30 SEPTEMBER 2023. A photo of the sacked Fiji High Commissioner to Australia, DAVID KOLITAGANE presenting his credentials to the Australian Governor-General David Hurley, resurfaced on the Fiji Consulate General & Trade Commission, Sydney, website.
*The FLP ran with a story on the party's Facebook because the date on the photo read: 30 September 2023.
*However, a bit of simple sleuth work would have revealed that the same photo appeared on the Fiji High Commission's official Australian website on 21 December 2022 when Kolitagane presented his credentials.
*AJAY BHAI AMRIT's appointment to Australia has been rushed because Sitiveni Rabuka will be making an official visit to Australia in October.
*We would have liked to see FLP questioning whether Ajay Bhai Amrit had declared to the PSC and the Coalition government his (Amrit Property Group's) portfolio of properties in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, where his parents reportedly moved to from London.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
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Confusion, sheer incompetence …or something else, Prime Minister??? What a mess!
Let’s put it bluntly: Has the Rabuka government done a dirty on strong People’s Alliance Party supporter and financier, Ajay Bhai Amrit?
On 22 September 2023 it was publicly announced that Fiji Broadcasting Corporation chairman Ajay Bhai Amrit has been appointed Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Australia. The appointment aroused some controversy but Mr Amrit was invited to Government House and officially commissioned by President Wiliame Katonivere as High Commissioner to Australia. In reply Mr Amrit thanked the government for the appointment “as an important opportunity to advance the Vuvale Partnership to new heights”.
#BUTLoandBehold: The Fiji Consulate General and Trade Commission today put out a posting reporting David Kolitagane presenting his credentials to the Australian Governor General as Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Canberra.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Who is Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Australia: Ajay Amrit as announced in Fiji seven days ago or David Kolitagane as announced in Australia yesterday? How very embarrassing! Is it just an embarrassing faux pas on the part of the Rabuka government or is something more sinister at work here?
The interesting point is that pretty early in the Rabuka government’s reign Ajay Amrit was appointed chairman of the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. That in itself was controversial as it was largely seen as reward for his huge financial backing for the PAP’s 2022 election campaign. His subsequent announcement as High Commissioner to Australia was the second shocker. Mr Amrit promptly resigned from his chairmanship of FBC. Right on the heels of his resignation, former Fiji TV chairman Isoa Kaloumaira was named to replace him.
How the Coalition government intends to wriggle out of this latest embarrassment/blunder is anybody’s guess?
But as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister certainly has some explaining to do!
Let’s put it bluntly: Has the Rabuka government done a dirty on strong People’s Alliance Party supporter and financier, Ajay Bhai Amrit?
On 22 September 2023 it was publicly announced that Fiji Broadcasting Corporation chairman Ajay Bhai Amrit has been appointed Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Australia. The appointment aroused some controversy but Mr Amrit was invited to Government House and officially commissioned by President Wiliame Katonivere as High Commissioner to Australia. In reply Mr Amrit thanked the government for the appointment “as an important opportunity to advance the Vuvale Partnership to new heights”.
#BUTLoandBehold: The Fiji Consulate General and Trade Commission today put out a posting reporting David Kolitagane presenting his credentials to the Australian Governor General as Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Canberra.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Who is Fiji’s new High Commissioner to Australia: Ajay Amrit as announced in Fiji seven days ago or David Kolitagane as announced in Australia yesterday? How very embarrassing! Is it just an embarrassing faux pas on the part of the Rabuka government or is something more sinister at work here?
The interesting point is that pretty early in the Rabuka government’s reign Ajay Amrit was appointed chairman of the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. That in itself was controversial as it was largely seen as reward for his huge financial backing for the PAP’s 2022 election campaign. His subsequent announcement as High Commissioner to Australia was the second shocker. Mr Amrit promptly resigned from his chairmanship of FBC. Right on the heels of his resignation, former Fiji TV chairman Isoa Kaloumaira was named to replace him.
How the Coalition government intends to wriggle out of this latest embarrassment/blunder is anybody’s guess?
But as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister certainly has some explaining to do!
December 21, 2022
Fiji’s High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency David Kolitagane, presented his credentials to His Excellency General, the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. In conveying the greetings and well wishes of the President of the Republic of Fiji, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, High Commissioner Kolitagane informed the Governor General that it was an honour for him to represent the Government and people of Fiji in Australia and he looked forward to working closely with the Australian Government.
Who is AJAY BHAI AMRIT? We don't know much about his London days but on his LinkedIn profile he tells us:
BTEC National Associates Degree in Travel and Tourism is a vocational qualification offered by Pearson. It is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to pursue a career in the travel and tourism industry. The course covers a wide range of topics, including customer service, marketing, and event management, among others. The course is available at Level 3, which is equivalent to A-levels: West London College prospectus
Ajay Bhai Amrit during London days
