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The Prime Minister-In-Waiting
* As for who will become Prime Minister in the event of Bainimarama's passing, the FFP Constitution clearly states that it has to be one of the three Founding Members. In this instance, it is the party's General Secretary AIYAZ KHAIYUM.
* Alternatively, the RFMF Commander Jone Kalouniwai could step in under the doctrine of national interest, as empowered in Aiyaz Khaiyum's 2013 Constitution of Fiji, to order that Khaiyum continue only as ACTING PRIME MINISTER until the election is held this year or in early 2023
* But, if we follow strict constitutionalism, then Aiyaz Khaiyum will have to be appointed the next Prime Minister of Fiji. There is no need for a Government of National Unity, for in the event of Bainimarama's death, the next person, Aiyaz Khaiyum, must lead Fiji until the election.
*Any coconut wireless whispering from NFP that 'Fiji Is Not Ready for an Indo-Fijian Prime Minister' unless that Prime Minister is an NFP HINDU, must be swiftly dealt with, and the leadership taken into custody in the national interest. We cannot have a repeat of 1977, when two Hindus, Karam Ramrakha and Mrs Irene Jai Narayan, denied Siddiq Koya from becoming Prime Minister because he was an Indo-Fijian MUSLIM.
* Let these historical political Hindu traitors form a coalition with
Sitiveni Rabuka's People's Alliance Party. Its in their political DNA.
*In his autobiography, Children of the Indus (2004) , FLP leader Mahendra Chaudhry claims that 'at the hour of his triumph Mr Koya had been stabbed in the back by his own people'. Chaudhry was talking about the 1977 events.
*But, we have been there before, at the edge of death chamber, only for Bainimarama to declare in 2010 that "I AM STILL ALIVE".
Fiji military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama has declared he is alive and rumours of his death were invented.
In a taped interview with the government-owned and military-censored Fiji Broadcasting, Bainimarama began: "Good morning from China. I know I am still alive. I know there's been some stories from New Zealand that I've suffered a heart attack and died."
However Bainimarama did not explain why he is in China and when he will be returning home.
Rumours of his death, he said, had come from New Zealand.
"I think they probably heard that I was going to play in the World Cup next year and they pretty scared - so they came up with these rumours hoping that something happens to me so I don't turn up for the World Cup," he said.
"I guess the rumours will continue seeing that they have not been able to achieve their aim in Fiji - so they will continue to assist their government in rumour mongering. It'll be a while before they can kill me - that's for sure - seeing that I'm getting ready to play the All Blacks next year."
Deepening the mystery though, Bainimarama a short time ago told FijiLive he could not make it back to Fiji to deliver the budget on Friday.
He said Fiji's Attorney-General Sayed-Khaiyum would do it instead.
Fiji's domestic media operates under tight censorship and no public questions have been raised over his absence from Fiji for two weeks.
He removed himself from Fiji and did not return even as his defence minister Epeli Ganilau last week suddenly quit and then his military appointed attorney general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum deported the chief executive of the country's major exporting company, Fiji Water.
Earlier today the ministry issued a new statement saying that as Bainimarama was not coming back to Fiji at the moment, another soldier, Colonel Timoci Natuva, would "replace" the commodore at the opening of an electrification project.
Last night the ministry issued a statement in which they said they had spoken with Bainimarama in China.
He told them that budget preparations are progressing well in anticipation of the 2011 Budget Announcement on Friday.
"My government's focus will be on improving efficiency in various regulatory bodies...," he said.
Bainimarama seized power in a military coup in 2006.
Bainimarama is known to have a heart condition and prior to his coup received regular medical treatment at Wakefield Hospital.
Since New Zealand imposed "smart" sanctions on the Fiji regime, Bainimarama has not been able to travel to Wellington for treatment.
In a taped interview with the government-owned and military-censored Fiji Broadcasting, Bainimarama began: "Good morning from China. I know I am still alive. I know there's been some stories from New Zealand that I've suffered a heart attack and died."
However Bainimarama did not explain why he is in China and when he will be returning home.
Rumours of his death, he said, had come from New Zealand.
"I think they probably heard that I was going to play in the World Cup next year and they pretty scared - so they came up with these rumours hoping that something happens to me so I don't turn up for the World Cup," he said.
"I guess the rumours will continue seeing that they have not been able to achieve their aim in Fiji - so they will continue to assist their government in rumour mongering. It'll be a while before they can kill me - that's for sure - seeing that I'm getting ready to play the All Blacks next year."
Deepening the mystery though, Bainimarama a short time ago told FijiLive he could not make it back to Fiji to deliver the budget on Friday.
He said Fiji's Attorney-General Sayed-Khaiyum would do it instead.
Fiji's domestic media operates under tight censorship and no public questions have been raised over his absence from Fiji for two weeks.
He removed himself from Fiji and did not return even as his defence minister Epeli Ganilau last week suddenly quit and then his military appointed attorney general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum deported the chief executive of the country's major exporting company, Fiji Water.
Earlier today the ministry issued a new statement saying that as Bainimarama was not coming back to Fiji at the moment, another soldier, Colonel Timoci Natuva, would "replace" the commodore at the opening of an electrification project.
Last night the ministry issued a statement in which they said they had spoken with Bainimarama in China.
He told them that budget preparations are progressing well in anticipation of the 2011 Budget Announcement on Friday.
"My government's focus will be on improving efficiency in various regulatory bodies...," he said.
Bainimarama seized power in a military coup in 2006.
Bainimarama is known to have a heart condition and prior to his coup received regular medical treatment at Wakefield Hospital.
Since New Zealand imposed "smart" sanctions on the Fiji regime, Bainimarama has not been able to travel to Wellington for treatment.
