This is the Japanese lady who was so rudely 'back-slapped' to the ground by Colonel Inia Seruiratu in Labasa. He was then Commissioner Northern following the 2006 coup, and is now FFP Minister responsible for CLIMATE CHANGE, and was recently captured on TV hectoring the Opposition in Parliament. We had been contacted by various sources to assist her following the unprovoked assault by Seruiratu, who was not supposed to "benefit from the coup". With the State of Emergency in force, and the location where the Bandys lived - Udu Point- we had no choice but to advise her to lie low as possible without reporting Seruiratu who, after all, was not only a military man but was Commissioner Northern. But as Dr Martin Luther King delivered this resonant line, 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice'.
And that applies to another former violent military strongman SITIVENI RABUKA who started it all, with his two coups in 1987. Unlike his victims, he conferred immunity on himself and his coupists in the 1990 Constitution of Fiji imposed by Decree. During the negotiations for the 1997 Constitution when Rabuka was Prime Minister, that immunity, as a trade-off, was transferred to the 1997 Constitution, and is still in place in the 2013 Constitution. Even the IMMUNITY provision was retained by the Draft 'Ghai Constitution'. The IMMUNITY covers all those who ran and propped up the
Rabuka and Bainimarama coups
GOD BLESS KYOYO BANDY
And that applies to another former violent military strongman SITIVENI RABUKA who started it all, with his two coups in 1987. Unlike his victims, he conferred immunity on himself and his coupists in the 1990 Constitution of Fiji imposed by Decree. During the negotiations for the 1997 Constitution when Rabuka was Prime Minister, that immunity, as a trade-off, was transferred to the 1997 Constitution, and is still in place in the 2013 Constitution. Even the IMMUNITY provision was retained by the Draft 'Ghai Constitution'. The IMMUNITY covers all those who ran and propped up the
Rabuka and Bainimarama coups
GOD BLESS KYOYO BANDY
From the Fiji Times, 20 October 2017: "I ACCEPTED DEATH"
DEATH stared her in the face after doctors at Labasa Hospital diagnosed her with breast cancer last year.
American Kyoko Bandy, who is also a Fiji citizen, had a mastectomy surgery last year on her left breast but her choice to eat right, live a healthy lifestyle and be positive empowered her to overcome obstacles.
"I woke up one morning and my nipple on the left breast had sunk and I was horrified, so I went to the emergency department at the hospital," she said.
"So they carried out a biopsy test and a few weeks later called me in and informed that test results were positive and I had cancer.
"I was facing death and I realised that it's not an easy thing to experience in life. I had stage three cancer but I learnt to accept it.
"I will be 73 years old in December and I looked at my past life and I have been doing spiritual growth and getting stronger within myself so I accepted death."
Knowing that she had lived a fruitful life was a reassurance of living a good life, one enjoyed with family and friends.
Mrs Bandy then accepted that death was everyone's final destination from Earth.
"Looking back at what I have gone through in life, I now consider myself fortunate to have had the cancer scare because I woke up fearing death and death was right there," she said.
"But after looking back at my life and what I have done, I feel good.
"Thank God I have been my own nutritionist for many years, being strict on what we eat at home because my husband is diabetic."
So every morning, Mrs Bandy, has her herbal treatment and drink of garlic, ginger, turmeric, honey and half teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of water.
She does not eat white bread, white flour or any junk food.
"These are deadly cancer food so we need to educate ourselves about the type of food to eat and this is very important," Mrs Bandy said.
"I also don't take medication from hospitals but herbal medicine like coboi tea, melon seeds, almonds, berry juice and I have just been very strict on my diet for many years which I feel helped me recover so quickly."
Anyone who meets Mrs Bandy would never guess she had cancer because she attends to daily duties in Labasa Town like any other normal person.
"I still drive and do my business at Also Island in Udu Point and life is normal but I have been told by doctors to have a review every three months," she said.
DEATH stared her in the face after doctors at Labasa Hospital diagnosed her with breast cancer last year.
American Kyoko Bandy, who is also a Fiji citizen, had a mastectomy surgery last year on her left breast but her choice to eat right, live a healthy lifestyle and be positive empowered her to overcome obstacles.
"I woke up one morning and my nipple on the left breast had sunk and I was horrified, so I went to the emergency department at the hospital," she said.
"So they carried out a biopsy test and a few weeks later called me in and informed that test results were positive and I had cancer.
"I was facing death and I realised that it's not an easy thing to experience in life. I had stage three cancer but I learnt to accept it.
"I will be 73 years old in December and I looked at my past life and I have been doing spiritual growth and getting stronger within myself so I accepted death."
Knowing that she had lived a fruitful life was a reassurance of living a good life, one enjoyed with family and friends.
Mrs Bandy then accepted that death was everyone's final destination from Earth.
"Looking back at what I have gone through in life, I now consider myself fortunate to have had the cancer scare because I woke up fearing death and death was right there," she said.
"But after looking back at my life and what I have done, I feel good.
"Thank God I have been my own nutritionist for many years, being strict on what we eat at home because my husband is diabetic."
So every morning, Mrs Bandy, has her herbal treatment and drink of garlic, ginger, turmeric, honey and half teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of water.
She does not eat white bread, white flour or any junk food.
"These are deadly cancer food so we need to educate ourselves about the type of food to eat and this is very important," Mrs Bandy said.
"I also don't take medication from hospitals but herbal medicine like coboi tea, melon seeds, almonds, berry juice and I have just been very strict on my diet for many years which I feel helped me recover so quickly."
Anyone who meets Mrs Bandy would never guess she had cancer because she attends to daily duties in Labasa Town like any other normal person.
"I still drive and do my business at Also Island in Udu Point and life is normal but I have been told by doctors to have a review every three months," she said.
"GOD looks into a man's heart" Seruiratu screams but where did GOD say to man, "Go forth, and rudely back slap a WOMAN to the ground?"
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He conferred immunity on himself and his coupists in the 1990 Constitution of Fiji imposed by Decree
IMMUNITY PROVISIONS IN RABUKA'S 1990 CONSTITUTION OF FIJI
CHAPTER XIV
IMMUNITY PROVISIONS
Immunity of Members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (including the Naval Division), the Police Force and the Fiji Prison Services and others
164.-(1) The leader [SITIVENI RABUKA] of the military coup d'etat which took place in Fiji on fourteenth of May, 1987 and on twenty-fifth of September, 1987 shall be immune from criminal and civil responsibility in respect of the commission of any offence under the penal code or the breach of any law of Fiji and in respect of any damage or injury to property or person resulting either directly or indirectly from the two military coup d'etat and no court shall entertain any action or make any decision or order, or grant any remedy or relief in any proceedings instituted against him in relation thereto;
(2) All members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (including Naval Division), the Fiji Police Force and the Prisons Services who during the two military coup d'etat referred to in subsection (1) of this section and up to the fifth of December, 1987, had shown allegiance to the coup leader and obediently carried order and instructions of the Fiji Military Government established by the coup leader, shall be immune from criminal and civil responsibility in respect of the commission of any offence under penal code or the breach of any law of Fiji and in respect of any damage or injury to property or person resulting either directly or indirectly from the two military coup d'etat and no court court shall entertain any action or make any decision or order, or grant any remedy or relief in any proceedings instituted against any member aforesaid
In 2012, Mahendra Chaudhry had demanded that there be no IMMUNITY in the proposed new Constitution and those involved with staging coups in Fiji should have a life ban from holding public office imposed on them. "They’ve been responsible for the upheaval that has taken place in the country since 1987, they have staged all the coups that have taken place since 1987. We feel that there should not be immunity given to perpetrators of the coups, we also of the view that these people should be barred for life from holding any public office."
He was referring to Bainimarama and Rabuka. But what changed when he and coupist Rabuka were seen to be forging a new political alliance?
