 The UFDF coordinator Mick Beddoes said that 2 separate reports in the Fiji Sun April 16th covering Frank Bainimarama’s campaign to the North to collect signatures highlight more breaches by the Prime Minister and the Fiji Sun with respect to the Political Parties Decree No 4 of 2013 as well as the Amendment Decree No 11 of 2013. Breach No 1 for April 16th 2014: Frank Bainimarama announced at the launch of his Fiji First party he was taking leave and starting his push to collect signatures for his proposed party. The UFDF has highlighted the various breaches that Frank Bainimarama and his associates have made and included these in 2 complaints registered with Police by its coordinator Mick Beddoes. The front page of today’s Fiji Sun shows another glaring example of the breach with Bainimarama. He is quoted as having called the Elections office about unregistered voters and promptly announced the set up of 2 new offices for Savusavu and Taveuni. While the UFDF supports the move, it raises a number of very serious issues for example:-
SITERI TALEITAKI A large number of eligible voters in Cakaudrove have not been registered for the September 17 general election. Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired) Voreqe Bainimarama discovered this during the registration drive for his proposed FijiFirst party in the province. In an interview with the Fiji Sun in Savusavu, yesterday, he expressed his concern. He said he called the Elections Office and they confirmed the problem. Mr Bainimarama announced that a registration office would be set up in Savusavu and another one in Taveuni soon. The Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem, said last night it was likely that some people in the rural areas had not been registered. He said all stakeholders should inform his office of people not registered. “We will take immediate measures to register them,” he said.  The Blue Bus circus rolls into the North, with the regime puppy Fiji Sun following in chains  Vunidawa Primary School students in Vanua Levu show their respect to Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired) Voreqe Bainimarama and his proposed FijiFirst Party team as they drove past their school yesterday. Photo: Siteri Taleitaki  Market vendors with the Prime Minister in Savusavu. Photo: Siteri Taleitaki | Breach No 2 for April 16th 2014: PM: I Am The Only One SITERI TALEITAKI NASINU I am the only confirmed candidate in my proposed Fiji First party at the moment, Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired) Voreqe Bainimarama,” told villagers of Nasinu, Vanua Levu, yesterday. The UFDF says that if Siteri Taleitaki’s April 16th report in the Fiji Sun that Frank Bainimarama told villages of Nasinu, in Vanua Levu that quote ‘I am the only confirmed candidate in my proposed Fiji First party at the moment’ unquote is correct then it is yet further evidence that both Frank Bainimarama and the Fiji Sun have again breached the provisions of Political Parties Decree No 4 of 2013 and the Amendment Decree No 11 of 2013. In particular the UFDF points out that: Frank Bainimarama is in breach with:
means the association of persons or an organization that applies for or has applied for registration as a political party under this decree’ TRUTH: Frank Bainimarama is in the North still collecting his 5001 signatures. He has not applied, nor can he apply until he has collected his 5001 signatures. Therefore any references by him, his associates and media of his ‘proposed’ political party is in breach of the decree.
CLAIM: In the Fiji Sun report today by Siteri Taleitaki, Frank Bainimarama confIrmed to citizens in Nasinu, Savusavu, that he was the ‘first confirmed’ candidate for Fiji First? TRUTH: Frank Bainimarama has not been selected as the first confirmed candidate of the Fiji First if the party because the following specific requirements needed before his party can even begin to deal with candidate selection is still NOT completed and these are: i. Is still collecting the required 5001 signatures needed to register? ii. The formal application to be registered as a political party has not been completed iii. The constitution of the party has not been adopted and office bearers elected iv. Without steps i, ii, iii & iv being in place, what candidate selection process did he adapt to confirm himself and how can he confirm his candidacy until he successfully concludes the final candidacy process through the Elections Supervisor before being endorsed as a candidate? The UFDF said that Frank Bainimarama and the Fiji Sun are again misleading the people with false statements such as that he reportedly made in Nasinu in Vanua Levu. He and his associates and the Fiji Sun are in breach of Political Parties Decree No 4 of 2013 Sec 3 (2) and the Fiji Sun Sec 3 (2A) of Amendment Decree No 11 of 2013 The UFDF also calls on the MIDA Chairman Ashwin Raj to take immediate steps to stamp out the Fiji Sun’s ongoing daily breaches of the Media Industry Decree and display his impartiality by applying the same level of aggression towards the Fiji Sun and Frank Bainimarama as he did towards Ratu Timoci Vesikula and Fiji TV for another alleged breach of MIDA  MIDA chairman ASHWIN RAJ (Insert photo left) asked to apply same raging bull aggression towards Fiji Sun |
Tupeni Baba SODELPA'S Dr Tupeni Baba reportedly compliments Frank Bainimarama's illegal signature gathering style for Fiji First Party
Fijileaks Editor: Having listened to the Audio version, it is clear that Narayan has twisted Baba's responses to suit Fijivillage's agenda to appease the Bainimarama regime.
Fijivillage: A senior official of the Social Democratic and Liberal Party, Doctor Tupeni Baba said Voreqe Bainimarama’s style of gathering signatures for the proposed Fiji First Party is good.
Bainimarama has taken leave and is going to different parts of the country, travelling in hired buses, taxis and other vehicles and gathering signatures for his proposed Fiji First.
When asked on Bainimarama’s style, Doctor Baba said SODELPA did not have the resources to do something like Bainimarama. When asked on whether SODELPA is also planning to do something different as we get closer to the general elections, Doctor Baba said they are doing whatever they can.
Doctor Baba said he has led imaginative campaigns in the past however the people will decide on September 17th on which party they want to lead the next government. Bainimarama is currently travelling around Vanua Levu gathering signatures for his proposed party.
Source: Vijay Narayan, Fijivillage News
Fijileaks Editor: Having listened to the Audio version, it is clear that Narayan has twisted Baba's responses to suit Fijivillage's agenda to appease the Bainimarama regime.
Fijivillage: A senior official of the Social Democratic and Liberal Party, Doctor Tupeni Baba said Voreqe Bainimarama’s style of gathering signatures for the proposed Fiji First Party is good.
Bainimarama has taken leave and is going to different parts of the country, travelling in hired buses, taxis and other vehicles and gathering signatures for his proposed Fiji First.
When asked on Bainimarama’s style, Doctor Baba said SODELPA did not have the resources to do something like Bainimarama. When asked on whether SODELPA is also planning to do something different as we get closer to the general elections, Doctor Baba said they are doing whatever they can.
Doctor Baba said he has led imaginative campaigns in the past however the people will decide on September 17th on which party they want to lead the next government. Bainimarama is currently travelling around Vanua Levu gathering signatures for his proposed party.
Source: Vijay Narayan, Fijivillage News
