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BEDDOES SHOULD FACE UP TO HIS FOLLY: SODELPA sources tell Fijileaks it is not RACE but RECKLESSNESS on Beddoes part that has triggered the internal bickering between rival Kepa-Naiqama factions! 

14/9/2015

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"BEDDOES can not claim or one assumes that SODELPA is hounding him because he is a kai loma (half caste) and SODELPA is controlled by nationalist chiefs, coupists and convicts. That is not the issue here. The issue here is whether BEDDOES is competent or not? If he was competent and transparent SODELPA would not have gone through a crisis that directly resulted from his mismanagement and diversion of funds. It is no doubt that BEDDOES disobeyed the orders of the Management Board on matters resolved on both meetings and his actions to ignore the implementation of the meeting resolutions clearly shows that he was a party to the breach or had been the brains to the breach..."

It all started when MICK BEDDOES posted on his Facebook- "Some facts of the special general meeting that the media spin doctors missed out."

The Facebook statement was blatant disregard of the President of SODELPA Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu.

In summary Beddoes intentions was to make people believe that the:


1. President was wrong in allowing the election of new officials that was facilitated by the transitional and commencement provisions of the new constitution.

2. Special General Meeting (SGM) was intentionally held on Thursday to prevent people to attend.

3. Opposition leader is still party leader despite the constitutional amendments.

4. President, General Secretary Pio Tabaiwalu and Adi Litia Qionibaravi staged an ‘ambush' to remove the current party officials who came under the orders of Ro Teimumu Kepa.

5. Adoption of the constitution amendments on SGM is not valid until the Election Office has endorsed the changes.

6. Result of the SGM is not credible because it was not in the agenda and 70% of the positions in the new Management Board is still unrepresented after the party election.

If we assume that SODELPA was racist in hounding BEDDOES it will be an unfair assessment.

Beddoes must be assessed on what he has competently done and what he has failed to deliver.  

Two issues simply outweigh all the good things BEDDOES has done.

Case 1:

BEDDOES, on 8 October 2014 at Management Board meeting, informed the Board that he has been appointed by the Opposition Leader as the Principal Administration Officer.

In the presence of BEDDOES the Management Board resolved that a Selection Committee is appointed to advertise and conduct interview of all positions at the Opposition Office. In addition, the Board had resolved that Mr. Anare Jale was to be the chair of the Selection Committee and other members drawn from the MPs and the party.

BEDDOES had deliberately delayed the implementation of this resolution in collusion with the Party Leader fearing that he will lose his job by failing the minimum qualification requirement (MQR). Beddoes only reached Form 4 and is yet to attempt his H1 Public Service Commission certificate.

(Fijileaks: Attach is the evidence of the minutes of the Management Board on 8 October 2014 to prove the above)
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Case 2:

As a result of lack of qualification BEDDOES could not understand section 21(1)(b) of POLITICAL PARTIES (REGISTRATION, CONDUCT, FUNDING AND DISCLOSURES) DECREE 2013 (DECREE NO. 4 OF 2013)

Sources of funds for a political party and independent candidate 21.—(1)

The sources of funds for a political party shall only be from--

(a) membership fees;

(b) voluntary contributions, donations, bequests and grants from a lawful source, not being from a foreign government, inter-governmental or non-governmental organization; and

(c) the proceeds of any investment, project or undertaking in which the political party has an interest.

The government grant of $225K was for the SODELPA General Secretary to administer. The cheque was written to be payable to SODELPA and the envelope was addressed to the General Secretary of the Party according to the Secretary-General of Parliament as per requirement of section 21(1)(b) above.

BEDDOES, on 21 January, 2015, had informed the SODELPA National Executive Council (NEC) that the parliamentary allocation as announced by the Secretary – General of Parliament will be the responsibility of respective political parties to engage their own staffs for their political party offices in Parliament. The party had resolved that the government grant be brought to the party per requirement of the section 21(1)(b) above. Instead the Principle Administration Officer (BEDDOES) and Party Leader (RO TEIMUMU) at the Opposition Office decided to open a new account at ANZ both without the full caucus knowledge and the also without the agreement of the SODELPA National Executive Council (NEC).

BEDDOES and RO TEIMUMU did not realize that section 21 above does not allow loans as sources of funds for a political party. The "Raivoce loan" is illegal pursuant to the means prescribed by section 21 above.

SODELPA trustees own the name legally and any account or transaction concerning the name itself needs the approval and consent of the Party, not the opposition office as in this case. Who will be liable for the breach in section 21 of the POLITICAL PARTIES (REGISTRATION, CONDUCT, FUNDING AND DISCLOSURES) DECREE 2013 (DECREE NO. 4 OF 2013)? Only time will tell!!!

(Fijileaks: Attach is the evidence of the NEC minutes meeting held on 21 January 2015)
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From the above BEDDOES cannot claim or one assumes that SODELPA is hounding him because he is a kai loma (half caste) and SODELPA is controlled by nationalist chiefs, coupists and convicts. That is not the issue here. The issue here is whether BEDDOES is competent or not? If he was competent and transparent SODELPA would not have gone through a crisis that directly resulted from his mismanagement and diversion of funds.

It is no doubt that BEDDOES disobeyed the orders of the Management Board on matters resolved on both meetings and his actions to ignore the implementation of the meeting resolutions clearly shows that he was a party to the breach or had been the brains to the breach.

His publication on Facebook criticizing the decision taken by the general assembly of the party, especially by questioning the judgment of the SODELPA President, was only the manifestation of what had already been conceived which BEDDOES cannot undo.

The system that employed the BEDDOES style is no longer needed by SODELPA if it stands a chance in 2018.

Fijileaks
could not reach Beddoes for comment.
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Mick Beddoes
September 12 at 1:05am ·


SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SODELPA SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING THAT THE MEDIA SPIN DOCTORS MAY HAVE MISSED OUT.

The meeting was essentially to adopt changes to our constitution. The work of which has been ongoing for some time. The initial date for the meeting was last Saturday 5th Sept. however the GS forgot to arrange a permit.

As a result the meeting was shifted to Thursday 10th consequently many delegates could not make it

It had also been agreed too ahead of the SGM that only the amendments to the constitution would be concluded and elections of office bearers would be done at the proposed October meeting. This was also what the AGENDA specified.

However, once the constitutional changes were adopted and the meeting was to be wrapped up, the SG & Adi Litia proceeded with the election of people to
the 'new' positions.

This is what I call an 'ambush'.

I had just arrived back to the meeting having been called away, when Laufitu was in an exchange with the meeting officials regarding the understanding of meeting and the fact that many representatives were not there.

I then drew the Presidents attention to our obligations under the Political Parties Decree and the need to ensure the provisions we adopted were in order with the decree, given we are always under the spotlight and they are looking for excuses. I suggested that we needed to complete the task assigned for the day, circulate the draft and give our members time to read and digest the changes than decide who they wanted as office bearers, because many of our constituencies were not represented.

The President knocked that suggestion of mine out the window and allowed the election of officials to proceed.

But in the end, their 'ambush' ran out of steam because they failed to elect 70% of the positions as the districts were not represented due to  the deferment of the meeting so they had to fall back to what Laufitu and I were saying anyway.

As far as the staff positions in the Opposition Office go, these positions were always going to be advertised but we had the very disruptive period from Oct 2014 to April 2015 with the on again off again funding issues, and only in the last 5 months have we managed to settle and we have been busy with the Parliamentary activity, our constituency visits and save the flag campaign.

Now that the new structure is done, we will proceed to advertise all of the positions including mine. This is still very much part of the original plan.

As for the Marama losing her position as Party Leader, she has not. She is still the party Leader and will relinquish it when the new changes come into effect and a new Party Leader is elected to lead the party to the 2018 General Elections. Ro Teimumu has previously indicated she will not seek another term as Party Leader and had previously tendered her resignation but was asked to withdraw it until the changes were in place and she obliged.

As for her position as Leader of the Opposition, On Oct 6th she was nominated by the Tui Cakau and seconded by Adi Roko Tupou Draunidalo, President of the NFP. it was unanimous and she continues to command the respect of the majority of the 18 Opposition members today.

There are laid down procedures for anyone of the 18 to mount a challenge to her leadership, we are not aware that anyone has filed a challenge.

These are the facts, the rest is pure conjecture and QORVIS spin

Cheers...................Mick
https://www.facebook.com/BeddoesM

10 Comments
Bahuki
14/9/2015 10:13:08 am

And it slowly gets out of hand within SODELPA's ranks that Beddoes seem to have gone rogue here.

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Welcome Home
14/9/2015 01:44:08 pm

As long as the use of this disgusting, racist and ethnically-loaded term "half caste" continues to be deployed within and without Fiji, there is NO hope of any amelioration no matter which faction or group holds sway by any means, democratic or by stealth. Meanwhile, large swathes of the world descend into near chaos and this is determined by outrageous classifications of human beings as belonging to one or another 'caste'. Lucy is our common ancestor and we all began our evolutionary journey millions of years ago in Africa. Our DNA is proof of this. Want to tell us it is not?

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King Rat
14/9/2015 10:20:31 pm

Problem is that those in the 'So Help Me God' Party (SODELPA) think along these ethnically defined lines. They cannot rise above their own deeply-held prejudices against other races who they believe are 'vulagi' (foreigners) and have no right to have a say in the governing of Fiji.

SODELPA has now collapsed into two factions each led by a paramount chief. They have reverted to the feudal politics of pre-democratic Fiji, where people like Beddoes (aka 'Bad Dose') are tolerated only as advisors on the margins of i'taukei politics. Once they step out of line, they are abused as part of the overral ploy of putting him and his 'vulagi' back in their box where they should belong.

Watch out Micky, Sainiana Radrodro is after your post.

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Charlie Charlie
14/9/2015 08:41:46 pm

Current turmoil in SODELPA is a result of coupists like naiqama/rabuka, old military dogs like raivoce and old civil servants like radrodro ans some wannabees like bulitavu/radrodro trying to wrestle control and reward their supporters. Beddoes and Ro Teimumu are just made the scapegoats in this power grab by naiqamas sidetracks. Waiting for bulitavus resignation. SODELPA was and is a pro taukei party. Any other race like the kailoma and Kaindia joining the ranks would need to do as spectators and not and leads. That's what Beddoes and Malanis problem is. They are outcasts in this troublemaking groups eyes. Ro Teimumu had got the long term vision in her sights but it looks like the extremism is going to win if the power wrestle continues. God bless Ro Teimumu.

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kiu
14/9/2015 11:15:29 pm

i strongly believe that kepa used her position as OL to nominate Beddoes as PAO. There committe to look into this and select personal according to qualification etc. So i see it as kila vata and also the using of the grant between kepa and beddoes. Some heads need to roll whether you are a chief or not, Oppositon leader or backbencher still you must follow protocols

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Amused
14/9/2015 11:21:23 pm

Victor if you do your usual journalistic research that you are now renown for, you will find that recently, Beddoes was brought before the Media because he had been investigated for scamming some payments on a contract he had been awarded. Thus he has been requested to pay a huge sum to avoid a jail term. He is in Sodelpa Opposition Office because he warmed his way through using his alliances from the old parliamentary days to do just that. Find money to pay his debts. As we speak, his business in Nadi is out of power and has been since campaign time because he can't pay. He is in Opposition Office and resisting the changes so vehemently because he has no other jobs and needs the $45,000 salary to survive! The sad part is, he cons the Fijian leadership with his European whitemen superiority mentality and here we the people are fooled yet again. Best of luck Victor and always in admiration of your fight for the people to be liberated truly once and for all.

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ABSOLUTELY TRUE
15/9/2015 06:38:11 am

Full marks to @ Amused for mentioning such point blank truth about Beddoes - a failed politician who is basically good for nothing and knows very well which way the bread is buttered in order to get
his way. He is a cunning, devious and manipulative person who
is there simply because he will never be able to find a job outside Sodelpa.

Previously he was just fooling the general electors but now is conning the Fijian leadership. It beggars belief what Kepa sees in this failed polly who could not win a set in the last elections. He is
simply good at one - using weasel words to obfuscate his whiteman
mentality.

The sooner he is kicked out of the opposition office, the better. There are far many competent people who can fill his role and save
Sodelpa from been totally doomed.

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King Rat
15/9/2015 08:37:34 am

Couldn't agree more. He is part of Kepa's 'kila vata' taxi (as they say here on the streets in Fiji) and needs an income to avoid being jailed for scams he organised as a businessman.

Six months on a dahl soup diet in Naboro whilst learning the basics of tilapia farming will see him raidly lose all that excess weight gained from fine dining as a politician in the last Parliament.

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waqan
15/9/2015 04:19:29 am

I totally agree with Amused. Very good thought indeed.

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Shannon
15/9/2015 05:21:11 am

Dear Editor,

in the Fiji Hindi language, Beddoes is known as a "do pendhi ki lota" and I'm sure you know what i'm driving at here.

Beddoes will always be and always has been a fence sitter for his own financial benefit. Forget about politics because Beddoes has long proven his inability to be a politician with any finesse.

He needs to retire and either spend time in Ovalau or Savusavu under the coconut tree with a cold one.

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