RACE EQUALITY AND GENDER DITCHED BY FFP IN PURSUIT FOR PRESIDENCY; SODELPA COPYCAT MISTRESS IN THEIR OWN CHOICE!
INDO-FIJIAN FFP SUCKERS TOO BUSY BUILDING CAREERS, BUSINESSES, AND FATTENING BANK ACCOUNTS TO SPEAK OUT
"I am told that Jioji Konrote is being considered - first Rotuman president and also to counter-balance Ganilau, ex- army with many army and navy chaps now in Parliament" - VICTOR LAL to FFP MP, 8 October 2015;
FFP MP to Lal: "Konrote is another Kubuabola. The Indians sh[oul]d be very unhappy if he is appointed. FB does want to make room for Naupoto in the Parl. So it could be someone from Parliament."
"What is my individual legacy to Fiji? I stood up for human rights, freedom, justice and democracy in Fiji. This I consider to be my greatest achievement and contribution to Fiji and Rotuma"
VICTOR LAL, The Fiji Times, 20 August 2006
Konrote's reply, especially the historical background, had been largely extracted from his Rotuma Day 2005 address which he delivered as Fiji's High Commissioner to Australia. In that address, celebrating the 124th anniversary of the cession of Rotuma to Great Britain, Konrote had taken a swipe at VICTOR LAL without deliberately identifying him by name.
Konrote in 2008: Bainimarama has been too reliant on Aiyaz Khaiyum's advice
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LAISENIA QARASE: "The crux of our political crisis in Fiji is that indigenous Fijian and Rotuman communities felt threatened by certain policies which the non-indigenous leadership of the People's Coalition Government had implemented following their decisive victory in our National Elections in May 1999. It was this fear and anxiety about their future as the world's only indigenous Fijian and Rotuman community of just over 420,000 people that led to mass demonstrations and ultimately the Coup d'etat on May 19th this year. It manifested itself also in the mass looting of shops, destruction of property, and threats to people and their families, and unfortunately and tragically, the victims were mainly members of our Indian community. It was in this serious and deteriorating law and order situation that the Fiji Military Forces responded to a request from our Police to take over direct control of law and order and the protection of citizens. To facilitate this role, the Fiji Military Forces abrogated our 1997 Constitution on 29th May.
Address to the Fifty-Fifth Session of the UN General Assembly by Qarase, Bainimarama's then Interim PM, 16 September 2000
FRANK BAINIMARAMA: "I had abrogated the 1997 Constitution because I was satisfied that people engaged in the events of May 19 [2000 George Speight coup] were of the perception that the document had watered down the interests of indigenous Fijians. Whether or not those perceptions accorded with reality was not my principal consideration. The perceptions were genuinely held by largely unsophisticated Fijians not equipped to adequately comprehend the niceties and technicalities of the Constitution.” -
The then RFMF Commander Frank Bainimarama in his affidavit before the
Fiji Court of Appeal, February 2001
Address to the Fifty-Fifth Session of the UN General Assembly by Qarase, Bainimarama's then Interim PM, 16 September 2000
FRANK BAINIMARAMA: "I had abrogated the 1997 Constitution because I was satisfied that people engaged in the events of May 19 [2000 George Speight coup] were of the perception that the document had watered down the interests of indigenous Fijians. Whether or not those perceptions accorded with reality was not my principal consideration. The perceptions were genuinely held by largely unsophisticated Fijians not equipped to adequately comprehend the niceties and technicalities of the Constitution.” -
The then RFMF Commander Frank Bainimarama in his affidavit before the
Fiji Court of Appeal, February 2001
