QUIB: A sarcasm; a taunt; a gibe; a quip
Richard Naidu should have pleaded guilty and explained his light-hearted QUIB. Instead, he and his supporters have turned the case into pony show trial
Fijileaks: After committing TREASON on 14 May 1987 with the barrel of a gun, Naidu's political hero Sitiveni Rabuka took away the liberty, livelihood, family life, hard-earned reputations, and hard work of thousands and thousands of Indo-Fijians and Bavadra's i-taukei Fijians and Others, jailing lawyers, magistrates and judges. We notice that among a gallery of lawyers appearing for Naidu, there is one SUBHAS PARSHOTAM. On the night of Wednesday 22 June 1988, one Subhas Parshotam, then Secretary of the Fiji Law Society, was arrested under Rabuka's notorious retroactive Internal Security Decree from his home and jailed at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Suva, 'in small four-foot by six-foot cell. The bare concrete floor, with drain hole exiting the wall, was used to drain water used for washing the floors. The hole also doubled as a perfect rat door.' The Internal Security Decree was brought in by Rabuka following the discovery of the 'The Guns and Grenades of Lautoka', shipped to end the racist's rape, torture, beating, and jailing of Indo-Fijians. Today, Naidu in one after another 'Opinion Column' in the Fiji Times has been promoting the COUPIST RAT RABUKA to become the next Prime Minister, with NFP's Biman Prasad as Deputy Prime Minister
Fijileaks: In our earlier posting, defending the wealthy Suva corporate lawyer Richard Naidu, we also made a similar point - that Naidu was injecting a bit of humour into his Facebook posting - injunction and
NOT injection, 'Your Lordship'.
* He should have pleaded QUILTY, but no, Naidu, his lawyers, and a gallery of rogue Opposition politicians are trying to turn the case into a political pony show trial - claiming the Suva lawyer is being persecuted because he is most likely to be NFP candidate and, if PAP-NFP coalition wins, Naidu will be next Attorney-General, replacing Khaiyum
* Naidu never declared his intention, nor has he been selected as an NFP candidate. Still, he has used and abused his position as legal adviser to the Fiji Times to continuously slam the FFP government in his Opinion pages, promoting the racist thug Sitiveni Rabuka, and wiping off the racist coupist Rabuka's treason and other indictable heinous crimes.
* With the barrel of a gun, Rabuka took away the liberty, livelihood, family life, hard-earned reputations, and hard work of thousands and thousands of Indo-Fijians and Bavadra's i-taukei Fijians and Others, jailing lawyers, magistrates and judges.
*Shockingly, in a Facebook post, Naidu, a former adviser to deposed Prime Minister the late Dr Timoci Bavadra, claimed that it was the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara who booted him OUT of Fiji and it was Sitiveni Rabuka who brought him back in 1995 to ply his legal trade in Fiji. Our Founding Editor-in-Chief, a contemporary of Naidu, on the other hand, lost his FIJI PASSPORT, HIS FAMILY and HIS COUNTRY at the hands of the RACIST COUPIST THUG SITIVENI RABUKA. We say:
GOOD LUCK to RICHARD NAIDU
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Suva High Court Judge Jude Nanayakkara will deliver his ruling on the 28th of this month in the matter where Richard Naidu's lawyer has made an application to cross-examine Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during the substantial hearing in Naidu's committal proceedings case.
Naidu allegedly posted on his Facebook page a picture of a judgement in a case represented by his associate that had the word 'injunction' misspelt, and then made some comments that he was pretty sure the applicant wanted an injunction.
The committal proceedings has been brought against Naidu by the Attorney General.
While making submissions, Naidu's lawyer, Jon Apted says Sayed-Khaiyum's evidence cannot be relied upon if the respondent has not been allowed to challenge it.
He says their basis for the application is the Constitution of Fiji and no limitations can arise to limit the right to a fair trial of an accused person.
Apted says the right to challenge evidence is regarded as an aspect to the right of a fair trial.
He further says the court has the power to make an order they seek and the court can compel the Attorney General to be cross-examined and failure on his part will put him in contempt of court.
Apted says Naidu is not guilty and the post was a light hearted quib while the applicant’s sole purpose is to harass and embarrass Naidu.
The lawyer says the affidavit by Sayed-Khaiyum is the applicant’s only evidence and is open to challenge.
He adds Naidu's liberty is at stake, his livelihood is at stake, his family life, his hard earned reputation over his 60 long years of hard work is at stake.
In response, the Attorney General's lawyer, Gul Fatima asks what will they achieve from cross-examining the Attorney General when he has provided an affidavit.
She says they had an opportunity to respond in an affidavit but they did not do so.
Fatima says Naidu appears to be personalising the matter and there is nothing in this proceedings that says the applicant has brought them in his personal capacity.
She also says Naidu does not have the right to compel anyone to give evidence but he has the right to bring evidence and witnesses.
Fatima says not once is the respondent concerned about the gravity of the allegation and they are downplaying the allegation and focusing on everything else.
She adds the court has to decide whether the post is contemptuous or not.
Fatima says there is nothing in the affidavit that is ambiguous.
Meanwhile, the hearing on the committal proceedings will take place on the 10th and 11th of November. Source: Fijivillage News, Friday, 14 October 2022
Naidu allegedly posted on his Facebook page a picture of a judgement in a case represented by his associate that had the word 'injunction' misspelt, and then made some comments that he was pretty sure the applicant wanted an injunction.
The committal proceedings has been brought against Naidu by the Attorney General.
While making submissions, Naidu's lawyer, Jon Apted says Sayed-Khaiyum's evidence cannot be relied upon if the respondent has not been allowed to challenge it.
He says their basis for the application is the Constitution of Fiji and no limitations can arise to limit the right to a fair trial of an accused person.
Apted says the right to challenge evidence is regarded as an aspect to the right of a fair trial.
He further says the court has the power to make an order they seek and the court can compel the Attorney General to be cross-examined and failure on his part will put him in contempt of court.
Apted says Naidu is not guilty and the post was a light hearted quib while the applicant’s sole purpose is to harass and embarrass Naidu.
The lawyer says the affidavit by Sayed-Khaiyum is the applicant’s only evidence and is open to challenge.
He adds Naidu's liberty is at stake, his livelihood is at stake, his family life, his hard earned reputation over his 60 long years of hard work is at stake.
In response, the Attorney General's lawyer, Gul Fatima asks what will they achieve from cross-examining the Attorney General when he has provided an affidavit.
She says they had an opportunity to respond in an affidavit but they did not do so.
Fatima says Naidu appears to be personalising the matter and there is nothing in this proceedings that says the applicant has brought them in his personal capacity.
She also says Naidu does not have the right to compel anyone to give evidence but he has the right to bring evidence and witnesses.
Fatima says not once is the respondent concerned about the gravity of the allegation and they are downplaying the allegation and focusing on everything else.
She adds the court has to decide whether the post is contemptuous or not.
Fatima says there is nothing in the affidavit that is ambiguous.
Meanwhile, the hearing on the committal proceedings will take place on the 10th and 11th of November. Source: Fijivillage News, Friday, 14 October 2022
