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ONE was dismissed from USP for alleged PLAGIARISM in his PhD Paper. Another lied to VOTERS and students that he will wipe off $600m student debt on coming to power. Why is TELS CEO Hasmukh LAL still in JOB?

31/3/2023

 
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Was there any police clearance sought by the Ministry of Education before HASMUKH LAL (at a Topper meeting last year in photo above with Aiyaz Khaiyum) was offered the job, so that they would have the benefit of a  background check on him? Appointing an alleged plagiarist to that Board to select and award scholarships is like placing
DRACULA to guard the BLOOD BANK

HASMUKH LAL had assigned his niece at USP, PRIYA DEVI, to conduct research on a specific topic without informing the poor girl his true intention. Suddenly, he sent her on leave, and sent her work as his to the online Atlantic University to obtain his PhD. On her return to USP, Devi discovered the treachery, reported the matter to USP authorities who carried out an investigation and concluded that he had plagiarised Devi's research, and obtained the PhD based on research which was USP Document. He was SACKED from the University of the South Pacific. Why is the Opposition (especially NFP leader BIMAN PRASAD) quite as a church mouse on HASMUKH LAL? For, there is no political mileage to be gained unlike the sacking of Fiji Bureau of Statistics chief Naiqama?
PRASAD was very quick on his feet to defend is wife in Parliament

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A working group has been established to facilitate necessary legislative amendments to the existing provisions of the Tertiary Scholarship and Loans Act in consultation with the Solicitor General’s office. This as the coalition government is in the process of forgiving over $600 million in tertiary scholarship and loan debts and resetting the funding of tertiary students moving forward. Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Biman Prasad says a working committee has been established to evaluate and discuss relevant policies and existing laws to determine the best way forward to plan the proposed debt write-off. Source: FBC
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The case where former CEO of the Pacific Technical and Further Education, Dr Hasmukh Lal has taken USP to court following his dismissal continues in the Employment Court today. Dr Lal alleges his dismissal by Vice-Chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia was against procedures and did not allow him natural justice. He is alleging that there was breach of contract by USP and is claiming financial loss such as salary, and entitlements under the contract, humiliation and loss of dignity. Dr. Lal is claiming about $500,000 as loss of salary. He was dismissed from USP due to alleged plagiarism in his doctorate paper. He is represented by Siddarth Nandan while Feizal Haniff is representing USP.

From Fijileaks Archive, 6 October 2020

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USP to Hasmukh Lal: “On 07 June 2019, you were conferred the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the Atlantic International University. You subsequently submitted the DBA degree to USP for purposes of updating BANNER with the said doctorate. On 14 May 2020, USP obtained a copy of your thesis entitled “Business Impact of Strategic Mergers in Higher Education: A study of Pacific TAFE of University of the South Pacific” that you submitted to the Atlantic International University for the award of the DBA. The thesis paper that you submitted for the award of the DBA to the Atlantic International University is the same as that submitted by [name withheld] to you on 22 May 2019 entitled ‘Business Impact of Strategic Mergers in Higher Education: A Study of Pacific TAFE of University of the South Pacific.’ If it is established that you used a USP Document to represent a work of your own to obtain a DBA, it would constitute a breach of paragraph 4.1 of the Code of Professional Conduct for Academic Staff. Such a breach would be classified as “gross misconduct” on your part under the USP Discipline of Academic, Professional, Administrative, Library and Technical, Intermediate and Junior and Hourly Paid Staff Ordinance.”

According to USP insiders, when Hasmukh Lal first appeared on the Laucala Bay campus a few years ago, he was already 'Doctor' and then suddenly, he was 'Mr', and in 2019 'Doctor' - Ping Pong Doctor or as Indo-Fijians might refer to him, 'Ponga PhD Doctor'. Usually, Ponga is reserved for Pandits (Hindu Priests) - A Pandit who recites mantras or holy scriptures without knowing what they mean or what is their essence, is called a Ponga Pandit
​On 24 June 2020, we wrote to Atlantic International University and so far we have not heard from them. We were informed by the Admissions Counsellor & Team Lead, Admissions Department, that the matter had been referred to the AIU´s Board for their revision. We had also sent a separate note to his supervisor: Dear Edward, The same question to you, for in his e-mail dated 8 April 2019 to Sandra, Hasmukh writes: "Pls do talk to Edward about my last assignment and my final project!"

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MIDA WILL GO, RABUKA. We welcome it, for the last 12 years Fijileaks provided its pages for the politicians and public to try and hold FFP to account. As end was coming to nigh in 2022, many Liu Muried EDITOR

29/3/2023

 
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Fijileaks: BE WARY OF FAKE FRIENDS OF MEDIA FREEDOM

*Among the notable TRAITORS is NFP leader BIMAN PRASAD. As soon as he formed a loose coalition with PAP's Coupist Rabuka, political mouse cut loose from our Editor-in-Chief. So, be wary of him.
​*Another, on whose behalf our Founding Editor-in-Chief fought so many battles for over two decades, cut loose and has begun spouting a new mantra - FIRST NATION CITIZENS.
*Sadly, it was the 'First Nation Citizens' or 'Fiji for i-Taukei Fijians' that introduced the coup culture in Fiji, starting with SITIVENI RABUKA, The Father of Coups. Rabuka destroyed journalism in Fiji.
*In fact, Rabuka has never been held to account for his crimes against the journalists in 1987. While hiding behind the IMMUNITY he granted to himself, he shut down newspapers, threw editors and publishers in jail, and gagged the media through his own draconian media decree.
*The journalists operating under MIDA since 2010 never went through what the journalists went through from 1987 to 1999 until Rabuka-Reddy lost the general election.
*In the case of our Editor-in-Chief, he not only lost his job on the old Fiji Sun but his country and his citizenship. Rabuka closed down the old Fiji Sun, and later its foreign owners were forced to sell it to the Punjas, who claimed it was going to start producing soaps at the old Fiji Sun factory.
*The recent announcement to scrap the MIDA Decree is just a political soap drama from the Duna Rabuka.
*We continue to read attacks on the Fiji Sun but one of the most prolific abusers of his links with the Fiji Times was NFP's 'Poster Boy' and Suva lawyer Richard Naidu, who in the dying days of FFP government, used the paper to campaign and propagandize on behalf of PAP-NFP Coalition.
*It is too early to predict if the same Fiji media will hold the three-tyred wobbly Coalition government to account.
*Moreover, the Fiji Times, from 1869 to 2007, was the sole beneficiary of all Fiji government advertisements, raking in millions over a century.
*It was also shamelessly a cheer leader for the Alliance and the Qarase governments.
*We can proudly claim that despite hacking, death threats, treachery and betrayal from many politicians and the public, for the last 12 years Fijileaks had remained the voice and conscience of the silent majority.
*We never wavered to HOLD POWER TO ACCOUNT, and will continue to do so, irrespective of which Government is in POWER in Fiji.
*In the last 12 years, the supine Fiji media refused to publish a single opinion commentary by our Editor-in-Fiji or exposures from Fijileaks.
*In journalism we must never have permanent friends but potential foes, for the reading public must know, and has a right to be informed, about those who govern them in their name or those who govern them without their consent.
*For 12 years, Fiji media chose to remain dormant lamb chops, and now are coming out to feast on their so-called 'barbequed chops' - media freedom'. 
​*Let us see if the media will hold the Coalition government to account?

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From the pen of JYOTI PRATIBHA, who we believe, has lost her job on the Fiji Sun. Her contract has not been renewed, for the paper wants to ingratiate itself with the Coalition government.
In 2013, ten years ago, she summed up our Editor-in-Chief as 'an irrelevant figure, peddling lies'

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SUGAR, SUGAR, FUNNY, FUNNY. As Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh takes to the floor of Parliament after the NZ fracas, a video on social media goes viral where Tikoduadua seems to be Mocking Sugar minister

28/3/2023

 
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STUPID or DRUNK? What message is Pio Tikoduadua trying to convey to someone while sitting behind Singh as Aseri Radrodro chuckles?

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PUNJABI PARTY CELEBRATION: As expected, Rabuka gently rebukes Charan Jeath Singh and keeps him in Cabinet. One party-goer Pramesh Sharma claims the private function was to celebrate two leading Punjabis

27/3/2023

 

"The private function at Maungakiekie Golf Club organized by Mr Singh’s friends was supposed to be private and was about celebrating a new Fiji with two prominent successful Punjabi’s, in their own manner.
​The other prominent Punjabi was Professor Pal Ahluwa
lia, USP VC, who spoke of his journey but was absolutely apolitical. There were lots of engagement, applauses and laughter at the function. 

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No doubt the MC Nitya Reddy probably could’ve shorten the introduction of the Chief Guest however he too got carried away in the midst of the hype and pump. I was sitting on the table with Hon Charan and he was NOT drunk or at any stage out of control. He was having kava with others on the table including me." 
Pramesh Sharma, the former Executive Director of Oceania Hospitals

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There has been significant discussion about Hon Minister Charan Jeath Singh’s recent visit to New Zealand. I attended the “controversial” function and also hosted a function where three senior Cabinet Ministers, Hon Minister Aseri Radrodro and Hon DPM Manoa Kamikamica attended with Hon Singh.
​The private function at Maungakiekie Golf Club organized by Mr Singh’s friends was supposed to be private and was about celebrating a new Fiji with two prominent successful Punjabi’s, in their own manner. The other prominent Punjabi was Professor Pal Ahluwalia, USP VC, who spoke of his journey but was absolutely apolitical.
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There were lots of engagement, applauses and laughter at the function. No doubt the MC Nitya Reddy probably could’ve shorten the introduction of the Chief Guest however he too got carried away in the midst of the hype and pump.

I was sitting on the table with Hon Charan and he was NOT drunk or at any stage out of control. He was having kava with others on the table including me.

The speech by Charan centered around where Fiji has got too in the last sixteen years and was totally factual. Those that seem to be defending CWM and the health services in Fiji need to take a walk in the various public medical facilities in Fiji to determine facts. It’s not about those that are working in the health care but the failure by the FF Government to invest in the upgrade and upkeep of the facilities. Hon Singh pointed it out in the startling manner that the facilities are in. The current Fiji Government took the media for a live tour of CWM and it was visibly deplorable.

The discussion around Hon Singh’s revelation on Walesi and those that benefitted is not new information but simply solidifying what information is in every domain and the unanswered questions of the alleged abuse.
Hon Singh and Professor Ahluwalia represent a ”fire” brand new generation leaders who speak their mind and are not reluctant to speak the truth.

There may have been some misunderstanding on protocols on Cabinet matters by Hon Singh but he has not made statements that are not factual.

The private function that became controversial was hijacked by the suspect Walesi beneficiary. It was definitely plotted to embarrass Hon Singh and the new coalition Government. The jockey from Radio Tarana was only there to disrupt a function that was for the laughs and celebrations.

The same radio station, which is and continues to remain the mouth piece for the former FF Government, tried to discredit our Hon Biman Prasad DPM last year during his visit to New Zealand.

I would urge the Hon Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to not take matters of discipline to any height because of some truthful comments hurled by a passionate PAP Minister in cabinet.

The current crop of Ministers are new and probably a retreat to set the governance and communication framework will do well.

Hon Singh is definitely what Fiji needs; he sometimes gets into other tracks on his very high powered run but he is sincerely and passionately dedicated to Fiji!

“Singh is King” slogan probably got the better of him but he definitely is what Fiji needs at this junc
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The Executive Director of Oceania Hospitals, Pramesh Sharma has been acquitted of all the charges laid against him after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew all the charges following a submission by the defence.
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Sharma who was charged with 12 counts of indecently insulting a person, appeared before Magistrate Waleen George this morning.

The defence led by Devanesh Sharma had made an application for the charges to be dismissed as they were in contravention of Section 187(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, which requires a complaint relating to a summary offence, which has a penalty of maximum 12 months or less, to be complained of, or a Police report lodged within 12 months from the date of the alleged offence.

The defence said the offences complained of in this case dated back to 2018 and 2019.


The charge therefore was statute barred.

Magistrate George agreed with the application made by the defence and upheld legal submissions made.

The DPP then advised that they were withdrawing the charges and agreed with the submissions by the defence.
Accordingly, an oral application was made by the DPP under Section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Act and Pramesh Sharma was acquitted of all charges.

“Recently, an executive of a com­pany was charged by Police. Unfor­tunately he got off on a technicality. The lady had also gone to the Wom­en’s Crisis Centre, We understand nothing happened. No-one came to the defence of that lady, no one commented that this person who has gone to New Zealand, now mak­ing comments from there. Why? Was it because he is anti-Gov­ernment or made anti-Government comments that is why they are not saying anything about him?" 
Aiyaz Khaiyum in Parliament, August 2021

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Suva lawyer Devanesh Sharma who represented Pramesh Sharma is currently representing Aiyaz Khaiyum
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'The Radio Tarana guy appeared to be drunk' - one of the commentators

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From Fijileaks Archive, 23 August 2021 

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www.fijileaks.com/home/arrest-plot-thickens-graham-davis-prime-minister-allegedly-ordered-pramesh-sharmas-detention-by-contacting-sitiveni-qiliho-in-britain-and-qiliho-then-instituted-the-arrest-over-head-of-rusiate-tudravu

SIN BIN RAJESH SINGH: The former SACKED SDL SPORTS Minister has wiggled his way back on the Fiji Sports Council and campaigning to get on the FRU Board. In 2006, he endorsed Bainimarama's treasonous Coup

26/3/2023

 

DEBT CLEARANCE: He is refusing to disclose if he cleared an alleged debt of $130,000 to a New Zealand dairy farmer from whom he had rented premises to start business after he left Fiji following the 2006 Coup

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WRITING HIS OWN CV FOR SPORTS JOBS:

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 After PAP formed government in coalition with SODELPA and NFP under Coupist Sitiveni Rabuka, RAJESH SINGH, flew into Fiji and turned up at different gatherings, and has found himself appointed a Board Member of Fiji Sports Council. Nepotism knows no bounds in Rabuka's 'new' Fiji.

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WAI, LEI, waiting to face music from Rabuka over WALESI remarks. Why was Charan Jeath Singh allowed to REVEAL hefty salaries of former CEO Abdul Khan and other FSC Executives? Where was CONFIDENTIALITY?

25/3/2023

 
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“In our last cabinet meeting, it was revealed, and it is a public document now, that we have got a guy here called Robert Khan in New Zealand. He pretends to be that he is serving the country, Fiji, but what he has done, he started a so-called Walesi Television station. In the last seven years, he has used $123m in the establishment and setting up and running of it. $123m is not a small amount. Robert Khan who is supposedly to be Khaiyum’s number two in Fiji.”
Charan Jeath Singh at a private function in Auckland, New Zealand

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Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that disciplinary measures will be conducted against cabinet members if there is a breach of code of secrecy. 

“I conduct disciplinary measures face to face and I wait for him to come back.

The Ministers must not use any official information which comes to him or her as a Minister during cabinet discussions for his or her private profit, or the benefit of their friends and close associates.

“There is a code of secrecy, oath of secrecy that is sworn by those that are sworn into cabinet positions they have to observe that, part of it is the disclosure of cabinet decisions which should only be made at authorized press conferences and press releases by authorized ministers in those areas.”
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POWER DRUNK AT PLAY: As Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh fights to save his Cabinet Portfolio after the fracas in NZ, his supporters turn on Biman Prasad, accusing him of raising 'the GLASS' at Singh's expense

24/3/2023

 

SCORES TO SETTLE WITH SINGH: After all, during the election Singh resigned from NFP and stood as Rabuka's PAP candidate, and trounced Prasad in his own political northern backyard: Singh: 5,140 votes. Prasad: 1,427. Prasad needs to win back votes in the event the three-tyred Coalition government scooter breaks down and Fiji goes to poll.
*Another casualty is USP VC Pal Ahluwalia who has been thoroughly compromised as the fallout continues to reverberate in Fiji
Meanwhile, Charan Jeath Singh responds to the Fiji Sun:

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Sixteen villages in Vanua Levu were donat­ed brushcutters by the Minister for Sugar and Multi-Ethnic Affairs, Charan Jeath Singh. Mr Singh thanked his supporters by person­ally buying the brushcutters which cost $20,000. Villagers that were assisted, applauded Mr Singh for hearing their needs. Villages supported included Qelemumu, Vuo, Doguru, Lekutulevu, Bulileka, Nacereyaga, Batiri, Naduri, Sasa,Tabia and three villages on Kia and Mali Islands. Mr Singh handed-over the brushcutters at his supermarket in Labasa Town on Friday.
He said the donation was not politically driven. Instead, it was to thank his loyal supporters for voting for him to be elected into Parliament. Mr Singh assured the public of the Northern Division, that this was not the first and the last of these donation drives. Bulileka Village headman Manasa Leku said they voted for Mr Singh because they trusted him.

Fijileaks Archives: RUBBISH POLITICS AND FFP 2018 CAMPAIGN:

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SALUTE TO PROFESSOR SAHIB: Nitya Reddy to Ahluwalia, 'We salute you, Professor Sahib, for engineering from outside the defeat of [FFP] tyrannical government'. PAL, 'I was divined to expose USP corruption'

23/3/2023

 
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"The first act of the Rabuka Coalition government was to bring the Vice Chancellor (Pal Ahluwalia) back to Fiji. The government owes us $160million. It has given us $10m so far and we have given them time to pay the rest" - Pal Ahluwalia speaking at the private NZ function

Fijileaks: Shockingly, the same three tyred Coalition government is refusing to repeal the draconian Media Industry Development Act, with NFP's 'Wonder Boy' Richard Naidu admitting that he had an input in the current Draft Media Bill that is up for consultation. He should have had NO part to play in the drafting of the present Media Bill.
*We will be commenting on the Bill later, for our Founding Editor-in-Chief was one of the many victims, with recommendations (The Anthony Report commissioned by the Fiji Human Rights Commission) that our Editor-in-Chief be arrested if,  and when, he returned to Fiji for 'violating FLP leader Mahendra Chaudhry's human rights'. It was in relation to the revelation that the Interim Finance Minister was hiding $2million in Sydney, Australia.
*We have PAP's MANOA KAMIKAMICA as Communications Minister, a man we never heard a word from in defence of MEDIA FREEDOM. In fact, he had left Fiji after the 2006 coup to continue to ply his trade overseas. He returned and rode on the back of Coupist Sitiveni Rabuka into Parliament, and now he and others are sitting in judgment on what is best for the media, the journalists, and the reading Fiji public. 
Cry, The Beloved Country

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"The first act of the Rabuka Coalition government was to bring the Vice Chancellor (Pal Ahluwalia) back to Fiji. The government owes us $160million. It has given us $10m so far and we have given them time to pay the rest" - Pal Ahluwalia speaking at the private NZ function

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SALUTING AHLUWALIA in NZ
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COUPIST, his CHIEF and ‘Vasenuqanuqa’. COOLIE and his GIRMITIYAS. While Rabuka continues to resurrect old customs and traditions to fulfil 1987 coup aims, Coolie TRAITOR erases 14 May - Girmit Day - to 15 May

22/3/2023

 

Fijileaks to Biman Prasad: Its 14 May, NOT 15 May, BLOODY TRAITOR 

​"The ship Leonidas arrived off the Port of Levuka upon the 14th May (Wednesday) 1879."
John Thurston, Colonial Secretary, Memorandum, 16 May 1879.

BIMAN PRASAD is shielding Rabuka and the 14 May 1987 COUP.

We call on the Indo-Fijians to get out of bed on Sunday 14 May, flood the streets, temples, mosques, and even churches, and mark the Leonidas arrival on 14 May, and not allow this HINDU TRAITOR to wipe off our HISTORY in Fiji. We also call on Fijians of all races to take to the streets and remind the world of Rabuka's 1987 treasonous coups.
He is, after all, still hiding behind the IMMUNITY he granted to himself.

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SACRILEGE: It is shocking and despicable that the NFP leader BIMAN PRASAD has colluded with the Coupist Rabuka to mark Girmit Day on 15 May when all historical records affirm that the Indian coolies arrived in Fiji on 14 May 1879, to be enslaved on the sugar, tea, and other plantations in Fiji
*Why have we been celebrating 14 May as Girmit Day. It was ENSLAVEMENT DAY.
*The descendants of African slaves celebrate EMANCIPATION DAY on 1 August when slavery was abolished in 1834. In the same year, the British introduced Indian coolie labourers to continue with a new system of slavery - the Indian Indentured System.
*Our Emancipation Day is 2 January, when the last Indian coolie was freed in Fiji, and the reviled indenture ended throughout the British Empire.
*We call on Indo-Fijians to rise up on Sunday 14 May and pay tribute to the arrival of their Leonidas ancestors, and also pray for the soul of those who had perished during the voyage. 
*Remember, we don't have the obnoxious Sunday Observance Decree that the racist thug Rabuka, in collaboration with the Methodist Church fundamentalists, had imposed on the Indo-Fijians on 14 May 1987 shortly after his racially motivated coup that had ended Indo-Fijians triumphant march from plantation to Fiji's parliament under the late Dr Bavarda.
*We still celebrate Christmas on 25 December even if it falls on a Sunday, and have a public holiday the next day, Monday.
*Now, we notice the HINDU TRAITOR has gone along with Rabuka and has gazetted Girmit Day to be recognised on 15 May 2023.
*On 14 May 1987, we defiantly ROSE UP against the racist thug. Now, we call on the Indo-Fijians to get out of bed on Sunday 14 May, flood the streets, temples, mosques, and even churches, and mark the Leonidas arrival on 14 May, and not allow this HINDU TRAITOR to wipe off our HISTORY in Fiji.
*On 14 May we should also pray for the departed souls of 17 Indian coolies who had succumbed to cholera and acute forms of dysentery on board the Leonidas.
*The political arkarti has gone along with 15 May because he does not want us to remember that it was on 14 May, 108 years to the day, that his puppeteer racist master had executed the coup, claiming
'Fiji for i-Taukei Fijians' and the 'Indians will NEVER rule Fiji'.
*We must seriously consider kicking this TRAITOR off the three-tyred Coalition scooter that he is clinging to so he can be in power.
Fijileaks to Biman Prasad: Its 14 May, NOT 15 May, BLOODY TRAITOR 

"The ship Leonidas arrived off the Port of Levuka upon the 14th May (Wednesday) 1879."
John Thurston, Colonial Secretary, Memorandum, 16 May 1879
*Meanwhile, just look at the Fiji Government statement and government sponsored International Conference. There is no mention of 14 MAY, for this HINDU COOLIE is protecting Rabuka and the 14 May 1987 COUP. Also, the NFP Deputy Leader, the late Mrs Irene Jai Narayan had become Rabuka's Minister for 'INDIAN AFFAIRS'. History repeats itself.

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ON A WING AND A PRAYER. A-G = ADVOCATING GOD. Attorney-General SIROMI TURAGA cops flak for repeatedly invoking God. Graham Davis: 'Its disturbing for him to preach: Embrace God'. Constitution is Secular

20/3/2023

 
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Fijileaks: Since the 2013 Constitution is still in force, the Coalition's Chief Law Officer Turaga must be read the constitutional 'religious act' that Fiji is a Secular State. Even the RFMF, in its 100 page submission to the Yash Ghai Commission in 2012 (incorporated in the 2013 Constitution), demanded for a SECULAR STATE. So, why is RFMF Commander QUITE?
From Fijileaks Archive, 2012, to Yash Ghai Commission:

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MIXING TRADITION WITH POLITICS AND LAW: Turaga has changed his Facebook profile, and now he is proudly seen with the newly installed Vunivalu of Bau, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau. We would strongly advise both of them to keep their tradition out of national politics. And, if Ratu Epenisa embarks on the old bad habit of chiefs trying to hold the nation to ransom, the RFMF must come hard on him and the Great Council of Chiefs. For in their submission the RFMF wanted GCC abolished:

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"Siromi Turaga bears an uncanny resemblance to his predecessor, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, in his inappropriate use of government social media for personal aggrandisement and advantage. But at least Khaiyum kept his fundamentalist Islamic views and his practice of the Muslim faith off the government platforms. And he had the sensitivity not to be pictured like some privileged twenty-something brat boasting about being on their way to La-La land. With this posting, his replacement is already there."  Grubsheet

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By GRAHAM DAVIS, Grubsheet

​​We can be sure that the 30 to 50 per cent of Fijians who are living in poverty will be mightily impressed that the Attorney General and chief law officer is "feeling relaxed" as he enjoys the good life at the top of government. In this case, 30,000 feet above the Pacific on his way to Los Angeles.


The new Coalition government has started to develop the same sense of hubris as the old - the same viavialevu, vei beci, "look at me" smugness that the Fijian people rejected at the last election. This includes a conga line of ministers heading for foreign parts and posting of their adventures on Facebook while people struggle with cost-of-living pressures and water cuts at home.

Siromi Turaga is a particular offender in having no idea how to keep the private separate from the official - posting multiple entries on his official Attorney General's page that have nothing to do with his official duties. Here he is in the pointy end of a Fiji Airways Airbus with no mention of why he is heading overseas and why it is in the national interest - merely that he is "relaxed" amid luxurious surroundings most Fijians can only dream of. O vinaka, AG. Is this designed to inspire others less fortunate to dedicate themselves to public life?

Even a cursory examination of the AG's official page sees him chronically garlanded, grinning from ear-to-ear and feeling "blessed" or "wonderful" in all sorts of settings. Some of these are public events and others are not. Yet there is something decidedly unsettling when the chief law officer of the state also dispenses biblical tracts urging people to embrace "the Lord" when the Constitution - the supreme law he presides over - specifically lays down that Fiji is a secular state in which church and state are separate and no one religion is favoured.

Siromi Turaga bears an uncanny resemblance to his predecessor, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, in his inappropriate use of government social media for personal aggrandisement and advantage. But at least Khaiyum kept his fundamentalist Islamic views and his practice of the Muslim faith off the government platforms. And he had the sensitivity not to be pictured like some privileged twenty-something brat boasting about being on their way to La-La land. With this posting, his replacement is already there.

Memo Siromi Turaga: You are not being paid to be "feeling relaxed", "blessed" or "wonderful". You are not being paid to boast about your high life at the top or to use government resources to proselytise your own religion. You are being paid to improve the circumstances of every Fijian and not just your own ethnic and religious group. And if you don't learn that lesson and make a rapid descent from your lofty perch, you'll be going the same way as your predecessor and his Puppet.

The Fijian people voted in December for change, not more of the same. And this kind of thing is undoubtedly why Grubsheet has been getting multiple private messages from readers expressing disappointment and even a degree of hostility about the Coalition government's performance. To be fair, this excludes the Prime Minister and it is time that he uses his authority to bring some of his wayward cabinet charges into line. Or move them. The Attorney General demonstrably lacks judgment - a fatal flaw in any chief law officer.

​And with that winning smile, might be better placed serving Fiji Airways passengers than being served.

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*TURAGA WAS FLYING ON THE COAT TAIL OF BAINIMARAMA CLAN
From Fijileaks Archives

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