cassandra,never wrestls with a pig because you’ll both get filthy.The difference being is that only the pig will enjoy it.
May 9, 2008 at 1:20 pm
@ SV: we assume you received Cassandra’s piece before news broke of the death threat against the Australian Ambassador in Suva.
If so, we warmly congratulate Cassandra on his accurate analysis of an ever-changing disaster zone. His article certainly is a “timely reminder” about what can happen as Fiji’s military-backed regime pursues its familiar killing-the-chicken-to-frighten-the-monkeys strategy.
Despite police spokeswoman Mau’s amateurish attempts to put a spin on the incident (she blamed it on people trying to discredit the Bainimarama regime) the delivery of a death threat to the Australian High Commission bears the unmistakeable imprint of Bainimarama’s goons for two clear reasons:
One: It was a blunt and unambiguous act, essentially no different to other
acts, such as the unjustified expulsion of New Zealand diplomat Michael Green or the legal manipulation and lightening Gestapo-like “covert operations” nature of the apprehension and illegal deportation of both Russell Hunter and Evan Hannah.
Two: Using a taxi which, presumably, can be traced without much difficulty, to deliver a written death threat is par for the course for a regime who’s
bumbling ineptness and juven’le arrogance have become a telltale signature.
But the incident is worrying for Suva’s diplomatic and expatriate communities. Does Bainimarama have it in for alt expatriates, or is it just Australians?
And if it’s only Australians that he’s gunning for, why? Could it be linked to the fact that Andrew Hughes is an Australian?
Hughes, as Fiji’s then police commissioner, was forced to flee Fiji because of threats he received in December 2006, which have since been inked to his investigation of the dictator’s still unexplained role in the CRW murders.
Or is it because the dictator resents Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the European Union because they condemned his using the force of arms to throw out Fiji’s elected government and have been keeping up the pressure ever since for him to return Fiji to democracy?
Cassandra likens Bainimarama desperate behaviour to that of a “cornered pig” and stupid stunts like this latest death threat certainly make such comparisons ring all the more true.
May 9, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Completely agree with your assessment Cassandra, particularly about the vore beiing desperate. As Bubu asks in a posting a couple of days ago, what is that he’s so desperate to hide and why is he behaving increasingly like a some sort of primitive despot. You would think with all his overseas travel and rubbing shoulders with Arabian princes and Singapore civil service mandarins that some of the sophistication might have rubbed off!
May 9, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Avenai: I saka,sa tu qo o mejia Leweni.
Vore: Leweni,tamata vutusona.A cava o la’i va’rerei iratou kina na kai Ositerelia,ah? O sa qai yaco mada ga mai o qai levu tale tiko na ka o cakava.
Leweni: Vosoti au sara saka,o kanala Driti ga e talai au saka.
Vore: Drau faya ga kei Driti.Mataqali vukivuki va qori koya sega ni gole rawa kina o koya i Malaysia.A cava tale o mai cakava i Viti,ah?
Leweni: E so ga na leqa lalai saka.O ka na kai Jaina ni Kadavu ya e sa rui viavia levu saka.
Vore:Kua ni lasu fakanas,qiri mai o Ah Koy ni o vesu mai na zoo.Tukuna o koya ni o la’i vutulaki taka tiko na maqe tagane i kea.I vei na maqe o kauta mai?.
Leweni: E vesu tiko i tuba saka.
Vore: Kauta mai.’Nai,la’i kauta mai na nodaru maqe tagane.Me va’raitaka mada vei kedaru o Leweni na ”monkey style” e vulica mai Jaina.
Avenai: Io saka.
May 9, 2008 at 3:14 pm
No wonder the expulsion of Mr. Hannah was swift. The hooded Immigration Officer was noneother than the Principle Immigartion. He and Dr. Hannah were an initimate item some years back.
May 9, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Hi Prince – i
t seems that kurusiga batitasaqa inquiry has stalled or evaporated into the stratosphere – noone has heard anything at all.
May 9, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Thank you for that summary Casandra and a timely reminder that we need to take to the streets. Force their hands is what we need to do. In the long run, Fiji will be better for it. If ten thousand dead is the price to regain Fiji’s sanity and permanently remove the military from her midst then it is a well worth price to pay. So far 3 deaths and that means squat to the military and with all due respect to the 3 deaths and their beloved families ; remains insufficient to move the mass to call for radical and abrupt changes NOW. However, once we Add 3 zeros to that 3 then we are talking. Deaths abound 1st world countries’ histories and that had to have happen in order to get to where they are now. What makes Fiji think she is immune to that kind of pricetag? The military has to be decisively d i s a r m e d OR disbanded. Therein lies hope for Fiji’s permanent peace and the populace will unite with one common goal — to get rid of the military.
The military must go and we have to think ways to rid them =-= by whatever means necessary. Take to the streets.
May 9, 2008 at 4:33 pm
THE AUSTRALIAN
Politics
How Fiji threw rule book out – Evan Hannah | May 08, 2008
INCHEON airport in Seoul is huge, modern, slick and a shade over 10 hours’ flying from Nadi in Fiji, where I boarded a Korean Air flight at 10am last Friday.
It was the halfway point on my huge dogleg flight to Sydney, a route only a madman would book, but the only route left to desperate immigration officials in Fiji, struggling to follow orders to deport me.
Other airlines leaving Nadi that morning refused to carry me, observing High Court orders issued late the night before to prevent my deportation.
The immigration staff who successfully deported me in defiance of those orders also defied a writ of habeas corpus issued at the same hearing. This abuse of the rule of law is perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this saga, which began three months ago with the deportation of another publisher, Russell Hunter of The Fiji Sun.
Media freedom is clearly at risk of further erosion, with Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, as late as Monday, threatening to close media outlets that fail to comply with his version of fair and balanced coverage.
The manner of my deportation from Thursday night until now clearly adds to the mounting evidence human rights are becoming a heavily discounted commodity. I was denied consular access, denied unfettered use of my mobile phone and denied a reasonable place to rest while being detained.
Left behind in Suva is a stunned workforce at The Fiji Times. Our committed, forthright editor-in-chief Netani Rika says his team will continue to report in the manner of the past, bringing all voices and opinions into our pages and favouring none. They are a credit to journalism, as all Fiji Times staff are a credit to Fiji’s embattled media industry.
Also, painfully, left behind is my family – wife Katarina and young son Ben – struggling to come to terms with a fractured home and uncertain future.
So how does someone manage to warrant deportation under the regime? The Defence Minister labelled me a “threat to national security”. This is a handy catch-all, which under the regime’s new law – still to be tested in court – means no explanation is required from the minister and no appeal is allowed to me.
But I was not deported for this reason; this was added on Friday. On Thursday night, according to the deportation order I saw, I had merely breached the conditions of my work permit. That, too, was not backed with any explanation or evidence.
I cannot find the trigger that led to three immigration officers and one police constable appearing at my door at about 6.30pm on Thursday, clutching a yellow sheet of paper: the removal order. My wife’s sister Meliki recognised one of the immigration men and asked them to wait at the door. She came to where my wife and I were talking at the back of our home and warned me.
As I rang lawyers and our newsroom, Katarina let in the officers and sat them down in ourlounge.
A Fijian, Kata explained to the men that deporting me would deprive our son of his father. In traditional society, family is paramount. In her carefully worded Fijian, she pointed out I had a constitutional right to at least live in Fiji, as the spouse of a citizen.
Her pleas saw the policeman wipe tears from his eyes, but the immigration team remained unmoved. Soon after our lawyers appeared, objected to my removal, were firmly rebuffed, and I had less than a minute to farewell my wife and now crying and distressed son. We were told I would be taken to Nadi and deported to Sydney the next morning. I was escorted to a sedan, wedged in the middle of the back seat between two officials. Then followed a car chase worthy of a B-grade Hollywood movie, with unmarked vehicles creating temporary roadblocks, speedy trips down side roads, switching vehicles and continuous conversations and shouted orders on multiple mobile phones. Finally the media pack was lost, and we headed west into the filthy storm that had been brewing for hours.
At times during the 200km trip from Suva to Nadi, normally a three-hour drive on mostly single-lane roads, we were reduced to crawling at 20km/h, so heavy was the rain. At others we sped up to 110km/h, 30km/h over the national limit, in an attempt to make up time. This casual breach of the law could have forewarned me to breaches to come, but this is Fiji, where road rules are designed to be broken by government vehicles. I discovered the speed was solely required to reach Nadi in time to catch the best takeaway food outlets. Once we reached our destination – a private home on the outskirts of the airport – the lead immigration officer complained that my delays in Nadi meant he couldn’t buy his preferred fast food.
He seemed surprised at my curt tone when I suggested I wasn’t particularly worried that my attempt to exercise my rights to legal counsel had ruined his meal. He may already have been annoyed, however, by my constant references to the fact orders for my release had been issued by the High Court in Suva.
I discovered this exhilarating news halfway across the island, when I was allowed to use my mobile phone to assure my wife I was physically safe. When I relayed her news that orders had been issued, I was met with silence. I tried many more times to get this message across and was ignored. My phone was then taken from me, as was my briefcase containing my laptop.
There followed a mostly sleepless and worrying night on a single bed with single, unwashed sheet, a musty blue bedcover and two lumpy pillows with stained, embroidered pillowcases. My escorts also slept in the first floor of the house, one curled up on a small table, another stretched out on a bench, the only furnishing in the “lounge” area.
The next morning I was offered tea, and we were whisked away again, this time to a security gate on the airport’s perimeter. Here we switched vehicles again, and another set of casually dressed men climbed into the vehicle and drove me through the airport grounds, underneath the nose of a Boeing 747 and around to the VIP arrivals area, which looked unusually neat and tidy. I discovered soon after it had been prepared for the arrival of the Interim Prime Minister and his entourage, coming back to Fiji on Korean Air.
From my new base at the VIP departures lounge, a Ministry of Information officer and I sat alone, listening to the various boarding calls of flights to Auckland, Sydney and Brisbane come and go, but unable to see into the departures area.
Three hours later a protocol officer joined us and beckoned me to follow.
We left the airport building and went on to the tarmac. I asked him where we were going, sure the orders had finally been obeyed, and that I was to be dropped at the public area of theterminal.
Instead, he pointed to the Korean Air Airbus 50m away, the jet that brought Commander Bainimarama into Fiji earlier that morning. “You’re going on that,” he said.
That Fiji had resorted to the deportation process at all was astounding, but to have to resort to such a slapstick solution in defiance of the courts was beyond my rational understanding at the time. I was handed back my briefcase and mobile phone as I boarded and took seat 51C, and was finally able to contact my wife. I have no idea what I said to her, but knowing I would be out of contact for many hours was deeply depressing.
The beer Australian consular officials bought me at Incheon will remain a courtesy I will never forget, a civilised punctuation mark in a disgraceful episode that is another illustration of Fiji’s present approach to good governance, transparency and accountability.
Evan Hannah is the managing director and publisher of The Fiji Times. He was deported by the Fiji Government this week. The Fiji Times is owned by The Australian’s owner, News Limited. The Fijian High Court is scheduled to sit again today. Fiji’s police and government officials are expected to explain why they ignored last week’s writ.
May 9, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Adi kaila,
Not to worry…kurusiga/batibasaga veitarogivanua to commence in the very near future …after the final clean up..
Just pray that Gods grace will save you
God blessfiji
May 9, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Chris Merritt, Legal affairs editor | May 09, 2008
ON Thursday last week, when newspaperman Evan Hannah was seized in Fiji, he had just enough time to call his lawyers.
Interim Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde (left) and Jon Apted making their way to a judge’s chambers in Suva. Picture: The Fiji Times
That call triggered a plan that had been put in place soon after Fiji’s military-appointed interim government expelled another Australian media executive, Russell Hunter, in February.
Hannah, who is managing director of The Fiji Times, believed he would be next, but he was not going without a fight and instructed the newspaper’s law firm, Munro Leys, to begin work on a strategy designed to prevent him becoming another Hunter.
The intention was to use the law against those who wanted to punish The Fiji Times for criticising the post-coup regime. The Fiji Times is owned by News Limited, which publishes The Australian.
The strategy was all about speed. The authorities had come calling on Hunter at 8.30pm, bundling him out of the country with little more than what he was wearing.
If there was a late-night knock on Hannah’s door, Munro Leys’ lawyers knew there would be a race.
The authorities would be trying to move Hannah to Nadi airport, about three hours from Suva, and on an aircraft before the lawyers could scuttle their plan.
In the end, the team from Munro Leys won that race, having tracked down a judge who heard the case in his dining room.
The lawyers had all the supporting documents ready to go and won an order that should have stopped the deportation.
They tracked down another official to have that order given the court’s official stamp and just before midnight, began serving that order on the government and its officials.
All this happened hours before Hannah arrived at the airport and instead of producing him in court, the authorities pressed ahead and put him on a Korean Airlines aircraft bound for Seoul.
Fiji’s interim government is now arguing before the High Court, Fiji’s equivalent of Australia’s Federal Court, that it had not been served with the writ properly.
Ranged against that argument are the records held by Munro Leys, which lists who was served with the writ and when service took place.
Unless the interim government can persuade the High Court that those records are defective or irrelevant, its relationship with thejudiciary could be heading for trouble.
The affair is being used by the democracy lobby as further evidence that the rule of law is in serious trouble in Fiji.
Coup leader Frank Bainimarama strengthened that belief on Monday when he held a meeting with the nation’s media and confirmed that he had overruled the order of the High Court and imposed a permanent ban on Hannah from re-entering the country.
The affair has also raised questions about Fiji’s adherence to international law.
An Australian consular official made an early-morning dash from Suva to Nadi airport only to be refused access to Hannah.
That official then took a copy of the court order from Hannah’s lawyers and tried to discuss it with the crew of the Korean aircraft that eventually took Hannah out of the country.
Although the Australian diplomat was not manhandled, Fijian officials turned him away from the aircraft.
The fact that Hannah is no longer in Fiji does not mean this affair is over because significant numbers of Fijians respected the court’s order and refused to co-operate with the deportation.
Air Pacific defied the authorities and abided by the court order, as did some of the airport staff at Nadi.
One of the officials who removed Hannah from his home was reduced to tears.
Hannah’s suspicions about what lay ahead had been aroused a little more than two weeks after Hunter had been expelled.
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum telephoned Hannah at 10.30am on March 14, asking him to attend a meeting at 2.30pm in his office.
Hannah took along a Munro Leys litigation partner, Jon Apted, who listened as Sayed-Khaiyum told them that Bainimarama was unhappy with The Fiji Times.
Hannah explained that as publisher he took responsibility for everything published in the newspaper, but he would not, in any circumstances, give directions to the editorial team.
He told Sayed-Khaiyum there was a separation of powers at the paper to allow the editorial staff to operate without being subjected to improper pressure.
If the interim government had a grievance it could be dealt with in the normal way: through a correction, a letter to the editor, an opinion article, a complaint to the Fiji Media Council or resort to the courts.
The details of that meeting are outlined in an affidavit Hannah completed the next day and left with his lawyers.
Apted knew that if the authorities moved against his client, an urgent application to the courts would be essential.
To cover all contingencies and save time, documents were prepared well in advance to support a variety of possible responses.
“We didn’t know exactly what would happen: what time, what basis they would claim for removing him and how much time we would have,” Apted says.
“So we had ready a writ of habeus corpus, a judicial review application, an application for a stay, a civil action and an application for an exparte injunction. We also took affidavits from Evan and all the exhibits that we needed on his personal circumstances: his job, his family circumstances, his passport and the history of his dealings with the Government.
“The affidavit also covered his role as publisher and the separation of duties between him as publisher and the editor.
“All these were ready when he called to say there were immigration officials and a policeman at his house.”
That call was placed to Apted’s mobile phone between 6.30pm and 7pm.
Apted was in a meeting and called back five minutes later.
He then told the firm’s managing partner, Richard Naidu, what had happened and the two lawyers arrived at Hannah’s home at about 7.25pm, when they were confronted with the scene they had been dreading: a government vehicle parked outside.
Hannah’s security guards opened the gates and the lawyers found three immigration officials and a policeman in the lounge room.
Those officials were immigration officer Josefa Ravatudei, immigration inspector Yogendra Kumar, passport control officer Paula Yavita and special police constable Asesla Niu.
Hannah, mindful of the circumstances of Hunter’s deportation, had dressed for travel and had packed a bag.
Naidu read the removal order and told the immigration officials that Hannah had seven days before the expulsion order took effect.
“This meant they could not take Evan there and then,” Apted says.
But the officials persisted and said arguments over the meaning of the order could take place in court.
Naidu, who does most of the pre-publication work for The Fiji Times, is very close to the paper, but he is not part of the firm’s litigation department and had not been involved directly in preparing for the coming fight. But his presence that night was essential.
He was there so he could swear an affidavit that covered what he saw and it would be used in the proceedings that were sure to follow.
When it became clear Hannah would be taken away that night, Apted went outside and began making calls to arrange an urgent hearing before a High Court judge.
He called court registrar Emosi Koroi at home and was told that the family was having evening devotions and could he call back.
After the officials had left with Hannah wedged into the back seat of their government car, Apted and Naidu returned to their office and determined the best way forward was a writ for habeus corpus.
Because there is no duty-judge scheme in Fiji, Koroi needed to call judges at home until he found one who was prepared to hear the habeus application.
Apted and Koroi then found themselves at the dining table of High Court judge Filimoni Jitoko, who conducted a hearing just as if he were in court and agreed to issue the writ.
The firm informed the Australian consulate, which in turn passed the news to Canberra.
A consular official then caught an early flight to Nadi to offer Hannah whatever assistance might be appropriate.
At the same time, copies of the court’s order were being widely distributed and Air Pacific refused to carry Hannah to Australia.
Air Terminal Services at Nadi, after being told of the court order, refused to process Hannah’s departure.
Even with Hannah out of the country, the repercussions from this affair are still being felt in Fiji.
At 3pm on Friday, when the respondents to the court’s order had been due to produce Hannah to Jitoko, none turned up, the only representatives from the interim government being solicitor-general Christopher Pryde and an assistant.
Pryde told the court he was representing the respondents but had been unable to contact any of them to establish whether they had been served with the writ.
The court process in Fiji is expected to drag on for weeks, but the affair might have already made a decisive impact on relations with Australia.
Australian consul-general in Fiji James Batley has received a death threat and Fiji is accusing Australian aid agency Ausaid of using its activities to encourage critics of the post-coup regime.
After Hunter’s expulsion, Australia expressed its extreme disappointment to the Fiji authorities that nobody bothered to inform Australian authorities that an Australian citizen was being deported.
This time, the Fiji side has done it again.
Consular officials in Suva became aware of the affair only after hearing about it on the local media.
The consulate then contacted The Fiji Times, obtained Hannah’s mobile phone number and called him while he was on the road to Nadi. He assured the consulate that he was not being mistreated.
While Hannah was still on the road, the consulate began calling senior figures in Fiji’s interim government, expressing concern, seeking information and requesting immediate consular access. Nothing happened.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs then instructed the consulate to have an official at Nadi airport to offer whatever assistance possible.
At the airport, the affair took a bizarre turn.
A consular official learned Hannah was being held in a room just off the main departure hall.
The official knocked on the door, asked to see Hannah, and was told he was not there.
A short time later, the official tried again and had a brief conversation with Hannah through a half-opened door before being told by Fiji authorities to leave.
When it was learned that Air Pacific would not co-operate with the expulsion, the consular official tried to ensure Korean Airlines was aware of the court’s order.
But the consular official, armed with a copy of the writ, was turned back at the departure gate.
Hannah was already on board.
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Fiji denies breaching court order – Chris Merritt, Legal affairs editor | May 09, 2008
FIJI Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum denies his interim government breached a court order when it deported Evan Hannah, claiming the government was never properly served with the order.
A notice that accompanied the writ of habeus corpus, and which was stamped by the Fiji High Court, was addressed to the seven parties who were identified as respondents.
They range from Josefa Ravatudei, one of the immigration officials who took Hannah from his home, to the commissioner of police and the permanent secretary of defence, national security and immigration.
But the writ has far broader reach. The accompanying notice says the writ is directed to the respondents “or other person(s) having the custody of Evan David Hannah”.
It commands them “to have the body of Evan David Hannah before the said court …”
“In default thereof, the said court will then … commit you to prison for your contempt in not obeying the said writ …”
Once judge Filimoni Jitoko agreed to issue this order, solicitor Jon Apted conveyed the information to Mr Hannah’s wife Kata, who passed the news to Mr Hannah while he was still en route to Nadi.
Mr Hannah then informed the officials who had him in custody and kept reminding them of the court’s order at regular intervals. His mobile phone was then confiscated.
Mr Apted also obtained the mobile phone number of one of the immigration officers in the car that was taking Mr Hannah to Nadi. Apted sent a text message informing that official of the court’s order. There was no reply.
If that text message was received, the officials who had Mr Hannah in custody were told of two separate occasions about the court’s order.
Mr Apted’s team at Munro Leys started faxing the court’s notice – and the writ – to government officials just before midnight on the day before Mr Hannah’s expulsion.
Between 11.19pm and 12.12am the writ and the notice were faxed to Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde, the air traffic department of Air Pacific, the duty officer of movement control at Air Terminal Services (Fiji) Ltd in Nadi, the commissioner of police, immigration director Bill Naupoto, the permanent secretary of defence, national security and immigration Malakai Tadulala and immigration officers at Nadi Airport.
Early the next morning, before Mr Hannah was deported at about 10am, lawyers from Munro Leys walked around the government offices in Suva serving the writ on senior government officials.
One of those who was personally served was Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde, who happened to be standing outside the Attorney-General’s office.
The Fiji Times provided transport from Suva to Nadi airport for senior associate Feizal Hannif, who started serving the writ on police, immigration and airport officials at 4.50am.
The newspaper also arranged for one of its employees, who was booked on the 9am Air Pacific flight to Australia, to have a copy of the writ that could be served in the departure lounge on the officials who had Mr Hannah in custody.
That option was never exercised because Air Pacific honoured the court’s order and refused to carry Mr Hannah.
Korean Airlines agreed to carry Mr Hannah even though Mr Hannif had informed the airline’s ground staff of the court’s order and provided them with a copy of the documents.
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Politics
Hannah’s lawyers understand his plight too well –
Chris Merritt, Legal affairs correspondent | May 09, 2008
THE two Fiji lawyers who almost prevented Evan Hannah’s deportation have a long and personal involvement in the struggle for free speech and democracy.
Jon Apted, the Harvard-educated lawyer for The Fiji Times, had been directly involved in helping to draw up the Fiji Constitution that was displaced in the 2006 coup.
Apted’s managing partner, Richard Naidu, who tried to head off the expulsion at Hannah’s home, is a former journalist with the Fiji Times who knows what it feels like to be deported.
After Fiji’s first coup in 1987, Naidu was the media spokesman for deposed prime minister Timoci Bavadra.
Because Naidu’s mother was a New Zealand citizen, he was deported to New Zealand by the leader of that coup, Sitiveni Rabuka.
In New Zealand, Naidu gained degrees in commerce and law from the University of Auckland in 1987 and 1989.
He was admitted to the High Court of New Zealand in 1989 and the High Court of Fiji in 1995.
Before returning to Fiji, he worked for one of New Zealand’s leading firms, Russell McVeagh.
Naidu and Apted are both partners at Fiji’s largest law firm Munro Leys.
The five partners and 10 employed solicitors have offices in Suva adjacent to the Fiji Times and have been the newspaper’s legal advisers “forever”, Apted says.
They were up against the interim government’s most senior lawyer, New Zealander Christopher Pryde, whose CV states he had a varied legal background before arriving in Fiji last year to be solicitor-general.
Pryde’s CV states he obtained his law degree in 1990 from Otago University in New Zealand before moving to the Australian National University, where he obtained a post-graduate diploma in East Asian studies and an MA.
“He has had a varied legal practice which has included work in conveyancing, immigration, trusts and matrimonial property, as well as civil and criminal litigation,” the CV states.
He worked in Osaka for a Japanese trading company where he supervised and drafted international financing and licensing agreements and returned to New Zealand in 2002.
Apted joined Munro Leys in 2000 after a long career in public administration.
He has worked in the office of the Attorney-General and is a former chief electoral officer.
He organised the 1992 elections that returned Fiji to democratic rule after the 1987 coup.
He has a masters degree from Harvard in international law, international tax law and human rights.
After Harvard, Apted became one of the two legal counsel to the constitutional review convention, recommendations from which led to the Fiji Constitution.
Although Munro Leys is responsible for providing pre-publication advice to the Fiji Times, the coup of December 2006 added an extra dimension to the firm’s work.
It provides legal advice as well as practical advice.
“When we legal (journalists’ articles) we stick to what the law was before (the coup),” Apted says.
“We point out any potential fallout and it is for the editor to decide.
“We tell him what will lead to legal liability but we also feel compelled to point out anything that will lead to trouble.”
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May 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Chris Merritt, Legal affairs editor | May 09, 2008
ON Thursday last week, when newspaperman Evan Hannah was seized in Fiji, he had just enough time to call his lawyers.
Interim Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde (left) and Jon Apted making their way to a judge’s chambers in Suva. Picture: The Fiji Times
That call triggered a plan that had been put in place soon after Fiji’s military-appointed interim government expelled another Australian media executive, Russell Hunter, in February.
Hannah, who is managing director of The Fiji Times, believed he would be next, but he was not going without a fight and instructed the newspaper’s law firm, Munro Leys, to begin work on a strategy designed to prevent him becoming another Hunter.
The intention was to use the law against those who wanted to punish The Fiji Times for criticising the post-coup regime. The Fiji Times is owned by News Limited, which publishes The Australian.
The strategy was all about speed. The authorities had come calling on Hunter at 8.30pm, bundling him out of the country with little more than what he was wearing.
If there was a late-night knock on Hannah’s door, Munro Leys’ lawyers knew there would be a race.
The authorities would be trying to move Hannah to Nadi airport, about three hours from Suva, and on an aircraft before the lawyers could scuttle their plan.
In the end, the team from Munro Leys won that race, having tracked down a judge who heard the case in his dining room.
The lawyers had all the supporting documents ready to go and won an order that should have stopped the deportation.
They tracked down another official to have that order given the court’s official stamp and just before midnight, began serving that order on the government and its officials.
All this happened hours before Hannah arrived at the airport and instead of producing him in court, the authorities pressed ahead and put him on a Korean Airlines aircraft bound for Seoul.
Fiji’s interim government is now arguing before the High Court, Fiji’s equivalent of Australia’s Federal Court, that it had not been served with the writ properly.
Ranged against that argument are the records held by Munro Leys, which lists who was served with the writ and when service took place.
Unless the interim government can persuade the High Court that those records are defective or irrelevant, its relationship with thejudiciary could be heading for trouble.
The affair is being used by the democracy lobby as further evidence that the rule of law is in serious trouble in Fiji.
Coup leader Frank Bainimarama strengthened that belief on Monday when he held a meeting with the nation’s media and confirmed that he had overruled the order of the High Court and imposed a permanent ban on Hannah from re-entering the country.
The affair has also raised questions about Fiji’s adherence to international law.
An Australian consular official made an early-morning dash from Suva to Nadi airport only to be refused access to Hannah.
That official then took a copy of the court order from Hannah’s lawyers and tried to discuss it with the crew of the Korean aircraft that eventually took Hannah out of the country.
Although the Australian diplomat was not manhandled, Fijian officials turned him away from the aircraft.
The fact that Hannah is no longer in Fiji does not mean this affair is over because significant numbers of Fijians respected the court’s order and refused to co-operate with the deportation.
Air Pacific defied the authorities and abided by the court order, as did some of the airport staff at Nadi.
One of the officials who removed Hannah from his home was reduced to tears.
Hannah’s suspicions about what lay ahead had been aroused a little more than two weeks after Hunter had been expelled.
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum telephoned Hannah at 10.30am on March 14, asking him to attend a meeting at 2.30pm in his office.
Hannah took along a Munro Leys litigation partner, Jon Apted, who listened as Sayed-Khaiyum told them that Bainimarama was unhappy with The Fiji Times.
Hannah explained that as publisher he took responsibility for everything published in the newspaper, but he would not, in any circumstances, give directions to the editorial team.
He told Sayed-Khaiyum there was a separation of powers at the paper to allow the editorial staff to operate without being subjected to improper pressure.
If the interim government had a grievance it could be dealt with in the normal way: through a correction, a letter to the editor, an opinion article, a complaint to the Fiji Media Council or resort to the courts.
The details of that meeting are outlined in an affidavit Hannah completed the next day and left with his lawyers.
Apted knew that if the authorities moved against his client, an urgent application to the courts would be essential.
To cover all contingencies and save time, documents were prepared well in advance to support a variety of possible responses.
“We didn’t know exactly what would happen: what time, what basis they would claim for removing him and how much time we would have,” Apted says.
“So we had ready a writ of habeus corpus, a judicial review application, an application for a stay, a civil action and an application for an exparte injunction. We also took affidavits from Evan and all the exhibits that we needed on his personal circumstances: his job, his family circumstances, his passport and the history of his dealings with the Government.
“The affidavit also covered his role as publisher and the separation of duties between him as publisher and the editor.
“All these were ready when he called to say there were immigration officials and a policeman at his house.”
That call was placed to Apted’s mobile phone between 6.30pm and 7pm.
Apted was in a meeting and called back five minutes later.
He then told the firm’s managing partner, Richard Naidu, what had happened and the two lawyers arrived at Hannah’s home at about 7.25pm, when they were confronted with the scene they had been dreading: a government vehicle parked outside.
Hannah’s security guards opened the gates and the lawyers found three immigration officials and a policeman in the lounge room.
Those officials were immigration officer Josefa Ravatudei, immigration inspector Yogendra Kumar, passport control officer Paula Yavita and special police constable Asesla Niu.
Hannah, mindful of the circumstances of Hunter’s deportation, had dressed for travel and had packed a bag.
Naidu read the removal order and told the immigration officials that Hannah had seven days before the expulsion order took effect.
“This meant they could not take Evan there and then,” Apted says.
But the officials persisted and said arguments over the meaning of the order could take place in court.
Naidu, who does most of the pre-publication work for The Fiji Times, is very close to the paper, but he is not part of the firm’s litigation department and had not been involved directly in preparing for the coming fight. But his presence that night was essential.
He was there so he could swear an affidavit that covered what he saw and it would be used in the proceedings that were sure to follow.
When it became clear Hannah would be taken away that night, Apted went outside and began making calls to arrange an urgent hearing before a High Court judge.
He called court registrar Emosi Koroi at home and was told that the family was having evening devotions and could he call back.
After the officials had left with Hannah wedged into the back seat of their government car, Apted and Naidu returned to their office and determined the best way forward was a writ for habeus corpus.
Because there is no duty-judge scheme in Fiji, Koroi needed to call judges at home until he found one who was prepared to hear the habeus application.
Apted and Koroi then found themselves at the dining table of High Court judge Filimoni Jitoko, who conducted a hearing just as if he were in court and agreed to issue the writ.
The firm informed the Australian consulate, which in turn passed the news to Canberra.
A consular official then caught an early flight to Nadi to offer Hannah whatever assistance might be appropriate.
At the same time, copies of the court’s order were being widely distributed and Air Pacific refused to carry Hannah to Australia.
Air Terminal Services at Nadi, after being told of the court order, refused to process Hannah’s departure.
Even with Hannah out of the country, the repercussions from this affair are still being felt in Fiji.
At 3pm on Friday, when the respondents to the court’s order had been due to produce Hannah to Jitoko, none turned up, the only representatives from the interim government being solicitor-general Christopher Pryde and an assistant.
Pryde told the court he was representing the respondents but had been unable to contact any of them to establish whether they had been served with the writ.
The court process in Fiji is expected to drag on for weeks, but the affair might have already made a decisive impact on relations with Australia.
Australian consul-general in Fiji James Batley has received a death threat and Fiji is accusing Australian aid agency Ausaid of using its activities to encourage critics of the post-coup regime.
After Hunter’s expulsion, Australia expressed its extreme disappointment to the Fiji authorities that nobody bothered to inform Australian authorities that an Australian citizen was being deported.
This time, the Fiji side has done it again.
Consular officials in Suva became aware of the affair only after hearing about it on the local media.
The consulate then contacted The Fiji Times, obtained Hannah’s mobile phone number and called him while he was on the road to Nadi. He assured the consulate that he was not being mistreated.
While Hannah was still on the road, the consulate began calling senior figures in Fiji’s interim government, expressing concern, seeking information and requesting immediate consular access. Nothing happened.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs then instructed the consulate to have an official at Nadi airport to offer whatever assistance possible.
At the airport, the affair took a bizarre turn.
A consular official learned Hannah was being held in a room just off the main departure hall.
The official knocked on the door, asked to see Hannah, and was told he was not there.
A short time later, the official tried again and had a brief conversation with Hannah through a half-opened door before being told by Fiji authorities to leave.
When it was learned that Air Pacific would not co-operate with the expulsion, the consular official tried to ensure Korean Airlines was aware of the court’s order.
But the consular official, armed with a copy of the writ, was turned back at the departure gate.
Hannah was already on board.
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Fiji denies breaching court order – Chris Merritt, Legal affairs editor | May 09, 2008
FIJI Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum denies his interim government breached a court order when it deported Evan Hannah, claiming the government was never properly served with the order.
A notice that accompanied the writ of habeus corpus, and which was stamped by the Fiji High Court, was addressed to the seven parties who were identified as respondents.
They range from Josefa Ravatudei, one of the immigration officials who took Hannah from his home, to the commissioner of police and the permanent secretary of defence, national security and immigration.
But the writ has far broader reach. The accompanying notice says the writ is directed to the respondents “or other person(s) having the custody of Evan David Hannah”.
It commands them “to have the body of Evan David Hannah before the said court …”
“In default thereof, the said court will then … commit you to prison for your contempt in not obeying the said writ …”
Once judge Filimoni Jitoko agreed to issue this order, solicitor Jon Apted conveyed the information to Mr Hannah’s wife Kata, who passed the news to Mr Hannah while he was still en route to Nadi.
Mr Hannah then informed the officials who had him in custody and kept reminding them of the court’s order at regular intervals. His mobile phone was then confiscated.
Mr Apted also obtained the mobile phone number of one of the immigration officers in the car that was taking Mr Hannah to Nadi. Apted sent a text message informing that official of the court’s order. There was no reply.
If that text message was received, the officials who had Mr Hannah in custody were told of two separate occasions about the court’s order.
Mr Apted’s team at Munro Leys started faxing the court’s notice – and the writ – to government officials just before midnight on the day before Mr Hannah’s expulsion.
Between 11.19pm and 12.12am the writ and the notice were faxed to Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde, the air traffic department of Air Pacific, the duty officer of movement control at Air Terminal Services (Fiji) Ltd in Nadi, the commissioner of police, immigration director Bill Naupoto, the permanent secretary of defence, national security and immigration Malakai Tadulala and immigration officers at Nadi Airport.
Early the next morning, before Mr Hannah was deported at about 10am, lawyers from Munro Leys walked around the government offices in Suva serving the writ on senior government officials.
One of those who was personally served was Solicitor-General Christopher Pryde, who happened to be standing outside the Attorney-General’s office.
The Fiji Times provided transport from Suva to Nadi airport for senior associate Feizal Hannif, who started serving the writ on police, immigration and airport officials at 4.50am.
The newspaper also arranged for one of its employees, who was booked on the 9am Air Pacific flight to Australia, to have a copy of the writ that could be served in the departure lounge on the officials who had Mr Hannah in custody.
That option was never exercised because Air Pacific honoured the court’s order and refused to carry Mr Hannah.
Korean Airlines agreed to carry Mr Hannah even though Mr Hannif had informed the airline’s ground staff of the court’s order and provided them with a copy of the documents.
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Politics
Hannah’s lawyers understand his plight too well –
Chris Merritt, Legal affairs correspondent | May 09, 2008
THE two Fiji lawyers who almost prevented Evan Hannah’s deportation have a long and personal involvement in the struggle for free speech and democracy.
Jon Apted, the Harvard-educated lawyer for The Fiji Times, had been directly involved in helping to draw up the Fiji Constitution that was displaced in the 2006 coup.
Apted’s managing partner, Richard Naidu, who tried to head off the expulsion at Hannah’s home, is a former journalist with the Fiji Times who knows what it feels like to be deported.
After Fiji’s first coup in 1987, Naidu was the media spokesman for deposed prime minister Timoci Bavadra.
Because Naidu’s mother was a New Zealand citizen, he was deported to New Zealand by the leader of that coup, Sitiveni Rabuka.
In New Zealand, Naidu gained degrees in commerce and law from the University of Auckland in 1987 and 1989.
He was admitted to the High Court of New Zealand in 1989 and the High Court of Fiji in 1995.
Before returning to Fiji, he worked for one of New Zealand’s leading firms, Russell McVeagh.
Naidu and Apted are both partners at Fiji’s largest law firm Munro Leys.
The five partners and 10 employed solicitors have offices in Suva adjacent to the Fiji Times and have been the newspaper’s legal advisers “forever”, Apted says.
They were up against the interim government’s most senior lawyer, New Zealander Christopher Pryde, whose CV states he had a varied legal background before arriving in Fiji last year to be solicitor-general.
Pryde’s CV states he obtained his law degree in 1990 from Otago University in New Zealand before moving to the Australian National University, where he obtained a post-graduate diploma in East Asian studies and an MA.
“He has had a varied legal practice which has included work in conveyancing, immigration, trusts and matrimonial property, as well as civil and criminal litigation,” the CV states.
He worked in Osaka for a Japanese trading company where he supervised and drafted international financing and licensing agreements and returned to New Zealand in 2002.
Apted joined Munro Leys in 2000 after a long career in public administration.
He has worked in the office of the Attorney-General and is a former chief electoral officer.
He organised the 1992 elections that returned Fiji to democratic rule after the 1987 coup.
He has a masters degree from Harvard in international law, international tax law and human rights.
After Harvard, Apted became one of the two legal counsel to the constitutional review convention, recommendations from which led to the Fiji Constitution.
Although Munro Leys is responsible for providing pre-publication advice to the Fiji Times, the coup of December 2006 added an extra dimension to the firm’s work.
It provides legal advice as well as practical advice.
“When we legal (journalists’ articles) we stick to what the law was before (the coup),” Apted says.
“We point out any potential fallout and it is for the editor to decide.
“We tell him what will lead to legal liability but we also feel compelled to point out anything that will lead to trouble.”
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May 9, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Great post, Cassandra – vinaka. I’ve been thinking for a while about the Pig’s other Evil Twin. And I think I’ve figured out what Chodo is up to.
General Sun Tzu is attributed with saying of tactics and strategy – “you may perceive my tactics, but my strategy remains hidden”. Looking at Chodo’s tactics to date, a pattern emerges. We can conclude what were his original aims, and what is his ‘end game’ strategy.
1. Actions to Date – Team up with FB. FB stage military coup. Form interim govt with FB. Take over judiciary.
Problems – Pressure from international community for new elections under current Constitution. Media scrutiny. Public unrest. International sanctions. Disease outbreaks.
2. Response Plan – NCBBF & Charter. Reform GCC, industry, labour, civil service. Delay next elections. PR status for ex-citizens. Civilian deaths to quell public unrest.
Problems – Media scrutiny. Increased cost of oil, food , medicines. Natural disasters. Inflation. Continued aid sanctions. Victor Lal & Haryana funds story. Military budget overspend.
3. Response plan – ‘Fix’ Haryana & tax inquiry. Seek assistance from new donors (China, Korea, India, Singapore, Dubai). Source loans & other revenue sources. Deport foreign journalists. Clampdown on local media. Clampdown on active resistance to Charter. Deny delaying next elections. Delay next elections.
Problems – Stagflation & economy in freefall. Haryana donors upset. Capital flight. Continued international pressure for election timetable & Constitution. Ministers bickering. Media biased. Charter not accepted by provinces or Chiefs. Running out of time to ‘fix’ next election.
4. Response plan – Continue like nothing’s wrong. Keep blaming LQ and the media. Alter electoral boundaries. Pressure and distract local media to reduce bias.
At this point, two possible scenarios emerge to explain Chodo’s overlying strategy.
Scenario 1 is that he wanted to be PM again, but realises he stuffed up, and his plans to revive the economy have failed miserably. He knows his regime cannot survive a cyclone or outbreak of disease. He will try desperately to realise his original vision while simultaneously working on his ‘exit strategy’. He has millions squeezed away in Australia and NZ, but he knows that a legally elected govt (not his) will request those assets be frozen and surrendered unto the State. He would rather reclaim them and abscond. In this scenario, Chodo is vulnerable to being manipulated. Because of Chodo’s self-appointed position, the entire country is vulnerable along with him.
In Scenario 1, Chodo is all tactics and no strategy – wallowing in what Sun Tzu called “the noise of defeat”.
Scenario 2 is that the situation is approximately as Chodo intended. In this case, all that has happened to date serves the purpose of a ‘final strategy’ and, in the final months before new elections, Chodo is, to use a chess analogy, putting the final pieces in to play.
Chodo has an established attraction to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction (the necessary stage prior to reincarnation). He would often pose before her statue for local TV interviews in his private office. Is it possible that Chodo seeks to invoke total destruction on Fiji, in order to rebuild it ‘in his own image’, according to his own vision? Why would Chodo think that this ‘final solution’ will succeed in the modern world? Possibly the tenacity of corrupt regimes in Burma, Zimbabwe, Kashmir, and the on-going destruction in Palestine give Chodo hope that he might, just might, get away with it.
5. Current problems – Electorate hates the IG. Victor Lal keeps reporting on the Haryana money. No support on the proposal for PR for former residents. Too much scrutiny on electoral procedures.
If Scenario 1 is the case, we can predict the following:-
5a. Scenario 1 response plan – Continue like nothing’s wrong. Return to India and get more Haryana sympathy and money. Transfer money in Australia & NZ to a neutral bank. Continue to arrange new elections as promised. Arrange immunity for IG members. Stand in next elections. If forbidden to stand, go into exile with Haryana money until it’s possible to stand again or support son’s campaign.
If Scenario 2 is the case, we can predict the following:-
5b. Response plan – Continue like nothing’s wrong. Return to India and get more Haryana sympathy, money and resources. Change electoral boundaries and procedures in own favour. If lose in next elections, use Haryana resources to fund outright takeover. Return to power. Reform land. Power to indo-fijians forever, including option for indo-Fijian President. Repay soft loans. Open ‘little india’ for business. Economy back on track. Sugar No 1 national industry.
So Chodo’s either realised the game is up and is going to try for immunity. Or after years of meticulous planning, he is going for a ‘final solution’ to totally break Fiji and reshape it to his vision.
Matthew 7:16 says “By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?” Chodo’s illegal interim regime – for it is truly his junta and not Voreqe’s – has shown, by its fruits, that it is an undemocratic, corrupt, self-interested, shady dictatorship, despite initial claims to promote accountability and root out corruption.
Chodo knows he cannot win an election in Fiji under the current Constitution. But rather than seeing this as a result of his own actions and divisiveness, he blames it on the Constitution. He knows he can win if he fixes the result. But when he loses in the polls, as he surely shall, is he prepared to stage yet another coup, backed by Indian money, guns and possibly even soldiers? Scenario 2 suggests the answer is ‘yes’.
Looking at Chodo’s path and tactics to date, we may conclude that his final solution is to rule Fiji, no matter what. He wants his legacy to be Indian rule in Fiji. This will be obvious to anyone who’s watched him closely for the past decades. What is surprising though, is the lengths he is prepared to go for it, flying in the face of reason, public opinion, legal legitimacy, human rights, ethical standards and decency.
So which Chodo are we dealing with here? Scenario 1 Chodo recognises rules and boundaries, even though he knows he cannot win. Scenario 2 Chodo no longer recognises boundaries to his behaviour and is, I think, the more alarming of the two because the inability to respond to boundaries is a mark of insanity. Just how desperate is he to reach his target? What ISN’T Chodo prepared to sacrifice?
Before the 2006 coup, Fiji’s future was bright, prosperous and bountiful. We were achieving sustainable economic growth, were attracting investment and even shrugging off the impacts of repeated coup-de-tats. The entire population, every man, women and child of Fiji, is being deprived of that future by the whims of one man whose motives are thoroughly questionable.
We must do all we can to stop him. We must show the world our dissent. We must protest this travesty. We, the true sons and daughters of this great land, must stop Fiji’s future being sacrificed on the altar of Chodo’s vanity.
Tabu soro
God bless Fiji
May 9, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Sorry that was rather long but I could not c/p the website addresses.
@nativegal – what is the comment quote @
4:40 pm Just pray that Gods grace will save you
Save me from what pray tell?
May 9, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Please note that this article was written and received by us prior to the death threats against the Australian High Commissioner
SV
May 9, 2008 at 5:31 pm
If anyone has not seen the video “Behind the Bluff of Bainimarama” they should see it now. Its about Frank’s reasons for holding the coup because he wanted to stop the investigation into the CRW murderss.. But that video is outdated and what we need is another video about his reasons for not holding the elections.
The threat against the Australian Ambassador and the throwing out of Hanna and Hunter is just the beginning. Frank and Chaudhry have a big objective which is to get control of the media, and they have a lot more to hide than murders that happened 8 years ago.
They are both corrupt and that’s why they don’t want the media doing its job.And when we say corrupt we mean big money, certainly in Frank’s case bigger money than he ever saw from his paypacket as Commoddore.
So, if you are ajourno who thinks h’s got a big story, watch out! And if you are the dioplomatic representative of countries like NZ, the UK, Australia or even the US, watch your back every time you step out of your embassy. This regime is going feral and will stop at nothing to keep a lid on its corruption and its plans to stay in power for as long as poss.
May 9, 2008 at 5:58 pm
The cornered pig is forever looking for the next little suckling to blame.
Bear that in mind, and those of you that blog, please ensure your security is as it should be. ISPs give undertaking that they are holier than thou, and that they respect privacy etc. That may be the policy. Unfortunately is doesn;t take account of some of those that might work for them and who have agendas of their own or in keeping with the pig or his sours.
Standard stuff – use proxies and any means of anonymity you can avail yourselves of. Bear in mind that there is sfa that totally guarantees anonymity.
Fiji is full of sympathisers for this junta that have an interest in IT or actually work in the field – some even advertise their names because their ego and a high and mighty job title fits their egos. Some are like the boy racer, the script kiddie, (or the wanker), and just do it because they have no moral fibre – they see it as some pathetic sugn of winning something – God knows what.
Frank is getting deperate. He needs another excuse. Despite the guaranteers he’s given, and despite all his promises, unless he’s an absolute dolt, he’ll be having his minions try and construct another conspiracy to prove himself the victim. Chodo likewise.
Who’s next on the list for expulsion do you reckon?
and……(by the way)
Earth to Shaista – shouldn’t you be commenting on one or two things that have recently been happening?
Go consult with Pryde if you’ve run out of excuses. He’s as good at clutching at straws and keeping any sense of credibility as you once were.
As sis once referred to you as the silly bitch. What should we refer to Pryde as?. I guess Silly bitch fits you, Pryde, Gates and iI-Arse.
May 9, 2008 at 6:07 pm
vinaka vinaka! keep it coming.
May 9, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Earth Control to Major Tom
The best place for a pig is trussed up & into the lovo – this voreqe the pig can then be served up to the shamimi sisters and khaiyum – dua na kena borogaga chutney washed down with Baigaini Daiquiri. Mera kana mera pula – Nice na sogo i valenivo
May 9, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Good piece Cassandra. It got me thinking and prompted me to check for official reaction to the death threat against Batley. Apart from the police
spokespeople trying to make it look like someone was trying to discredit the regime, I couldnt find anything.
It’s significant that the regime is keeping quiet about what has been a major news story. There’s no mention of it, for example, on the government online portal daily news brief for Thursday and Friday and that’s strange because the news briefs are usually very comprehensive. No prizes for guessing that the
Department of Information has been told to stay right away from it. My other guess is that the police investigation will go nowhere, and that will be a telltale sign that Teleni has put the stoppers on it because he’s Frank’s man and wasn’t put in the comissioner job simply because navy blue makes him look slimmer than his snow white navy uniform.
One final prediction: Frank has shown in the past that he doesn’t let go when he’s obsessed with something and that was born out most recently by the military-style operations to deport Hunter and then Hannah. I will only believe that the death threat to high commissioner Batley is a one off if nothing else happens.
I know that if I was Batley or one of his staff I would be looking over my
shoulder at every move and I would be making double sure that my house was securely locked and bolted whether or not I was in it at the time. And I would make doubly sure that my laptop and personal papers were kept locked somewhere safe like the High Commission building and I would make sure I had the number of the fire brigade and the police well and truly committed to memory. (Don’t forget what happened to the expatriate judge’s house)
Just be extra careful because as Cassandra has so eloquently pointed out, you might well be dealing with a cornered pig. And the only predictable thing about this cornered pig is his unpredictability!
May 9, 2008 at 7:29 pm
@ Adi Kaila – Re: your question to nativegal May 9, 2008 @5.09pm.
Adi K, I couldn’t help but notice and I wonder if this is the same nativegal, I checked out the SV archives and I came across this post of hers from April 22 on “This is what you get when you scrape the bottom of the barre.l See below.
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nativegal Says:
April 22, 2008 at 11:06 am
It is quite apparent fallen GeneralsCEO’s) from LQ camp are pathetic sympathisers here..and masquerading as women!!!
JV …need your contact I have their identities…
Me ratou lako na torture chamber at QEB..they cowards anyway ..small interrogate pee in pants…
Tovolea mo ni tagane..Cowards…
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@ nativegal – Make up your mind whether you’re comming or going, you are either masquerading on here or comming to your senses about this illegal regime.
Kua mada na butubutu rua tiko!
May 9, 2008 at 7:36 pm
@aubatinuku – O nativegal na karua nei Destiny …Rau ya dua na soresore nei Vore ..!
May 9, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@Tebara – I na wekaqu, o ko na nativegal qoka e yalewa se tagane?
@FijiGirl – God bless your heart and all you believe in!
May 9, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Aubatinuku & Tebara – Thanks for following that up. Vaka rau garovi vore – sa hardup dina na garosa.
I didn’t get that comment from nativegal – it seemed really sarcastic or even threatening – kua ni cakava vei au – e vodi lei. But he/she replied to NP very positively about the same query.
Things are very strange these days – sarui levu na luveni dou meke vula, dou ligaca era via liuliu taki Viti. But we know otherwise as the sins of the fathers have already started to bear fruit.
They can try their hardest but the one thing every human being craves and they will never ever get again is RESPECT or TRUST. This 5.12.06 coup has revealed them all to us, the cuban, the clans from canvas awning, stone boat and swarms (of $50 notes), I really don’t care less for that moron chaudry prasad saheb he’s just a nasty desperate old shit. But those others – sa oti vakadua na vei dokai vei iratou – they must all expect to be treated like lepers when they behave the way they do.
Friday night girls – I hope IB has chilled that white wine. Oi lei Mataisuva!
May 9, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Hi Aubatinuku-N
okoya na yalewa – can tell from the way it writes – dua beka na weka nei aunty meri – they speak in cliches as they think it’s oh so clever – NOT!
May 9, 2008 at 9:51 pm
You’re more than welcome Adi Kaila! God Bless you my friend.
Au se qai mada, lai vaqarai IB mada!
When this is all over we should all get together and celebrate big time! 😉
May 9, 2008 at 10:21 pm
AK & aubatinuku .. Amen to that ..we shall definately get down and party when Vore and his co conspirators are securely locked behind bars…either in Korovou or the neighborly St Giles …!
May 9, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Oh Man I’m really looking forward to that day – God Bless You Aubatinuku-N. Au sa loloma sara tu yani vakabibi.
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LET’S GIVE THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL MOTHERS WHO RAISED US TO BE HONEST, RESPECTFUL, CIVIC MINDED, HONOURABLE, INTELLIGENT, BRAVE & HAPPY BLOGGERS FIGHTING THE FIGHT FOR A BETTER FIJI AND HONOURING OUR NATIONS MOTTO –
“REREVAKA NA KALOU KA DOKA NA TUI”
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOTHERS EVERYWHERE ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN!!!!
May 9, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Au na via vaqarai kemudou taucoko sala, saute mada!
May 9, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Oops! Where are my manners?
A very blessed mothers day to all the mothers out there, we love you all and need your wisdom now more than ever.
Thank you Adi Kaila! The feelings mutual and consider it genuine.
God Bless Fiji!
God Bless our children, leaders of tomorrow!
God Bless SV editors!
God Bless all my fellow bloggers!
May 9, 2008 at 10:35 pm
aubatinuku – Dua na siga e da na sota. Ni sa seavu yani na rarawa. Cadra mai na siga vou.. Vaka ga meu raica ni datou sa na veikalavaki na gauna ni sota ….LOL!!
AK .. Muahhz for the wonderful Mothers Day Wishes.
Happy Mothers Day to all the beautiful mothers out there.
May 9, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Hear Hear … URO GA VEI KEMUDOU NA SV TEAM … !
May 9, 2008 at 10:40 pm
aubatinuku-N –
the Baigani Daiquiri should be perfected soon – but I may have to substitute the baigani with something else as it’s a bit too bitter (much like this coup) or add honey – hmmn! Then we can truly celebrate as only we Fijians can – guitars, songs, music, dance & a drop of something wicked.
May 9, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Wicked!! Oooohh…I like, I like!
Isa o kemudou qo eh! One of these days we will, this is going down in my list of things to do before I die! LoL!! Sa kadina sara ga qo kemudrau @ Tebara & Adi Kaila.
May 9, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Those two were foreigners and Fiji is a sovereign state!! they cant come here and say or do whatever they like, similar to us when we go to their countries!! where is your allegience and loyalty people???? or are you those blabbers, hangers on who curse everybody else but fail to realize that they are the real problems themselves!!! varau na PSC reform mo ni sake kece na Bloggers, lako mada ki na koro, ke dua tiko??? mo ni lai tei tavioka vabibi o Filipe Nagera na poofter levu!!!
May 9, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Sorry Florrie!!
I for one am not PSC and am my own boss!
Waraka namaka nomudou PSC reform denivusi qori!
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May 9, 2008 at 11:51 pm
@FF … Spoken like a true idiot. A product of the Illegal Regime. Wouldnt know what the F$%# you are talking about. Like your superiors putting your $50 worth into something that is way above your head.
No wonder our economy is dwindling by the hour. With the likes of your kind infecting every department in our govt system.
FF – rephrase and apologise now. Your Illegal Juntas need our brains to keep the system working. For it is us …YES THE HARDWORKING TAXPAYERS .. that is working around the clock trying to fix all the problem your demented Piggy and his coup coup crew introduced to the country since 05/12.
STICK TO WHAT U KNOW BEST… HOLDING EACH OTHERS GUNS …!
May 10, 2008 at 12:41 am
Fiji Fighter? Se baci o iko tale? Na kena leqa gona qori, baleta ni o ni nanuma na sotia kei ira na nodra sapotas, ni ka beci na tei tavioka. E ka dokai boy/girl na tea na qele. Kevaka keimami lai teitei kece na kai Viti dina ka keimami lomana na neimami vanua, ka keimami laiva na matanitu mo ni cicivaka na yavu tamata leqa ka ni sa veiliutaki tiko qoka, e sega saraga ni dua na leqa vei keimami. Keimami na rawa ni lai bisinisi taka na neimami i voli kei na vua ni qele ka keimami na lai siviti kemuni kece e na ka keimami rawata. Ke da lai vuli, keimami na siviti kemuni, cakacaka ena valenivolavola, keimami se siviti kemuni tikoga. Ni na druka yarayara wavoki tu ga. Ni sa na qai yalo ca wavoli tale tu ga e na levu ni veiqati e tu e lomamuni. The problem you guys have is that you cannot stand the thought of any other person making more money than you, especially if that other person is, GOD forbid, a Fijian. Being successful in life according to the dimwitted logic of the the idiots in the IG, and especially our boys and gals in green, is somehow attributatble to some corrupt practice. No matter that someone had to sweat his/her arse out at uni to get his/her qualifications and then maybe a successful career path. Vakacava la mo ni vuli vakaukauwa e na kena gauna. Kena ca gona ya ni tukuni na lai vuli, ni step vuli tiko ka kitaka tiko na play mapolo e vei quwawa. Buno boy, ka keimami rawata e rawa kece na buno, koya gona se buturara cava ni biuti keimami kina, keimami na sivisiviti kemuni tu ga. That is just the fact of the matter. Me vaka ga na ka e kaya nai Vola Tabu, “na tamata dau cakacaka sa sega na ka e madua kina” Sa dri yani Fiji Fighter (mamare na nomu veiba boy/girl)
May 10, 2008 at 6:23 am
@Fiji Fighter :
May 9, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Spoken like a true kaisi bokola. Product of his parents up-bringing. What can you expect from someone who lacks education just given a job of holding a gun, wear a green uniform to look like something when in that head there is no intellectual capacity for anything else. No diplomacy but talk like true idiots behave like monkeys and earn very little money. Living in overcrowded barracks they call home more like a slum. Na vosa veibeci qo, you better believe it. What is there to respect from a buch of no school qanibulu. Ni dui suka lesu tale nomuni koro mo ni lai yaga kina. Na vanua ga koni a yalovi mai kina. You are all a disgrace to that uniform that once belonged to a proud people. Isn’t there any loyal men in that army that is still loyal to the true government of Fiji and his country? Or are you just going to sit back and continue to let this happen. Se o ni sa tautauvata kecega. Ko ni sa vakamaduataki Viti. Ko ni sa vakamaduataka nai rogorogo kei Viti. Vata keina kemuni rogorogo ni kemuni tamata tawa sukulu. Ia, me ra sa vakakina tu mada ga. MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO.
May 10, 2008 at 7:11 am
@ fiji fighter, it is written, your so called boss is going to surrender the power of our sovereign state to the vatican. Haven’t you figured out the link yet between voreqe and matacaca? They are catholics. mc doesn’t give a shit what christians do. He loves money and ignorant monkeys to play with. If you think you are in their circle you’d better foget it. There’s an outer circle, where ignorant little men like you you belong. Then another circle within that circle that you know nothing about but where the vore belongs. It’s becoming obvious there’s another circle where Chaudhary belongs and the vore knows nothing about, like you, he only gets told what he needs to know. The gun carrying nobodies like you will never belong there. Youse are all ridiculed in this circle. Just means to an end. They call you CATTLE. You only know what you are told. Unfortunately for you, they are some truth mixed with LIES. You wouldn’t know the difference anyway as you are so thick. So wake up and stop being too thick. That’s only good for the gravy. Start watching and be more keenly attentive to what’s going on around you. Watch and pray, because we are all in it, regardless what side you are on but only worse for you, working for the devil himself.
May 10, 2008 at 7:24 am
Vinaka Jose for pointing out that our military uniform was once a source of pride and wearing it was considered an honour.
It can be that way again (not under this leader, obviously, the cornered mad pig).
Fiji Fighter, wake up and smell the coffee.
* Fiji is in a MESS.
* This mess is utterly the fault of your illegal regime.
* The mess is either something they planned from the start (see my earlier comment about Chodopu$$ and his adherence to Kali, the Hindu Goddess of destruction and change) or has come about as a result of their ineptitude and short-sightedness.
* Either way, what the illegal regime is doing is CRIMINAL.
I say again, the true sons and daughters of this great land must stop Fiji’s future being sacrificed on the altar of Chodopu$$’s vanity.
God bless Fiji
May 10, 2008 at 10:13 am
fiji fighter, where was your allegiance and loyalty to the government of the day when these criminals hijacked our country? Where is your allegiance and loyalty now? With these criminals? You want to talk fundamental principles now, vosa tiko vakalialia you luveni kaisi o iko. You know nothing about allegiance, loyalty and principles. You only one of those who stand still like a no brainer toy soldier. When you get growled at to jump you ask how high, sir. I don’t care just jump. And you respond with,”Sir ,yes, sir, anything else you would like me to do for you, sir?” Yes, go jump off the Rewa Bridge.
May 10, 2008 at 11:51 am
@Jose – dua la na kerekere vi kemuni, ke rawa beka ni dua tani tale na i kawakawa. Kimamu sa mai cataki, tauri o Nukulau me ra vesu kina, ke sa mai tauri tale nai kawakawa mera ladelade kina, sa na mai duka dai na nitou uciwai lomani.
May 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm
@IB – veitalia mada na nodatou kawakawa ‘qori.
Kemuni baci Turaga Naita kadina sarala nabogi. Ni rau vakasaqarai kemuni tiko o aubatinuku-N kei AdiK; ni qai baci play-hard-to-get! Sa raica? Na chilled wine o ni a tekivuna sa guiguilecavi dredre. Esa mai wewe tiko ni neitou tatadra. Me dei tikola na veisureti i Mataisuva. Wete..
May 10, 2008 at 1:19 pm
@IslandBoy. lol…. au sa taleitaka dina na nomudou vosavosa mai na koro.
Vosoti au vosoti au na wekaqu me sa na qai lai rika ga i vei? Ni lewa ga mai.
May 10, 2008 at 2:50 pm
@LUVfiji – E segai vakadua Ro Naita. Na tabu sara ga ni mequ wai meu dau guise taka e dua na marama wekaqu. Adi K na marama dredre, ni sa kila vinaka na yanuyanu era tadu mai kina, e vaka na veleti kirisitala vi kitou na nodra vakamareqeti. aubatinuku-N e wekaqu voleka sara.
Tekivu mai na matai ni gauna au sureti kemuni kina kala ena na bogi, vi bogi qima ni Vakaraubuka au sa dau lai waraki kemuni tu mai na nodaru vuni niu kala. Na bogi au sa baci oca tu ena kana caucau.
Kemuni sa dau totaki Dauvavana ga, na yakavi na bogi se baci kanaka ni lai matavitonoki (ae matavitokani sorry) qo sa mai wavoki i Waivou nai qimaqima ni basi se bera ga mai, sa daba nai gu ni siviyara vakabogi.
Me vaka ratou dau lagata na mata sera makawa ni naita Dr. Rusiate Nayacakalou, na bogi au laga duadua voli ga, me va qo ne:
” Vakaraubuka au biuti Suva, e luluvu na yaloqu, au via tukuna,” kemuni kila tiko na vo ni qaqana, ni qai semati au mai. (Au wele vinaka tiko ni baci visagai mai)
May 10, 2008 at 3:09 pm
@Jose – Ni bula vinaka na Turaga. Na vulevu ni noqu segai ni vinakata me lai lade enai kawakawa o la qo baleta ni na basuka e rua na lawa. Na lawa levu vaka matanitu na OHS e cake, na qai kabasu talega na lawa ni moci ni sa dromu e loma ni wai.
Sa ra vaka relax qima na marama, kitou se tagava tiko mada qo na kenai vakasigalevu ni Sigatabu ni Tina o Bu Tava.
Kevaka o ni sivita mai na makete ena yakavi edai, au qai kerea ga e rua na vuani boro dreu damu, ko na kena dau babalavu no.
Ni vakatabu icegu, kerea vua me brace, qai vakaciqira yani vakamalua, vakamalua sara. Qarauna me biligi taucoko yani e loma ke sa ramusu na tolo ni boro.
Segai tale ni qai lau bili mai nai kawakawa, okoya ga sa na vaqara na tolo ni wai me lai vakacegu kina.
May 10, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Is it Adi or Ratu Kaila???
You seemed reluctant to heed my advise…..your blogging is all futile..all..futile…
Latest news..Qarase held in military custody because abused authority
when Min Fijian Affairs and Chairman NLTB..also Advisor to GCC
pilfered millions from Fijian Trust Account for Ballu Khan joint venture
proceeds back to SDL coffers …my heart cries for the Fijian landowners whose trust has been abused by a non landowner and supposed leader of the Fijian people…..
Do you feel justifiable that one such as this shd remain leader…I shudder to think escalation of abuse under the guise of development under this man…We the landowners of Denarau trying to strike Leba Qarase shares
in a venture on our island..wheres she from ???
May 10, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Oi Lei LuvFiji sa dua na siga marau na wili talanoa nikua. IB au sa loloma sara tu yani vakabibi vei kemudou mai na Delta.
Au raici kemudou ena matavuvale.com – Lady Janes pics – sa rairai vinaka dina na Delta kei iratou na kenai Taukei.
Beautiful flowers exactly as you said IB – very Lush!
May 10, 2008 at 5:09 pm
confusion reigns supreme on the dark side.
May 10, 2008 at 5:20 pm
As the election deadline is fast approaching the illegal igs are frantically and desperately trying to pin some dirt onto LQ and possibly sentence him on some cooked up charges and thereby disqualifying him from the next elections. Its so pathetic their vain attempts to concoct things to meet their agendas. What about their criminal actions of dodging justice and carrying out treason isnt this a huge crime in itself. Even if by some remote chance that they manage to succeed in their attempt we can still put up another leader who have larger following than the pig will dream of having himself as he has already cut himself away from the masses.
May 10, 2008 at 5:25 pm
@Island Boy and Adi Kaila. Au sa oca saraga na smile wavoki tiko na yakavi qo. Yes you right Adi K sa dua na siga marau ni wili talanoa ni kua. Ke sa na lutu i wai o fiji fighter, bera na tau i wai sana coka yarayara tu mada ga yani ira. Sa ra na qai urouro ga na maleya ni waimanu ni sa vakarokete rawa tu yani na kedra vayakavi.
May 10, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Jose.Rt Kaila etc you have a way out with your insecurities and fear..
no looking over shoulder lest your identity becomes known
Its too stressful If I were you, I would voice my concerns direct with VB or his deputies…that would be brave and courageous….
There would be less chances of HBP and associated diseases….
May 10, 2008 at 6:18 pm
nativegal/man/worm/ piss off lai vakacucu tu mada i matai voreqe. O cei o iko mo threat taki keitou tiko mai, luveni vuaka o iko. Crawl back into your hole you blerry riva. Your posts reflects a very insecure, confused and a very compliant, easily exploited fearful person. This is a form of mental health. You have no boldness and confidence. You would do well to look after your own self. If you have a family and children, it’s time you start removing them to your village. Because when we know who you are, your identity become known, you will be looking over your shoulders. Na tamata lamulamu vataki iko, you go and voice your concerns to your father pig voreqe. Se lai tu yani na koro mo safe tu yani kina.. All your insecurities, concerns and fears are all your own you take them back we are not accepting any of that. Keimami na valataka tiko na savasava keina dodonu keimami kila tu na vanua keimami tu kina vakayalo. What you are reflecting is a disease to spiritual growth.
Taura ga na tevoro dou qarava tiko qori dou sosomaka nomudou qara ni cici.
May 10, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Jose did I offend you,,,,we are united in the wish for Fiji to be cleansed of all evils incl tevoro qarava tiko o LQ,,,
I offer you olive leaf ..we can have open debate ,,somewhere of your choice
Name place and time
May 10, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Na cava o kemudou o kemudou na kalou. No one can cleanse evil except God Himself. Mataqali vosa vakalialia qori. Cava dou sega ni masumasu kina vakaukauwa me kua ga na coup
nativegal/man/worm I have no time for any one who stands on the wrong side of the law. An elected government of the people is of God. A coup took place to bring chaos and confusion to the people. A police force is of God to uphold law and order in a country. This has been compromised, Our judiciary and legal system is compromised. The devil comes to kill, steal and destroy and YOU are in favour of it and the wrong that has been done to our country and people? And you want me to meet with you to debate this? Sega ni sisika mai vei yau na nomu weli. I will not be responding to any intention to any meeting with you. Not with any devil worshippers. Me vaka au sa tukuna oti, dou lako ga dou lai ia ga na vakacucuvei ira na lulu.
May 10, 2008 at 7:34 pm
The green goon posting just above has no credibility as the moron wrote about LQ in military custody.
This is not true so we can assume that the rest of his dribble are lies as well.
May 10, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Vinaka eFT. I think Nativegetable has a few ‘issues with reality’. Best to consign him to the ‘ignore’ bucket.
God bless Fiji
May 10, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Jose.,
You say an elected govt of the people is of God….this is exactly why the great god Jehovah is vengeful..that christendom limits his powers and subjects his sovereignty to mans rule….History is that Isralites disciplined numerous times with eventual captivity by babylonians and assyrians….
For his ways is not our ways…if he uses VB to conduct his cleanup
then that is His prerogative……
Faith is believing that Gods will be done….
May 10, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Isnt it just nice to have a bit of spice in our midst !
May 10, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Thanks LuvFiji,
My intentions are honorable to allow bloggers view bboth sides of coin…
Anyways if you feel I impose upon your hospitality …..
May 10, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Lets just all ignore native gal!
May 10, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I feel Launs and Rewans on this blog are insignificant ie
Rewa-1% land mass
Lau-isolated dispersed islands
May 10, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Yes you are, now piss off. You and your doll, snake god worshipping aliens and ig. You speak serpent language. You should be ashamed to call yourself native.
May 10, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Dou relax tu mada ragone!!
Nativegal is cryogenically incapsulated in her false sense of security and she is spewing acid because she needs to offload once in a while. Everywhere she and her children go they are and will be hated for the rest of their lives. Even more so now than before.
So lets all chillax and wait for Adi K’s Slammer Solivakasama Jammer of a Diaquiri.
God bless Fiji!
God bless SV!
God bless you all my fellow FREEDOM BLOGGERS!!
May 10, 2008 at 9:13 pm
whew..dou moce..bless you all
May 12, 2008 at 6:29 am
Further to my earlier post, May 9 4:54pm, there is the very sad story about the arson attack on the Hindu Temple in Lautoka.
I’m betting this grevious act is part of Chodopu$$’s devious plans to further divide the communities, wreak havoc (for his goddess Kali) and push his agenda to avoid elections.
Fight the good fight, people. Non-violence, peaceful resistance and dignified victory.
Tabu soro.
God bless Fiji
May 12, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hey Cassandra, it ain’t FB who has his back against the wall – I think it is the other way around.
FijiGirl – yeah right – it must have been Chaudary behind the Hindu Temple arson – he has been doing that for years. BTW… just because some thug tried to burn down some Hindu temple – you think them “stupid” Indians are going to blame some race for that.
Those attacks on religions – FijiGirl with her “kali” line – and that idiot Jose with the ‘snake worshippers” crap – so where do you guys think this will lead you.
…and rather than attacking the Nativegal or trying to ignore her – why don’t you guys address the issues raised by her.
May 13, 2008 at 7:38 am
Budhau – back from escorting Chodopu$$ around India, are you? Or were you just giving Mrs Palmer a rest? I would say that I missed you, buddy, but I’d be lying.
How’s the beach house?
God bless Fiji
May 23, 2008 at 6:03 pm
VAKACAVA ME DA DUAVATA KEI NA TOSO SA DA TOSO TIKO KINA OQO .??…IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, THAN WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD LEAD THE GOVERNMENT?????WE HAVE HEARD AND READ WHAT LQ HAS DONE AND WE DO NOT WANT CHAUDRY EITHER…THAN WHO SHOULD LEAD US TO THE NEXT ELECTION???LET’S JUST SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NEXT ELECTION AND MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THEM…have the election and everything will be back to normal again.
May 23, 2008 at 6:41 pm
@ One love – Clarify your stand please!