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Born Leader v Bumbling Liar: Ro Kepa tells it straight to Bainimarama - "You will get your just dessert when immunity is lifted for coupsters"

14/9/2014

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Talkshow host Narayan right to be cautious in not upsetting Bainimarama, only yesterday he tried to slap NZ TV reporter; now Russian sources reveal when Bainimarama visited Moscow he flew into a drunken rage and a psychiatrist was brought in to sedate him in his Golden Ring Hotel room

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Bainimarama is Frankly a monster


By Marc Edge


Nothing epitomizes the past eight years of media repression in Fiji better than the video of dictator Frank Bainimarama slapping a woman TV journalist in the face last week. It captures not only the contempt with which Bainimarama has treated the press, but also the brutality with which he has treated people, including and especially women. Now some of Bainimarama’s staunchest supporters are re-thinking whether he would make a fit leader for a democratic Fiji, as should all citizens in advance of Wednesday’s poll.

3News reporter Amanda Gillies was in Suva from New Zealand to cover the election campaign and approached Bainimarama at a rally. “Can you promise there won’t be another coup,” she asked the obviously irritated dictator. “Can you just move away from me?” replied Bainimarama, who told Gillies he didn’t want to discuss the subject. He first pushed away her microphone, then began waving his hand in her face. “I will move away,” promised Gillies, who courageously refused to be intimidated and persisted as any good journalist should. “But I just want to know if you . . .” She couldn’t finish her sentence because Bainimarama slapped her in the face, causing her to drop her microphone at the 12-second mark of this clip. 

The video, which has been making the rounds on Facebook, has elicited a shocked response from viewers. Bainimarama has been rumored for years to have participated in the beating of women who were arrested for advocating democracy in the wake of his 2006 coup, including one who was pregnant. He also famously condoned the beating of escaped prisoners last year after a video of the atrocity was posted to the Internet. But to watch as the prime minister gives the back of his hand to a woman leads to the inescapable conclusion that this thug is simply not fit for leadership. 

As campaigning culminates, even some of Bainimarama's longest-serving sycophants are deserting his sinking ship. Crosbie Walsh posted a sheepish entry which he labelled a “Personal Confession” on his blog yesterday. “What if I’m wrong,” worried Croz. When I started this blog in May 2007 it was to offset the distorted reporting of NZ journalist Michael Field, and I was writing mainly for an overseas audience. . . . Since then, as I read about what the Bainimarama government was doing and talked to a wide range of people in Fiji, my position gradually changed. . . . To make matters worse, a number of government-initiated judicial actions seemed personally charged and vindictive. And its failure to have public audits and reveal salaries laid it wide open to further charges by the Opposition.  

If even crazy old Croz is questioning his beloved dictator, then you know Bainimarama is going down. “He’s a military man and he definitely has a very short fuse,” admitted Croz. “Parliament will be a very different environment. If FijFirst wins and Bainimarama forms Fiji’s next government, his power will be limited by law.” Bainimarama is normally a friendly person who enjoys being with people. I am optimistic that this positive side of his personality will be used to good effect in Parliament, and the “short fuse” kept in check. 

This incident is only the latest in a long line of erratic and even violent behavior by Fiji's self-appointed prime minister. Former U.S. ambassador Larry Dinger outlined a litany of abuse in cables made public in 2011 by Wikileaks. Dinger quipped that “a psychiatrist would have a field day with Bainimarama,” reported the Sydney Morning Herald. The US embassy reports also document cases of rape and sexual assault by military personnel, including at least one instance of a group of detainees forced to engage in group sexual acts. In another case a prominent human rights activist was “felt up” by a senior military officer and was “warned she would receive worse treatment unless she stopped her activities.”

Then, of course, there is Bainimarama’s shameful treatment of Father Kevin Barr, a former supporter who made the mistake of joking in a letter to the editor last year that, given the loans received from that country, Fiji should consider incorporating the flag of China into its flag instead of the Union Jack. The Catholic priest recounted then receiving a telephone call from an angry Bainimarama, who called him “a fucked up priest.” Then came the text messages. “Fuck U arsehole, . . Start saying your goodbyes Father Kevin James Barr,  Australian national, work permit as a missionary, expiry date for permit 31/12/2013. . . Go and be  a missionary in China.”

Tales of Bainimarama’s out-of-control drinking have long circulated around Suva, including one recent incident in which he is said to have publicly soiled himself. It would be understandable if the citizens of Fiji decided on Wednesday that such an idiot, thug and monster is not fit to lead their country. Source: http://fijimediawars.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/bainimarama-is-frankly-monster.html

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17 Comments
thug ruler link
14/9/2014 04:38:37 pm

No two ways about it. Bainimarama is a thug ruler who grabbed power with the force of military arms and imposed a dictorship over the people of Fiji for 8 years. the right place for such a man is not the Parliament or Government of Fiji . It is Naboro Maximum Prison.

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Jaati Bhai
14/9/2014 09:56:58 pm

Somebody tell that to Millionaire Mahendra Chaudhary.

He supported Coupster Rabuka with his parliamentary votes to become PM of Fiji in 1992.

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Mr Bias
14/9/2014 06:41:12 pm

Hahaha - Victor Lal reveals his old RKS connection - late Sailosi Kepa was his principal at that school and later ambassador to London. This Indo-Fijian hater dude must have been at the Fiji Embassy with the Kepas' ah?

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don't spoil it link
14/9/2014 07:09:29 pm

Bainimarama says we "don't want anyone to spoil" what all they have done. that is so understandable they have had such a great time as the absolute rulers with all the privileges that go with that. why would they want anyone to spoil THAT!

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unelected body link
14/9/2014 07:13:07 pm

Bainimarama says the Senate was an "unelected body" so it had no right to decide on anything for the people of Fiji. But as the unelected ruler of the country he had given himself all the right to decide everything for the people of Fiji including the making of a new constitution!

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on merit link
14/9/2014 07:37:20 pm

On merit this idiot and thug would never be the leader of the country but the reality is that Fiji is not a merit based country in terms of its leadership. its leadership is coup based. and it has deployed its henchmen everywhere - including the judiciary - to intimidate and cower the people. in such an environment - a dictatorship - can there be a "free and fair " and "democratic" election?
I don't think so.

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Be fair link
14/9/2014 08:47:46 pm

Victor , you are hardly a champion of fairy reporting and demorcracy . Can you reveal why apart from the Usual rant about Aiyaz and frank , why is that you really hate them ? The real reason . You are a Fijian snowden !!, in the so called name of democracy , your outrageous , irresponsible , and unfounded rumours can incite much violence in a tiny nation .

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regime thug link
15/9/2014 01:13:43 am

Some regime thug talking rubbish. why shouldn't the focus be on Aiyaz and Frank? they are the two men dictatorship who have been running the country with no accountability, no transparency and no real public-media scrutiny. It's a good thing FijiLeaks has shone the spotlight on them and their 8 year misrule.

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Croz WALSH link
15/9/2014 01:19:40 am

Once again Marc Edge selects a piece of what I wrote and ignores the main points made. He calls me "Crazy old Croz". I call him dishonest.
I invite your readers to read what I actually wrote.

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not interested link
15/9/2014 04:03:33 am

No body is interested in what you say. You have been defending the thug rulers of Fiji. that's all we need to know.

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what declaration link
15/9/2014 01:25:43 am

The Liar waved " a declaration" of his salary to say there it was in black and white what he was actually getting as opposed to what his opponents have been alleging. He thinks the people are stupid. The people know any declaration by this liar and thug is not worth the paper it is written on.
Everything he has done is a fabrication.

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Finally fair play . link
15/9/2014 01:31:37 am

Finally , with decades of being treated as second class citizens and contributing towards a first class , powerhouse pacific economy , our indian friends have been given a fair go , no matter how rough house a strategy frank employed . After all the indigenous population have very heavily ruled with an iron fist and racist policies all along . Good on you Frank

- Stanley whiteside ,
Savusavu

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backside link
15/9/2014 04:00:04 am

Stanley whiteside stop talking through your backside. Frank is a thug and an idiot. His place is NOT in the parliament of fiji. it is in jail!

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no wonder
17/9/2014 05:44:37 pm

no wonder none of are fijians even frank!

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Jaati Bhai
15/9/2014 02:48:24 am

Does anyone know the current whereabouts of that bumbling liar Mick Beddoes ??

Told to shut up, has he ?

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of course it doesn't link
15/9/2014 04:40:25 pm

of course it doesn't add up - Frank Bainimarama's fraudulent back pay - according to his cv. Nothing adds up when you look at what he said about why he did the coup and what he has done since. But all that does not matter. He is a Dictator. Nothing a dictator does is wrong - according a dictator.

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a mobster link
16/9/2014 12:36:33 am

Bainimarama is frankly a mobster. monsters are mostly mythical. this scumbag is real - a real threat to human decency and civility. Such a man should never be a leader.

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