BACKBITING CIVIL SERVANTS? No, says Solicitor-General Sharma, as he calls on Fiji Times to correct an article on Khaiyum and civil servants

10/8/2017

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“The Fiji Times coverage of the Attorney-General’s comments represents another unfortunate example of sensationalised reporting that dispenses with the facts in favour of a misleading headline and incorrect content within the article.” The Solicitor-General Sharvada Sharma, in his capacity as acting Permanent Secretary for Communications, said that this was not the first time Aiyaz Khaiyum had been misquoted by Fiji Times, and that “represents a serious disservice to the public”.

Khaiyum visiting Naivicula Village in Tailevu

The Fiji Times has printed a correction and an apology, and the original story is no longer available online.
Fijileaks: We cannot understand why reporters, fully aware of the draconian Media Decree in place, are not using tape recorders, like in the old days, or even recording speeches and interviews on their mobile phones, to avoid misreporting? However, whatever was said or not, we believe come the general election, FFP will get a political beating at the polls from the 55 plus retired civil servants, their relatives, friends, and sympathizers.
And that other COUPIST Rabuka will also get a drubbing at the polls:

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Chiku

10/8/2017 11:04:49 am

Khaiyum and his cronies have been running the country for a decade. Now with the next election around the corner Khaiyum Chamcha and regime lackey Sarvadah BeSharma is talking about "massive " civil service reform and wage increase and rewards for performing civil servants. It's not hard to see why he has been installed in that position as Acting PS for Communications. It's to propagandise for Khaiyum and his Fiji First party.
Is carrying out a fictitious clean up coup doing disservice to the public of Fiji?

Samjoe

10/8/2017 12:28:15 pm

Sharmawah stretching it. Making a mountain out of a mole hill with his exaggerated statement about the matter being" a serious disservice to the public ".
Far more serious disservice to the public has happened since the UNLAWFUL takeover of the Government of Fiji . Somehow Sharma has not noticed that !

Refugee

10/8/2017 08:52:39 pm

Average pay increases for civil servants announced at 15%. Some expect up to 75%. Please remind me of the % increase in the minimum wage for the sundry (majority) of the working class Fijians?

Dekho

11/8/2017 12:10:39 am

And remind me and the public what % increase in salary and wealth accumulation Khaiyum and Bainimarama made - for themselves - since their clandestine rise to power.

What a bloody joke and ONLY IN FIJI!!

11/8/2017 03:53:47 am

It staggers me that Mr Sharma will stoop so low in his capacity as a Solicitor General (SG) to have balls to defend AG regarding this unsavory saga.

Section 116 of the Constitution says that the core duty of the SG is to give INDEPENDENT advice to the Government and to the holder of a public office. Section 127 prescribes the appointment and duty of Permanent Secretaries (PS). No where this section that a SG can be made a PS, including acting PS.

This being the case, commonsense should have averred Sharma that he is constitutionally untenable to be appointed as a PS (whether full time or acting). No where in the entire Commonwealth will one find a SG (the cardinal hallmark of whom is total INDEPENDENCE from the executive government) being made acting PS and then become the AG's lap dog. Sharma's spirited and overzealous defence of A-S-K is clear indication that he is not fit and proper to hold the august office of the SG.

What a bloody joke - so what will happen say, when A-S-K asks Sharma for legal advice to sue the Fiji Times for false reporting or any other holder of public office (say, the PS for Finance) seeks Sharma's legal advice to sue Joe Bloggs for tax fraud??

Will the learned Mr Sharma be giving such legal opinion as a SG or as a acting PS for Information????

IT HAPPENS ONLY IN FIJI!!!

Chiku

11/8/2017 09:36:43 am

What you say is absolutely correct but AG's lapdog Sharma would have no problem in reconciling his role because he is a man without a moral compass.

Gori

11/8/2017 10:54:50 pm

So has SG Sharvada acted unconstitutionally (inconsistently), unlawfully and/or ultra-constitutionally with the explicit provisions of the imposed 2013 Constitution of kai. How awful and disrespectful backfire is that? King kai now needs to masi polo the civil servants because civil servants brought doom to king Mara in 1987 as king kai must now know and realize.

Tomasi

11/8/2017 08:17:58 pm

Khaiyum and Voreqe are the most evil cancers in Fiji today. They have totally destroyed the moral, professional, judicial, political, social and economic fabric of our society and it will take years for the new Government to restore Fiji's essence as a righteous, moral, fair and Godly nation.

We must eradicate the cancer, Khaiyum and Voreqe, and all its forms and breeding places. We must never allow it to continue its deadly and evil effects upon our lives and our society.

Aiyaz, if you are reading this, please know that your time is about to end. Wise up for the sake of your son, your family and your sake. You will have to account for your deeds, both secret and public. Your countdown has already begun. Enjoy the precious free time you have with your son, because you will be rotting in jail and spending time with people who really dislike you. Imagine yourself sleeping with someone who has been cursing you while listening to all your lies and arrogance. You are a bloody silly fool, a grown up spoilt brat who has never learnt any good manners. We do not want you or anyone like you to be speaking for us. You represent the worst in our society. You are a monster, disgrace. an embarrasment, an evil cancer of the highest order. You and Voreqe must be locked up, isolated and punished for the curse that you really are.

Rajend Naidu

11/8/2017 11:43:53 pm

There are good civil servants, bad civil servants and rotten civil servants in the same way that there are good politicians and bastards.
As someone who had worked in the Fiji civil service for over two decades in both rural and urban areas and communities I can say with first hand experience that some civil servants bring unquestionable dedication and professionalism to their role and responsibilities regardless whether they are rural or urban based. There are others no amount of training and mentoring can improve or reform. They are just plain crooked and without commitment.
When I served in a rural area for 5 years a Fijian district officer gave me a tabua, without pomp and parade and that sort of paraphranalia, for my commitment to serving the community beyond the call of duty.
That to me was much more gratifying and rewarding than the fictitious promotions many tabe tabe civil servants were getting for sucking up to the bosses and Ministers.
I am sure the situation prevails in the civil service today.

Welcome Home

12/8/2017 11:17:42 am

These protestations appear too late? A Japanese middle-aged lady was summarily back-handed to the ground in Labasa by the most senior civil (?) servant in the Northern Division. She was shocked and injured and obliged to go to Labasa Hospital. Her husband sought assistance. None was forthcoming. Why feign this false interest now? The uncivil Civil Servant was a disguised military officer. The Japanese lady was a petitioner needing and seeking help and she had travelled far for help and advice. As the onion layers of recall are peeled away, it is memories of insult and assault which linger longest.

Rajend Naidu

12/8/2017 09:34:23 pm

Editor,
On How One in Power is Remembered
According to DJ Fraser, a regular letter writer to Australian national papers," ... Malcolm Turnbull won't be remembered for the things that made him exceptional; he will be remembered for how he sold his soul to hold his position of PM. Mediocrity will be his lasting legacy to the nation".
That's how some other political leaders are likely to be remembered when they are no longer in power.
Especially the variety that rose to power by dubious means.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Rajend Naidu

17/8/2017 11:06:30 pm

Source : letter titled ' Faustian bargain' by DJ Fraser, in the Canberra Times 13 Aug 2017.

Tomasi

16/8/2017 07:55:38 pm

Khaiyum has removed our Council of Chiefs because he and his robot Bai want to be the kings of Fiji. They are taking Fiji back to the era of kingdoms, but with a twist. No more multiple kingdoms. Just one kingdom of New Fiji where Bai and Khai are the First new kings. The rest is simply background music to the two major solo con artists, who want to play their tunes on the gullible public and the rest of the world. But little do they know that they are the ones who are being played by larger global forces and we the people are the poorest victims in their whole evil agenda. Bula Viti.

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BACKBITING CIVIL SERVANTS? No, says Solicitor-General Sharma, as he calls on Fiji Times to correct an article on Khaiyum and civil servants

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