LESSON FROM SOUTH AFRICA for Fiji's South African-born Police Commissioner: "It is a misconception to think that anyone holding a diplomatic passport is 'untouchable'"; Fiji police must arrest SA diplomat!

5/10/2015

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Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, those entitled to immunity are expected to obey the laws and regulations of the host country, not to bloody drive while drunk, and killing a Fijian citizen or to grab a Government Minister and rape him or her in Albert Park!

BEHAVING BADLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS:
Look at Inoke Kubuabola, fiddling with his phone right through the delivery of Bainimarama's speech. No modicum of even protocol to listen to a major speech by his leader with respect and dignity. Is this what you get when you appoint a Bible Society idiot and racist for a Foreign Minister or feigning to be a Foreign Minister of Fiji?

AND Fiji's own Diplomatic Service has become the dumping ground for those deemed useless in their jobs in Fiji; FRCA CEO is being sent to plum diplomatic posting as High Commissioner to London; Filimone Waqabaca is known to have been dumped by Khaiyum from Finance and unhappy and neatly posted to a sinecure posting. Can we expect the demoralized Waqabaca to perform in Wellington, when he had told many of his friends that the Governorship of RBF was his next stop when Bainimarama had catapulted him to the PS Finance position, when he (Bainimarama) was Finance Minister? In the meantime, a serial
wife beater, is being sent to the United Arab Emirates to replace
Ambassador Robin Nair! Oh, WHERE IS EQUALITY?
What about women as Fiji's Ambassadors and High Commissioners instead of appointing a WIFE BEATER?

Meanwhile, Groenewald has also confirmed the same South African diplomat Theo Mostert was also assaulted outside the High Commission a fortnight ago

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Charlie Charlie

5/10/2015 01:47:33 pm

SA got diplomatic immunity, parveen Bala got political immunity. Baini/Kaiyum/rabuka got coup immunity. Fiji is fast becoming a country of immunity for law breakers. The new Fiji under bainimarama/Kaiyum got a new ball sucker in the Compol. Suffer and die the poor, freedom deprived and tortured Fijians.

Rustam

5/10/2015 08:43:07 pm

Interesting to see how quickly Fiji’s South African Pol.Com Groenewald cites the Vienna Convention immunity clauses for his countryman diplomat, drunk driver and a Fiji citizen killer and whilst at the same time the South African Parliament hears of diplomats behaving badly in their own country.

South Africa should now set an example standard, of acceptable diplomatic behavior, by first, punishing their own stupid diplomat who by his, foolish and very irresponsible (and indeed criminal) actions of “drink driving” has now KILLED a Fiji citizen.

Immunity is NOT for Criminals and Murderers.

Viva Sakoto!

5/10/2015 08:48:31 pm

When Pol.Com knows well his Vienna Conventions – Then how come he is so unfamiliar with the “United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”??

The story of Sakoto is viral as “Fiji Police Brutality Story” – an achievement of Fiji’s SA Pol.Com.

Simply ASKing

5/10/2015 08:51:44 pm

And that Right Horrible Praveen Bala evading justice is the all-time biggest Corruption of the Politico-Judiciary Conspiracy kind in the whole of the Australasian region – Is it not?

rajend naidu

5/10/2015 10:23:16 pm

Editor,
We read in the article ' Public servants urged to swap chilly Canberra for Island paradise of Fiji ' in the Canberra Times (6/10) that. Human resources firm NGS Global has been hired to hire 21 elite public servants for roles at the highest echelons of the Fijian public service ( read PS jobs ) as part of the Governments public sector renewal.
NGS Global managing partner said high level public servants from the Fijian diaspora were top of the nation's shopping list but talented bureaucrats from all British Commonwealth nations were also encouraged to apply.
Public sector " renewal "! Sounds more like a second round of colonialism.
Was the Polcom recruited from South Africa an example of " talented bureaucrat" from a British Commonwealth nation?
If the above comments and revelations by Fijileaks is anything to go by - and I believe it is - than the Expatriate Polcom has been bad news for the Fijian public . But he has obviously been a good boy for the ruling elite in Fiji.
Is that the kind of high level public servants that will be hired?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Chiku

5/10/2015 11:10:22 pm

Wow! Four and half decades after Independence the designers of the new Fiji are planning on hiring talented public servants for top jobs from overseas. I thought Independent meant a nation was now capable of standing on its own feet. What happened to all the talented people of Fiji? Oh, I keep forgetting. They fled the country after each coup !
Fiji will only become a better country when people learn to live by the rule of law and respect for the norms of democratic governance.
The coup culture and displacement of local talent and their replacement often by mediocre expatriate talent who suck up to the ruling elite will not deliver a better Fiji.

rajend naidu

5/10/2015 11:30:50 pm

Editor,
We learn from The New Indian Express article ' Journalist Reports Live Even After Being Shot At ' (6/10 ) that Hana Mahamaid was shot on the face with a stun grenade by the Israeli Occupation Forces but this did not stop the brave journalist from continuing with her work and was soon seen reporting live yesterday on the TV channel ' Al- Mayadeen' with a bandage covering her face.
What an inspiration. What a role model for professional dedication and professional integrity.
Not many can bring that kind of honesty and work ethic and courage to their profession.
From the Fijileaks revelations we can identify the many in Fiji who don't - including the gang in the mainstream media.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Canada Bot

6/10/2015 05:03:06 am

What a bofoon this Commissioner of POlice
He immediately said the diplomat had immunity
So you can kill someone and be immune under diplomat immunity
This moron must go but hang on, he is just what BAinimarama wanted a toothless gutless tiger with no bite who will dance to the tune of BAinimarama without the fear of the strong hand of the law catching bainimarama but there is no strong law in Fiji in any case
It's all gone to the dogs and getting worse

Chiku

6/10/2015 07:08:01 am

Rat U Inoke Kubuabola fiddling with his phone throughout Bainimarama's speech at the UN is nothing. He would have known it is a lasulasu speech - the kind all dictators make at the UN to pull wool over the eyes of the UN mob. State officials who accompany such Dear Leaders are not there to listen to lasulasu speeches. They are there in New York to have a good time. Attendance at the UN speeches is a necessary waste time they have to tolerate!
Now I recall reading that

Law& Order

6/10/2015 07:27:02 pm

Law & Order
The PolCom in Fiji has taken the best available option. The allegedly drunk diplomat may be was on verge to be charged by police officers and must have mentioned about his privilege, the immunity that’s why PolCOM was called in at that time of night.
PolCOM gave correct decision and also assured the victims family for continued investigations and justice. Now the matter is referred to SA Government and see if they waive the immunity or call the drunkard back. In case police had detained him and charged then Police would have been guilty. This applies to same with immunity in Fiji or anywhere, if Police know that anyone is covered with immunity then of course they will not charge otherwise they will be seriously guilty of crime. We all sympathize with the family and pray for the best outcome. May be some changes to DIPLOMATIC immunity is urgently required. May be Fiji Gov. can propose with their as well?

Chiku

6/10/2015 09:15:17 pm

Remember General Augusto Pinochet the Chilean military dictator who carried out the coup to get rid of the democratically elected socialist government of Salvadore Allende?
He had immunity from prosecution but that did not stop him from being hauled before a court to face charges for his crimes, including the mass murder of opponents of his regime...

Bahuki

20/10/2015 07:30:08 am

All the more reason why I find that diplomatic immunity bullcrap a real farce of an excuse to escape the hand of justice by fleeing to your own homeland.

An even bigger farce that the current regime didn't waive it, showings its true colors by fanning the elite and not the ordinary people who tend to suffer more.

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