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NFP MP Parmod Chand to Bainimarama: "That's a cheap shot...very cheap shot. I was not hiding under the bus but I know somebody [who] took off through the cassava patch", alluding to Frank Bainimarama

15/9/2017

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Chand: "I’m not riding on the roof, I’m not standing on the rooftop and making comments...it took him 56 days to free the hostages. And then he’s going around the nation telling that he is the saviour of the nation? What kind of a saviour? What kind of a leader is he? Why couldn’t he get rid of 7 CRW soldiers with an outsider and some people in the Parliament House, in a few days? Why does it take him 56 days? That’s a big question mark."

Fijileaks:
We wonder if Chand or Khaiyum, for that matter, have seen the contents of
"Father McEvoy Report" which detailed the atrocities committed against Indo-Fijians during the 2000 crisis?. The Report also covered Vanualevu including Seaqaqa, a cane growing area. Most Indo-Fijian victims accused Parmod Chand, "a bus company owner who owned farms in Seaqaqa of financing the rebels". Of course, we cannot establish the veracity of the claims. As for Professor Biman Prasad, he was no where to be seen with "Group 18" who (including Aiyaz Khaiyum) stood up to Rabuka and his racists following the 1987 coups


RFMF expresses deep concern over Chand's concern and aspersions
“It is quite disturbing that people like Parmod Chand has decided to forget the role the Fiji Military Forces executed, to quell the rebellion and upheaval of 2000.” - RFMF Chief of Staff, Colonel Jone Kalouniwai. Kalouniwai says such words of accusation are stirring their feelings causing much concern to now understand that there are some who share no appreciation of the sacrifices the RFMF made for Fijian people of Indian descent over their very own blood and Vanua

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Parmod Chand: “That’s a cheap shot.. a very, very cheap shot. The Prime Minister has stooped so low, I can’t believe it. Because I’m a party man. I’m in the National Federation Party. I was the Vice President then and we were making a lot of comments, and we opposed the coups of 2000 and 2006.

I was not hiding under the bus but I know somebody was hiding in his washroom that’s how the guns were stolen.. were taken away from the barrack. And I also know somebody took off through the cassava patch so you know, they should not cast aspersions like this. I’m not riding on the roof, I’m not standing on the rooftop and making comments.

Seven people if I’m not mistaken, with one outsider, were able to take the guns out and carry out the coup. He failed in his responsibility. He totally failed… absolutely failed in taking command and control of the Fiji Military Forces. So basically what I’m saying, he is not fit as the Commander of the army. He was a very unfit person. He should have resigned. Simple.

Secondly, it took him 56 days to free the hostages. And then he’s going around the nation telling that he is the saviour of the nation? What kind of a saviour? What kind of a leader is he? Why couldn’t he get rid of 7 CRW soldiers with an outsider and some people in the Parliament House, in a few days? Why does it take him 56 days? That’s a big question mark.”

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THE DEVIL IN THE SHADOW?: Chand forgot to ask about RABUKA's role, as alleged by the late President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara: 'The first one to contact me was Rabuka by telephone. 'I am ready'; he said. That was about 11. I said 'what for?'. I told him to come and see me in the afternoon...I didn't know what he was ready for...As soon as they sat down (Rabuka and Police Commissioner Savua, I said you two, I want you two to know, and I pointed at Rabuka and Savua, 'you have a hand in this thing. You could see it in their face..."

During the 2000 crisis our founding Editor-in-Chief VICTOR LAL had provided three options - the third one was for the formation of an Interim Government with the undertaking by a caretaker prime minister (Qarase became one) that Fiji will go to the polls in March or August 2001. We will reproduce Option One and Two and why Victor Lal had called for the Dissolution of Parliament and had argued against the reinstatement of the deposed Chaudhry government after the 2000 event. He had argued that the best option was for Fiji to go to the polls to choose a new government

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VICTOR LAL: "During the dark days of 2000 I put FIJI FIRST rather than blindly supporting deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry based on ethnicity. Sadly, the then Interim Prime Minister and later Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase betrayed all of us by allowing himself to be wrapped in the sulu of native Fijian nationalism and racism, provoking military intervention in 2006; he had also taken my legal opinion on the Invalidity of the Muanikau Accord signed between Bainimarama and George Speight to the DPP...The rest is history - with Speight behind bars, and now Qarase is back, supporting Sitiveni Rabuka. One of Rabuka's co-conspirator from the 1987 coups, Inoke Kubuabola, had turned up as Interim Information Minister under the interim Qarase administration after the 2000 coup and shortly afterwards began attacking me while trying to justify the new racial order in Fiji. Every time I look back at my role I wonder why I went along with these lot who turned out to be avowed racists and nationalists, hellbent on persecuting me, my Indo-Fijian family,  friends, including moderate native Fijians totally against these bunch. But unlike these shameless lot, I am glad I rose above race and had put FIJI FIRST. "
"Cry the Beloved Country"

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FROM HOSTAGE TO DOUBLE DIGIT MILLIONAIRE:
The biggest beneficiary to emerge from the debris of racism was deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry who got $2million from INDIA and was hiding it in his Australian bank account, while calling on us to stand up against the racists and nationalists in Fiji

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During the 2000 crisis Aiyaz Khaiyum was away from Fiji, studying at the University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor Yash Ghai. I, however, had the privilege of reading in advance his 2002 Master in Laws thesis, “Cultural Autonomy: Its Implications for the Nation-State, the Fiji Experience” (he was not aware) and found nothing wrong with the so-called "Sunset Clause" where he had rightly argued academically that native Fijian culture had to evolve and adept to 20th Century realities; whether native Fijian autonomy helps or hinders their full participation in Fiji, and at what point autonomy could threaten the integrity of the country: “As seen from the Fijian experience, cultural autonomy has a place within a nation-state to provide protection to a group at a particular point in time or for a period of time….To maintain one’s self-worth culture needs to be dynamic and vibrant. Capturing it in institutions makes culture parochial, irrelevant, prone to manipulation and serves only the interest of a few….As seen from the Fijian experience the continuation of separate indigenous Fijian administration has restricted the growth of a coherent national narrative, in politics, myth or ritual...” :
In my own 1990 book 'Fiji: Coups in Paradise - Race, Politics and Military Intervention', I had argued the following: '...But with the chiefs determined to imprison themselves in the racist garb of supremacy and tradition, and their antagonists, the Fijian Indians (Indo-Fijians), threatening violence and vengeance, both sides must be urged to re-examine the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry that investigated Fiji's electoral system in 1975. This Commission had strongly advocated extending national seats in order to defeat the politics of communalism. The chiefs, prejudiced by lack of vision, must, on the other hand, in the months and years to come, realize that 'tradition is a guide, not a jailer' in order to save their country from the calamity that confronts them; the Fijian Indians with a history of rebellion on the sugar plantations and burning political ambitions in their hearts are repeating the lines of Richard Lovelace: Stone walls do not a prison make - Nor iron bars a cage.'- Victor Lal
http://www.fijileaks.com/uploads/1/3/7/5/13759434/copy_of_aiyaz_sayed_khaiyum_thesis.pdf

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[Indo-Fijian] Woman to ABC, 4 February 2001- Fiji: Encore for a Coup:
"It was 10 o'clock in the night. The kids were watching TV and I was with them, just lying on my bed. Then all of a sudden there was a very big sound, the sound of a gun. By then they were inside the house. We were really scared, really frightened, we all started to scream, we all were crying for help. They were bashing us up, kicking us. They told us to keep quiet. I didn't know what to do so I decided to grab my daughter's hand. I grabbed her and I ran, opened the front door and we ran out. And I told my daughter that she had to run to the neighbour, and then I realised my son was still inside the house, so I was trying to run towards my son, and I could not get to him. I heard he was crying for help. Then these two men came and got hold of me, and they started to pull me, started hitting me, started to tear my clothes. And then they took me to the back of the house, and that's where they raped me. I was crying to help. I asked them to leave me because I had two kids, but they wouldn't listen to me. I begged them, they would not let me go. They did swear at me the day they raped me. They swore in Fijian. They told us 'You're Indian motherfuckers'. My daughter still can't sleep in the night, still having the nightmares. She'll wake up in the night, 2 o'clock in the morning, and she will cry because they've seen these Fijians raping the mother. Especially my son, because they tore my clothes into pieces and I was lying naked there, and my son was the one who brought me clothes and put clothes on for me."

LAISENIA QARASE to UN, 16 September 2000:

"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. However, as the civilian Interim Administration, we have ourselves taken over from the Army and, as I have said, we are firmly committed to returning Fiji to constitutional parliamentary democracy. We intend to promulgate the new constitution in August next year. General elections will then follow within twelve months."

Address to the Fifty-Fifth Session of the UN General Assembly by Qarase, Bainimarama's then Interim PM, 16 September 2000

From Fiji's Daily Post, Letters to the Editor, 13 July 2001:

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In 2012, Laisenia Qarase was jailed for 12 months in relation to charges arising out of his links to FHL, and was barred from contesting the 2014 general election

15 Comments
Samjoe
15/9/2017 10:24:09 am

Parmod Chand is not the only person to say the Fiji Military and its commander's handling of the Speight coup was SHAMBOLIC. It was far from professional and competent. With the benefit of placement in overseas trouble spots and the professional expertise gained from it one was left bewildered by the Fiji military's slackness. One has legitimate reasons to wonder why this was the case. Singling out Chand will not absolve the Fiji military's bungling.

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Socho
15/9/2017 10:56:38 am

Bainimarama you told us no military fellas will benefit from the " clean up " coup you carried out in 2006.
It's now 2017. Did you benefit from your coup? Did your military mates benefit from your coup ? Did members of your family benefit from your coup? Did you lie to the people of Fiji when you said no military personnel will profit by your coupist?

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Sanjay Sharma
15/9/2017 11:51:31 am

Pramod is absolutely right. He should have reminded bainimarama about the dash through the cassava patch. Despite holding guns and military guard, bainimarama shit in his pants. Pramod is/was just a commoner who payed through taxes for bainimarama and his goons to protect us. bainimarana and his goons failed to carry out their duty. the manner in which kaiyum and bainimarama is attacking NFP, it is becoming very clear that they are shitting in their pants on the support that NFP has. kaiyum and bainimarama also know that their evil deeds, racism, corruption and nepotism is being brought to public through NFP's constructive contributions. The heat is too much to bear for ff thief's.

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Najib
15/9/2017 05:44:56 pm

Fiji Leaks you are forgetting Ioane Naivalurua, currently Fiji's sleeping Ambassador to China. While a Captain in the RFMF he wore a balaclava and commandeered the soldiers under Rabuka who stormed parliament in the coup of 1987. This week he was promoted Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Khaiyum was a bomb maker in 1987 which makes him a terrorist. Today he is the chief lawmaker of Fiji.
Frank Bainimarama committed treadon in 2006 in overthrowing the government. Today he is Prime Ministet and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
What does that tell you about this country? We are a nation run by criminals.

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Chiku
15/9/2017 08:54:56 pm

Fiji has fallen under Thug Rule. Najib's list is far from complete. Many more thugs are parked in cushy positions in Bainimarama's government. Some like Najib has pointed out dating back from Rabuka's coup.
What's more some good men joined Bainimarama's Thug Rule in the misguided believe they were part of a regime that was committed to transforming Fiji into a " true democracy " and all that.
They were engaged in self- deception and political opportunism.

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Dekho
15/9/2017 08:41:28 pm

Parmod Chand has served the people of Fiji in backward Vanua Levu with his bus transport business for decades. Bainimarama and his military mates have been parasiting on the people of Fiji . What sacrifices are they talking about? Playing rugby while others are toiling? Yes, Parmod Chand is a " little coward " and so are all the unarmed citizens of Fiji. The only brave people in Fiji are the gun toting military mob and their cronies. Now you know why Aiyaz Khaiyum is such a brave bloke since 2006. He has Bainimarama's brave guns behind him.

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Chiku
15/9/2017 09:26:51 pm

So what will happen now ? Military Chief of Staff Col.Jone Kalouniwai is disturbed by Chand's " belittling " of the Fiji military's role in the Speight coup. Apparently in the " democracy " Fiji has now under coupist military commander Bainimarama there is no questioning the role of the military top brass in Fiji. They have become a sacred cow by their own proclamation.
Will Chand get a midnight knock on his door? Will he be taken to the barracks and made to run around the rara?
Or, worse will he get an Anirudh Singh makeover?

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O.Malamalanitabua link
16/9/2017 12:24:56 am

Here we go round the Mulberry Bush...where will it end more coup de tat and FFP swelling the pockets of the Rebel Fiji Military Force since 2006.Well if Bainimarama has pocketed $7million in salary and $1million in his FNPF together with the Army draining money and nothing to contribute to our economy.It is no wonder we have a $5Billion Debt and nothing to be proud for as a Nation which breath eat and thrive on Coup Culture.
Sadly it is us the Taukei who should shoulder the blame in allowing this form of cancer to poison our thoughts and allow greed and avarice to be the norm since 1987.Break the Silence and seek the Truth as practised by those who call themselves Christians and follow Jesus Christ Teachings including the 10 Commandments.
Since 1987 we the Taukei have committed numerous sinful acts against our fellow country folks and worst of all amongst ourselves the Taukei's.
Bainimarama and the Army/Navy/Police have blood in your hands with Qiliho the son of Anglican Priest,have turned Fiji into a lawless state.Khaiyum a bomb maker is our AG and who is cunning as a fox and making sure that his kind,Muslims,run our economy to ruins.Look out Pakistan,experts in corrupt pratices is assigned to assist in 2018 Election.Well we all know the outcome.If you say FFP you guess it correctly.SODELPA the outright looser...unless there is a change in the Captaincy and allow the Youth to carry out what they wanted in the very beginning when the SODELPA was first formed.We all know what they wanted..no Rabuka and the rest is History.As we all know the famous saying...Honesty is the best policy.Sorry Tovata Confederacy you have a habit of kicking people in the teeth..as done by Rabuka to the late Dr.Bavadra many moons ago.So SODELPA inclusion is what you need most and take a look to what the Vanua o Noco did and learn from the very good example they set and Burebasaga is truly a Winner.
It is said that no one speaks up to condemn the many wrongs and all we do is plead poverty and wait for handouts dole out by the FFP.One thing had made us famous for during the Coups..looting,killing and viciously attacking the homes and properties of the Kai Idia.No shame and yet we hear sermons in our Churches...love thy neighbours etc etc.Sadly the Taukei have lost their Moral Compass and the best solution is to learn to work hard and with all sincerity and RESPECT for their fellowmen.
Unless we all curb our Nationalist feelings and attitudes towards the Vulagi the window of opportunity will open widely and allow us all to rebuild our Nation for the betterment of all citizens.
One thing we must all learn and accept as being universally known that we are all FIJIANS having born in Fiji.a Country.The Languages we use in Fiji allows us to classify people into racial groupings e.g. Hindu,Musleman,Kai Viti[Taukei]Chinese,European,Kai Loma[Part European etc,etc.
Twenty years of Military Rule must end soon if are to progress towards peace,prosperity and freedom for all citizens.We badly need a new Covenant where by a Democratic Rule thrives and survives.Do we agree to restore the best Constitution we ever had to get Fiji back on her feet.
My only suggestion is to follow the example set by Costa Rica which like Fiji was under Military Dictatorship.Having made a brave decision to get rid of the Military which over the years was draining the countries financial resources.With these brave move the money was designated for Education for their children fully realised that the children were Future Wealth Builders.Today Costa Rica is a very Wealthy Nation the best in Central America.
So Rabuka here is a chance to redeem your personal reputation and get rid of the useless Army.Use your power of persuasion to speak to Naipoto and make him see that the Army has no future in Fiji.Turn the Army into Land Users and to compete with the Chinese who grows the best crops to sell and earn cash.
It is about time that Bainimarama sees the error of his greedy and avarice and once and for all willing to face the consequences and all punishments.
Last but not least all Taukei be brave to speak out and admit the mistakes of allowing the Army to destroy the fabric of our Fijian Society.Taukeis suffer through their own negligence wanting something for nothing.It is time to look at ourselves in the mirror and with clear vision we gather the final solution.Work hard and never ever blame the Vulagi...they were God sent the rest is History.
Our support for the Coup de tat enhances our failure to face the TRUTH.SODELPA change your ways and be wise as an owl.

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Tikaram link
16/9/2017 01:05:44 am

Instead of healing past racial wonds, politicians like paranoid pramod are further dividing and in the making of another coup should power be taken away from bainimarama. Come guys move on less built this nation with any glimpse of hope. Forget about past and think of generations to follow despite race and ethnicity. Guess whose laughing now idiots..... chaudry who is the main culprit. He is a curse to this nation.

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Khaderu
16/9/2017 07:46:16 am

Parmod, probably you have not realized the thin red line that you just crossed. Time will tell the price owed.

Please realise you are not in Nakorotari of which Jungi, Baula and Kalika were the the better ones. Supression ... your blood line back in 60s and 70s to poor and weak then.


Come to senses go and do some resrarch on your past. Read some history on neeti shastra and come out better on the other end otherwise you are doomed and in the process many others will go with you.

I AM SURE YOUR BUDDY PROFESSOR CAN GIVE YOU A LEAF OF LITERATURE TO START otherwise wealth/ glory/ power without wishdom will erode before the next blink




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Rusiate Dama
16/9/2017 01:14:45 pm

56 days is indeed over the top. However fact is Rabuka and Savou went to see Ratu Mara. Savou did not send his police to Suva Town perhaps why they looted without any fear.

When Savou rung Frank and was told RFMF does not support the coup, then that is who Speight was waiting for to appear as the coup leader.

When Rabuka failed to get his way to overthrow Bainimarama, then he went with Bainimarama and Ganilau using Frank to remove Ratu Mara and declare state of emergency.

So Rabuka put Bainimarama to overthrow the President. But it took Bainimarama about 6 months to find himself running down cassava patch.

Since that karma came to bite back, he has not looked back and our safety Indian and Fijian greatly relied on this mutiny. So cassava patch was a good lesson learnt by RFMF for long term purpose.

Qarase wanted all Fijian chiefs to unite under SVT as special meeting occurred at RFMF. The chiefs' rejected it so Qarase betrayed SVT for his person interest as he smelt power.

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Tomasi
16/9/2017 05:24:48 pm

Thank you gentlemen. We must never allow our nation, Fiji, to come under military ever again.

We must never allow criminals to enter politics and Government, and to be the legitimate and respectable thugs and paid saboteurs of our democracy, freedoms and values.

We must never allow our MPs to become rulers over us. They must always remain our public servants who are accountable to us and subordinate to our common will and purpose.

We must never allow Bai, Yum and their mob to ever be in control of Fiji again. They should never have been allowed to come this far without a fight.

We must always try and honour God in all that we are and in all that we do. For it is in Him alone that we can find truth, purpose, direction, hope and the best way to live with one another.

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Rajend Naidu
16/9/2017 08:47:14 pm

Editor,
Respect for Authority
In a letter to the Fiji Times 16/09 Wise Muavono laments the lack of respect for authority in contemporary Fiji society.
Respect for authority is earned. It's up to the people in authority to earn it.
Many in authority don't command respect because they do not deserve to be in the positions they hold. Cronyism, nepotism, favouritism, coupism have catapulted them into those high positions without the requisite merit.
Then there are those that have lost respect because of political corruption - using their position of power for self-gain.
Then there are those who alienate others and lose their respect because of their arrogance of authority and power. They throw their weight about and ride roughshod over others. They forget respect is a reciprocal relationship. You give it to get it. They don't give it. So they don't get it.
Incompetence is another reason people in authority lose respect because others see through their mediocrity and mismatch for the office they hold.
Finally some in authority don't attract any respect because they are plain arseholes!
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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Rajend Naidu
16/9/2017 10:34:21 pm

Editor,
Modus Operandi of the Authoritarian State
Human Rights Watch say the recent arrests in Saudi Arabia are " crackdown on dissent" ( Aljazeera 17/09 ). That is not something new there. That's how the authoritarian state behaves.
We too are familiar with that State behaviour in post coup Fiji when the country came under dictatorial rule.
Some say that behaviour is still present in the democracy Fiji has now albeit in more subtle and covert form.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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Osea Malamalanitabua link
17/9/2017 06:05:17 pm

Rabuka,Bainimarama,Kalouniwai and the ARMY What feeling I may ask?
You are all the same bleeding the Country dry and fleecing the people you suppose to protect during the Coups.Taukei in the Army making your positions for the very wrong reason to support each other and never ever speak about the Truth.
You are all guility of sham and the fascade and you are all heartless.Happy to receive you increased pay with the smile and as Christians never ever thought about all your actfull sins,stealing food from the mouths of your people,especially the poor citizens since 2006.
Mr.P Chand and Kai Idia toil hard and contributed a lot towards our economic development. Kalouniwai before you say anything do not shoot from you hips first as you stood by the Coupster and please think and than deliever.Remember the Army and FFP in which you support have blood in your hands.No piece of cloth will wipe away the very innocent citizens' blood you have all spilled since Bainimarama began his illegal Military rule in 2006.
May I reiterate once more the ARMY has no place in FIJI,you present a worst scenerio during coups...pictures of Taukei robbing,looting,lawlessness for the rest of the world to see.
Shame!Shame!! Shame!!! on You Kalouniwai...Mr.Parmod Chand needs Respect.As we all know in boxing term...hitting below the belt,a foul punch and the referee a wards a point to the real winner.
Last but not least..Bravo Mr.Parmod and Kalouniwai and Bainimarama Hell awaits as you both took Satan's bait...money greed and avarice.

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