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The 2000 Birds of Feather re-emerging together, Rabuka and Tarakinikini
Fijileaks: We were told that it is only RABUKA who can remove the Bai-Kai DICTATORSHIP. But we kept responding, saying just wait-and-see when Rabuka begins appointing his own cult followers.
*Manoa Kamikamica, who was no where to be seen since 2006 in Fiji, now tells us that Filipo Tarakinikini's appointment is money saving temporary appointment and the position will be advertised, and Tarakinikini will be free to apply, and if he satisfies the interviewing panel, he will be selected.
*But, readers, we are talking about Fiji. The advertisement will just be a cunning ploy, to confirm the temporary position to permanent.
*The 2022 election taught us one lesson - how not to conduct your campaign. Both, Mahendra Chaudhry and Savenaca Narube, focused all their energy and attack on FFP, especially on Bainimarama and Khaiyum, when what was required of them was to turn the heat on Rabuka-Biman coalition. It was obvious the two (Rabuka and Prasad) were stealing votes from FFP and winning over the fed up VOTERS.
*But the two political leaders (Chaudhry and Narube) were hedging their bets, hoping to win a seat each, and entering a coalition pact.
*We hear Narube might still be elected to the Fiscal Financial Review Team, hence mostly quiet as a political church mouse on Coalition government.
From Fijileaks Archive, January 2023
*Meanwhile Chaudhry says the fact remains that the appointment of Tarakinikini is in breach of the rules of establishment in the civil service. He says the rules do not permit the appointment of a person from outside the service to a position in an acting capacity.
* Chaudhry now says as a consequence, the acting appointments of Pita Wise as Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, Parmesh Chand as Permanent Secretary at the PSC and Tarun Patel as Acting CEO of FBC are all also in breach of the rules.
* He says he is informed that the contract of Dr Satendra Prasad who remains listed as Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the UN expires in April 2023. Chaudhry asks why was it then necessary to replace him earlier as he could have continued in office while arrangements were made to advertise and fill the position in the normal manner.
* The FLP Leader says Tarakinikini’s reported return to Fiji poses new questions.
Source: Fijivillage News
CAKING RABUKA rather then getting Him CONVICTED for his
role in 2000 Coup and the overthrow of the Chaudhry government
"Deposed Prime Minister Chaudhry, after being released, said he had been told of Rabuka's complicity by the leader of the CRW unit in parliament, Ilisoni Ligairi. In talks with Chaudhry, Ligairi had claimed he was very angry with Rabuka because he had ditched them at the last minute."
Speight not real coup mastermind - minister
21 August 2000
Suva
As an uneasy calm settles in Fiji after the storm of the past couple of months, the search is underway for the real mastermind behind George Speight's failed May 19 coup.
Poseci Bune, minister for agriculture in the deposed government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, set the rumour mill turning with his disclosure that Speight had revealed, minutes after taking the government hostage, that he was not the real leader of the coup.
Speight told the hostages as he tied them up that they would be surprised to learn the identity of the coup leader, claimed Bune.
"So we had to wait about 40 minutes as he was making calls ... and telling us that we will be surprised that he is not the real leader, as the real leader will arrive for us to see him".
Finally, Speight realised the man would not surface and he would have to brave it out. "I think he is going to be late. Well, I have to take it on from here," he told his captives.
Rumours are rife in the Pacific nation that the coup mastermind remains at large while the 17 people closely identified with Speight during the coup now face treason and conspiracy to treason charges on the island prison of Nukulau, just east of the capital.
Two-time coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka has not been above suspicion.
Seven of the special forces men who stormed into parliament that day and held members of the government hostage for 56 days were from the counter revolutionary warfare unit (CRW).
Just a few weeks earlier, they were training on Rabuka's estate on Vanua Levu. The former prime minister has denied giving them permission to do so.
On May 14, the anniversary of his 1987 coup and four days before Speight's coup, Rabuka officiated at a church service with the CRW men where he reportedly told them they would be called on to protect indigenous rights.
Bune said they were told by CRW officers that Rabuka had indicated they would be called on to do something from which some of them might not return.
As in 1987, the elite team was not told beforehand of the exact nature of their May 19 assignment.
"A few of them jumped off the van when they realised where they were going," said army spokesperson Major Howard Politini later.
Rabuka, himself, has always vehemently denied any involvement with Speight's coup.
However, deposed Prime Minister Chaudhry, after being released, said he had been told of Rabuka's complicity by the leader of the CRW unit in parliament, Ilisoni Ligairi.
In talks with Chaudhry, Ligairi had claimed he was very angry with Rabuka because he had ditched them at the last minute.
Within an hour or so of the coup, Rabuka had turned up at parliament, ostensibly as the mediator in negotiations between the hostage-takers and President Sir Kamisese Mara.
According to diplomatic sources, Mara at the time expressed his distrust of Rabuka, although he later appointed him as official negotiator. But two days later, the hostage-takers rejected Rabuka in the role saying they no longer trusted him.
Bune believes the failure of the "real leader" to turn up was "a big hiccup" in the coup attempt: "When the army was not in a position to support the coup, the 'man' backed out immediately and left these guys in limbo."
He also revealed the names of the people who turned up to see Speight in parliament on that fateful Friday "to give their moral support because they sympathised with the cause".
Three of those who turned up to attend Speight's first meeting are now ministers in the interim administration: Tuakitau Cokanauto, minister for local government and urban development, Inoke Kubuabola, information minister and formerly opposition leader during the Chaudhry administration, and Apisai Tora, minister for agriculture.
The army intends to hold its own court martial to deal with the conspirators and interim President Josefa Iloilo has promised the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the coup.
But whether these inquiries will reveal the real face of the man behind the May 19 coup, is a moot point.
Nevertheless, some are wondering whether Speight, facing trial for treason, might even reveal in court the identity of the man who failed to turn up at one of the defining moments in the country's history. - Sapa-AFP
21 August 2000
Suva
As an uneasy calm settles in Fiji after the storm of the past couple of months, the search is underway for the real mastermind behind George Speight's failed May 19 coup.
Poseci Bune, minister for agriculture in the deposed government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, set the rumour mill turning with his disclosure that Speight had revealed, minutes after taking the government hostage, that he was not the real leader of the coup.
Speight told the hostages as he tied them up that they would be surprised to learn the identity of the coup leader, claimed Bune.
"So we had to wait about 40 minutes as he was making calls ... and telling us that we will be surprised that he is not the real leader, as the real leader will arrive for us to see him".
Finally, Speight realised the man would not surface and he would have to brave it out. "I think he is going to be late. Well, I have to take it on from here," he told his captives.
Rumours are rife in the Pacific nation that the coup mastermind remains at large while the 17 people closely identified with Speight during the coup now face treason and conspiracy to treason charges on the island prison of Nukulau, just east of the capital.
Two-time coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka has not been above suspicion.
Seven of the special forces men who stormed into parliament that day and held members of the government hostage for 56 days were from the counter revolutionary warfare unit (CRW).
Just a few weeks earlier, they were training on Rabuka's estate on Vanua Levu. The former prime minister has denied giving them permission to do so.
On May 14, the anniversary of his 1987 coup and four days before Speight's coup, Rabuka officiated at a church service with the CRW men where he reportedly told them they would be called on to protect indigenous rights.
Bune said they were told by CRW officers that Rabuka had indicated they would be called on to do something from which some of them might not return.
As in 1987, the elite team was not told beforehand of the exact nature of their May 19 assignment.
"A few of them jumped off the van when they realised where they were going," said army spokesperson Major Howard Politini later.
Rabuka, himself, has always vehemently denied any involvement with Speight's coup.
However, deposed Prime Minister Chaudhry, after being released, said he had been told of Rabuka's complicity by the leader of the CRW unit in parliament, Ilisoni Ligairi.
In talks with Chaudhry, Ligairi had claimed he was very angry with Rabuka because he had ditched them at the last minute.
Within an hour or so of the coup, Rabuka had turned up at parliament, ostensibly as the mediator in negotiations between the hostage-takers and President Sir Kamisese Mara.
According to diplomatic sources, Mara at the time expressed his distrust of Rabuka, although he later appointed him as official negotiator. But two days later, the hostage-takers rejected Rabuka in the role saying they no longer trusted him.
Bune believes the failure of the "real leader" to turn up was "a big hiccup" in the coup attempt: "When the army was not in a position to support the coup, the 'man' backed out immediately and left these guys in limbo."
He also revealed the names of the people who turned up to see Speight in parliament on that fateful Friday "to give their moral support because they sympathised with the cause".
Three of those who turned up to attend Speight's first meeting are now ministers in the interim administration: Tuakitau Cokanauto, minister for local government and urban development, Inoke Kubuabola, information minister and formerly opposition leader during the Chaudhry administration, and Apisai Tora, minister for agriculture.
The army intends to hold its own court martial to deal with the conspirators and interim President Josefa Iloilo has promised the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the coup.
But whether these inquiries will reveal the real face of the man behind the May 19 coup, is a moot point.
Nevertheless, some are wondering whether Speight, facing trial for treason, might even reveal in court the identity of the man who failed to turn up at one of the defining moments in the country's history. - Sapa-AFP
