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BALACLAVA STORM TROOPER TO BEIJING: As revealed by Fijileaks, Naivalurua off to China as Kubuabola's Ambassador (daughter's father-in-law); one of the interviewing panelist Qiliho should have RECUSED!

16/3/2015

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THE INTERVIEWING PANELISTS
THE 1987 serial coupist Inoke Kubuabola, now Fiji First Party's Foreign Minister, is at great pains to stress that all due process was followed in the appointment of his fellow balaclava coupist and his daughter's father-in-law, Iowane Naivalurua, to China as Fiji's new ambassador. Really?

Kubuabola said the Foreign Ministry has put in place a selection process that Ambassador Naivalurua and other candidates had to go through, which included a face-to-face interview with a panel made up of senior Government officials and former diplomats. With Naivalurua’s stint as a diplomat and his vast experience as a career military officer who has served in peacekeeping duties overseas, the Ministry is optimistic that he will elevate Fiji’s bilateral relations with China to greater heights.

According to one of the panelists, he (the interviewer) felt very intimidated and uneasy over the presence of military's terror chief and current RFMF Land Force Commander Sitiveni Qiliho on the panel. Basically,
the positions were advertised and  a selection committee of Robin Yarrow, Berenado Vunibobo, Ratu Isoa Gavidi, and Taufa Bole  was convened by Kubuabola to interview for vacancies in Brussels, Canberra and Wellington  

They interviewed all the short listed candidates and provided recommendations to Foreign Minister Kubuabola who then sent  his recommendations to Frank Bainimarama for approval. According to one of the panelists Bainimarama did not accept the recommendations and asked the Foreign Minister to re-advertise the positions.

A Selection Panel of Qiliho, Solicitor General Sarvadanand Sharma, Ajit Kodagoda from C J Patel and CEO of ANZ Vishnu Mohan was proposed by Bainimarama. Kubuabola  argued to retain the former panel and Bainimarama relented to the former panel of ex-ambassadors but with the addition of Qiliho and Sharma.

By now China became suddenly vacant as well and the new six member panel interviewed for China as well as Brussels, Canberra and Wellington.

Naivalurua got the diplomatic posting. We say Qiliho should have not been selected as one of the panelists and he should have definitely recused himself from selecting Naivalurua. Of course, given the dictatorial and stage-managed nature of diplomatic appointments, wrapped in the garb of due process and transparency, the outcome would not have mattered even if Qiliho had recused himself. 'No military officer will benefit from my coup,' said Bainimarama. Naivalurua puts to rest Bainimarama's BIG WHITE LIE.
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As we have written elsewhere, Bainimarama has never forgiven Naivalurua after finding out that the Laisenia Qarase-led government was set to replace the erratic and out of control Bainimarama with Naivalurua. We have also witnessed that Naivalurua has not been given any Ministerial post since the 2006 coup. Oddly, on 5 January 2004 Colonel George Kadavulevu had formally advised Bainimarama against removing the SDL Government. On 12 January 2004 Colonel Kadavulevu and other senior officers were removed for advising Bainimarama against removing government. Bainimarama had initially replied that he was only testing them and then he questioned their individual loyalty to himself. The senior officers, except for Naivalurua, said that, as officers, they had pledged their allegiance and loyalty to the RFMF institution. All these senior officers who had stood their professional and moral ground and questioned Bainimarama's illegal and treasonous intentions were all removed.

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During the 2000 George Speight coup Naivalurua's name cropped up again but this time in connection with the Nasinu Police Station hostage taking crisis involving Lt Waqavovono whose son Anare had been murdered in Lebanon by Private Henry Ali. In March 2000, Ali was a private in the Fijian army and was part of the contingent serving in Southern Lebanon with the UNIFIL force. On 15 March 2000, he was the appointed guard commander and, during the morning, changed the guards at location 1-23 (Sarafui). Whilst mounting the guard, one of the guard members, Sapper Anare Waqavonovono, questioned Ali and an argument commenced between the two men.

The result was that Waqavonovono picked up his weapon and helmet and walked towards the guard post, apparently discharging himself from guard duty. Ali followed and further oral exchanges occurred but, when Waqavonvono turned to face Ali, the latter fired a shot from the hip. It struck the other man who immediately dropped his weapon and helmet, turned to the wall with his hands behind his head and shouted, “Take cover”. At this, Ali raised his rifle, took two steps nearer to Waqavonovono and fired two aimed shots which killed him.

Ali then shouted in Fijian “Who else, that’s one, who else?” and fired shots at Privates Baravilala, Nasalu and Naiyalatabua and Corporal Sigaveivola. He was subsequently charged with committing five civil offences contrary to section 70 of the Army Act, 1955, of which one was the murder of Waqavonovono and the others, attempted murder of the other four men.

He was tried by general court-martial at the Officers’ Training School at Vatuwaqa commencing on 6 July 2000 but adjourned on that day until 18 September 2000. The judge advocate was a High Court judge. The court-martial sat for 7 days before adjourning to Lebanon where it sat for five more days in November 2000. The court returned to Fiji but did not resume until March 2001 in which month it sat for fifteen more days. The members of the court found Ali guilty of the murder of Private Waqavonovono and of the attempted murder of Corporal Siqaveivola but not guilty of the other three charges of attempted murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and 10 years concurrent for the attempted murder.
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Fijileaks Editor: We will publish the contents of the Hostage Taking Report later
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The appointment by Kubuabola of Naivalurua to China also rings hollow Bainimarama's crocodile tears: 'After the coups of 1987 and 2000, there was a mass exodus from Fiji of tens of thousands of our best and brightest people..This exodus was a national tragedy that robbed Fiji of the opportunity to develop itself years ago into the nation that it is only now starting to become – unified, proud, with a keen sense of purpose and punching above its weight in our region and the world.'

The co-leader of the violent i-Taukei Movement and one of the key conspirators Inoke Kubuabola had told Islands Business magazine of May 1988 that for more than six hours on April 19 he and Sitiveni Rabuka, later joined by Jone Veisamasama, 'talked about different options'. It was on 19 April that the groundwork for the coup was laid and according to Kubuabola, 11 May was the day his co-conspirators decided to proceed with its execution. He also claims that when it was learnt that Parliament  would not sit on Friday they had agreed to bring forward the coup to Thursday; with Naivalurua and ten others hiding behind balaclavas ready to storm Parliament and bring death and destruction to Fiji in the name of bogus indigenous rights.

Meanwhile, the two coupists Kubuabola and Naivalurua who so cruelly cut short the the Indo-Fijian descendants march From Plantation to Parliament on 14 May 1987, one hundred and eight years to the day the first Indian indentured labourers set foot on Fijian soil, are reaping the rewards of coups.

One is Foreign Minister and another Fiji's new ambassador-designate to China. Another commonality of interest is marriage: Kubuabola's daughter is married to Naivalurua's son.

Welcome: Balaclava Storm Trooper to Beijing.


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We must not forget one of the panelists Berenado Vunibobo, one of Rabuka's Ministers. Vunibobo, dubbed The Silver Fox, has changed sides in tune with coups in Fiji. In May 2008, Vunibobo had been appointed as Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations.

Earlier, in February 2008, he was busy with the controversial Natadola project as director of
Asia Pacific Resorts Limited's (APRIL). In May 2010 Aiyaz Khaiyum through Bainimarama's Cabinet had approved the Natadola Development Bay Development Decree to plug the erosion of funds through the Natadola development project.

The decree cancelled former developers APRIL'S foreign investment certificate because of the alleged non-disclosure and misrepresentation of its foreign shareholders. It also provided for the forfeiture of the shares held by APRIL in Natadola Land Holdings to FNPF Investments Limited. In addition, all properties held by APRIL that formed part of the integrated resort development were to be transferred to the property of NBRL.

Vunibobo was recalled to Fiji after he failed miserably in getting a posting for Pita Driti to the United Nations.

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14 Comments
Yep
16/3/2015 01:12:57 pm

The political reality in Fiji is that since the first military coup of 1987 THUG RULE has remained alive and well with intermittent pretence of democratic rule. The current " democratically elected" government of coupist Bainimarama is another such pretence. This appointment of a 1987 military coup thug betrays the pretence, the pretence that Fiji now has "true democracy". And, he is not the only from the violent, racist gang of 1987 to be appointed in military dictator and counterfeit democratic PM Frank Bainimarama's " multiracial" government.

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ASK THEM TO DENY
17/3/2015 03:26:56 pm

It was this 1987 gang that went on to direct PSC that if there was an I-Taukei student studying for a degree overseas, then to keep the vacancy open for the senior post in civil service until this student qualifies and returns.

So an Indian with high qualification and experience would have to be appointed as acting role for years so to await return of this out of uni student to become their boss.....

Now these idiots are promoted in Bai's team.

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Blind citizens of Fiji link
16/3/2015 02:02:38 pm

Alas the blind and brainwashed citizens of Fiji who voted for FF to rule the country out of corruption and deceit don't see beyond their lies. Congratulations for voting with euphoria the most corrupt, racist, calculating, selfish, and deceitful group into power. Your suffering has just begun while they are fast filling their pickets and of those close to them. Congratulations.

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Jone Tuione
16/3/2015 02:23:48 pm

The appointees seem qualified. Wonder who the other interviewees were so that we can have a balanced assessment.

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So
16/3/2015 03:30:17 pm

So we witness the on going militarisation of the civil administration in Fiji under the guise of due process of appointment. The dictatorship lives on in the cloak of democracy.

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rajend naidu
16/3/2015 03:45:48 pm

When Alipate Qetaki was the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Social Welfare - the same Alipate Qetaki who was a key player in Rabuka's racist military coup of 1987 - he arranged a " selection process" for the appointment of Director of Social Welfare. Even though candidates included at least three departmental officers with masters degree and over two decades of experience working in that department, Qetaki and his "penal" selected a person who had neither.
The " selection process" was a farce. It was stage managed to give the impression that due process was being followed as per the PSC regulations. It was merely a show thing. The candidate for the post had already been determined by Qetaki.

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Coup Sympathisers
16/3/2015 05:51:36 pm

One thing is very clear judging by the list of panelists that interviewd the balaclava men,they are all coup Sympathisers dating back 1987.

Qiliho takes the cake, UN should take note of this man who committed atrocities.

Shame on the panelists,now go home and say cheers to the mirror, a job well done!

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altauf
16/3/2015 07:25:28 pm

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Look at all appointments in Kubuabola's Ministry based on either race or as payback to friends and relatives. He also determines packages of individuals without any regard to the rules and consistency. The recent appointments of Lodhia, Nandan, Puja and now Naivalarua ......How is it possible for a Minister to get away with such blatant defiance of all PSC guidelines. Isn't the new Public Service reform about transparency and respecting rights of every citizen to aspire for a position with Government. The deafening silence from the Opposition seems to suggest he is striking a cord with some of the SODELPA's own racist agenda.

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Creepy Kubuabola
16/3/2015 07:56:53 pm

Slowly but surely Kubuabola is creeping into the corridors of absolute power.

A real and very frightening scenario. A known racist thug is lurking.

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So
16/3/2015 09:04:56 pm

Remember that Australian consultant firm that was engaged to " process" the applicants for the CEO positions in government ministries and all that. They went through the motions of conducting interviews but every one knows they simply rubber stamped the people the Qarase gang wanted.
This " selection process" farce has not ended with Bainimarama takeover. If anything it has got worse!

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Welcome Home
17/3/2015 12:58:56 am

The most assured way to improve the mental health of the nation will be to ensure that violent abuse of powers and delegated authority Do Not occur on My Watch. The suicide, attempted suicide and self-harm rates have been alarmingly obvious all over the country for years. Increasing annually. The Duty to Protect applies to all Fijians.

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Joe joe
17/3/2015 04:18:47 am

Rabuka staged a coup to control the destiny of the Fijian race because Indians were at the helm in 1987. Another coup in 2000 because Indians found themselves at the helm again. Again another coup in 2006 but Fiji was in fijian hands. So what was the 2006 coup for? Indians are still at the helm now and even worse Indians never poked their Nose in NLTB ever but now there are a few In the interview panel To select a CEO. So Indians are still controlling Fiji?

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Nope
17/3/2015 04:58:35 pm

Indians NEVER controlled Fiji at any time, including at the time of the Rabuka military coup of 1987. But that was advanced as a " justification" for the indigenous Fijian takeover by Rabuka, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Alipate Qetaki and the rest of the Fijian nationalists( read anti-Indian racists) and what's more many in the internationally community - with very superficial understanding of the real nature of Fijian politics - bought the pretext of the coup hook line and sinker.
The gullibility and the hypocrisy of the international gang is still at play during the Bainimarama takeover - only his pretext is different. It remains a pretence to hide the real reason. Which was a power grab. Rabuka's coup was the same - a power grab by the people who got defeated at the polls. Rabuka and the Fijian military was used to carry out this power grab agenda. Bainimarama grabbed power to save his own backside.

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No Joe Joe
17/3/2015 03:50:04 pm

Indians in Fiji for over a century never controlled but improvised. They developed and harnessed the nation to great prosperity,the indigenous people reciprocated in a generous fashion in the leasing of land and peaceful coexistence.

This all changed in 1987 when the greedy few with the support of GCC and Methodist Church installed dictatorship in the name of Indigineous supremacy.

The exodus of Indians has benefitted countries like USA,Canada, Australia etc where they continue to play by the rule and improvise with a wider demographics.

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