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RO KEPA: The Management Board should have KICKED OUT Mosese Bulitavu from Sodelpa as recommended by the Disciplinary Committee Report but instead Board caved in to blackmail from Northern delegates

10/12/2015

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"On financial mismanagement, the members reaffirmed that the claims were false and unsubstantiated, and dismissed all allegations against me, Hon Ratu Isoa Tikoca, Hon Salote Radrodro, Laufitu Malani and Mick Beddoes. They recommended the expulsion of Hon Mosese Bulitavu...After the tabling of the Disciplinary Committee’s report I, and others, who had been exonerated were asked to leave the meeting room. What followed was the Management Board's 'pardon' of Hon Mosese Bulitavu for his reprehensible and disloyal behaviour. The pardon came after northern delegates threatened to leave SODELPA if Hon Bulitavu was expelled as recommended."

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"The only benefactors to this deliberately created crisis continuing is Fiji First and we must all oppose this vigorously."
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DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE REPORT
 
Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa today broke her silence on the ongoing issue of the Mosese Bulitavu, Aseri Radrodro led Gaunavinaka report.

Ro Teimumu said she attended the SODELPA Management Board meeting held on Saturday 5th December when the Disciplinary Committee tabled its final determination and recommendations on the Bulitavu, Radrodro Gaunavinaka Report.

Ro Teimumu said Mosese Bulitavu, Aseri Radrodro and others made damaging and false accusations against her and others with their discredited document.

The Disciplinary Committee involves senior members of the party and the lawyer in the group is a respected member of the legal fraternity. The following is what the Committee recommended:-

On financial mismanagement, the members reaffirmed that the claims were false and unsubstantiated, and dismissed all allegations against me, Hon Ratu Isoa Tikoca, Hon Salote Radrodro, Laufitu Malani and Mick Beddoes.

They recommended the expulsion of Hon Mosese Bulitavu.


That is essentially what the Executive Summary of the report spelt out. 

Compare the facts of the Executive Summary that I have outlined with the official statement issued by the General Secretary of SODELPA and it becomes obvious that certain officials in the party have for reasons best known to them, hidden the truth from our people.

This is totally unacceptable and it goes against the basic principles and values of the party and sadly these elements were missing from the Management Board's decision and media release which were made without the concurrence of all of its members. 

The Disciplinary Committee had full powers to make its recommendations and in the interests of justice and fairness and to maintain its impartiality the Management Board should have fully endorsed the recommendations. 
 
After the tabling of the Disciplinary Committee’s report I, and others, who had been exonerated were asked to leave the meeting room.

What followed was the Management Board's 'pardon' of Hon Mosese Bulitavu for his reprehensible and disloyal behaviour. The pardon came after northern delegates threatened to leave SODELPA if Hon Bulitavu was expelled as recommended.  

This decision by the Board is regrettable because they allowed themselves to be blackmailed. There is no evidence to indicate any of our accusers made any apology and neither had any of them shown remorse. Decisions made under 'threat' are flawed and compromised.  Once this type of precedent is set, a political party exposes itself to further threats.  It puts itself on a slippery slope.

No one is forced to become a member of SODELPA and neither are members forced to stay with the party.  If they don't like the outcome of the party's Disciplinary Committee, they are free to resign.

SODELPA members have been looking forward to the resolution of the dispute involving the discredited allegations by Mosese Bulitavu, Aseri Radrodro and others. The Disciplinary Committee did the task entrusted to it. 

However the Management Board’s actions in ignoring the recommendation on Hon Bulitavu has brought SODELPA into greater disrepute.

This ongoing disorder and dysfunctionality within the party executive must stop now, we cannot and must not allow disloyal members and disruptive elements to hold the entire party to ransom. The only benefactors to this deliberately created crisis continuing is Fiji First and we must all oppose this vigorously.

I call on all our loyal party supporters to rally behind us and help me bring about a change in SODELPA away from its current secretive, divisive and destructive stance to a more credible, accountable and transparent party.
 
Authorized By:                                     
Hon Ro Teimumu Kepa  
  
12 Comments
Penijamini Vuakatagane
11/12/2015 12:35:49 am

If Bulitavo is not suspended despite the ecomendations to do so, then, Sodelpa can kiss 2018 goodbye . Im sure they know this but still......

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Jese Sikivou
13/12/2015 05:29:55 am

Dina o Kemuni Tu Peni, and 2018 is not too far away.

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Penijamini Vuakatagane
14/12/2015 12:02:57 am

Jese, when our church had a split , we tried everything to bring us together but to no avail. Things said had scarred the different groups . The group that left did split again.
It seems that the language we continue to hear has now come to a point where the party needs to adhere to a previous comment and execute divorce proceedings . The continual scarring are leaving gapping holes on the fabric it will not hold a grain of rice.
The call by the Marama Bale Na Roko Tui Dreketi should be supported as a Party Position as opposed to the biased and unethical position of the Disciplinary Committee. Bulitavo should be encouraged to go back to his Law firm full time. He needs to await maturity than rejoin. If not, Sodelpa is not even quaranteed the opposition office come 18, 22

Jone
11/12/2015 01:32:43 am

Hard to tell who is telling the truth among these group of liars.

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Dina
11/12/2015 10:05:19 pm

Exactly - You are spot-on. I am as confused as you. A group of liars.

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Charlie Charlie
11/12/2015 06:05:40 am

The never ending grumbling at SODELPA. Some think they are an alternative government lol. Time to chuck naiqama and kepa out and bring tavola as leader. Then only will SODELPA pose any challenge to ff. currently, NFP are better opposition by a mile.

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Vili
11/12/2015 10:42:46 pm

Tavola is not a conservative and right-wing ethno-nationalist that seems to be the criteria for service in the 'So Help Me God Party".

He would consider it as an insult to his intelligence to be considered for leadership of a divided and ethnically-skewered party.

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Kaisi
11/12/2015 09:42:56 am

Who cares about this sordid lot who couldn’t even extract an apology from Khaiyum when Khaiyum made Monkeys of them – and who they represent?

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Chiku
11/12/2015 07:32:23 pm

It's an impotent opposition in Fiji. The ruling mob have reduced them to simply going through the parliamentary motions without any real teeth. The entire democratic opposition ( assuming here that's what they all are ) lost the plot when they failed to put their heads together and challenge the dictatorship with a United front. Now the in- fighting within their own ranks amount to nothing for the long suffering people of Fiji languishing under an extended dictatorship under the guise of democracy. Shame on the opposition.

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Vitivou
11/12/2015 09:52:29 pm

SODELPA needs to show solidarity, unity and work on addressing issues/ debating on things that they think is key for the people that selected them in parliment.

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Desparado
13/12/2015 11:23:09 am

Vitivou -are you open for business...?

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On-Song
13/12/2015 10:53:52 pm

All those in SODELPA should rethink and reaffirm their allegiance and loyalty to the Party. Anyone not conforming should quit immediately and stop being a traitor. The Opposition is a vital entity within Parliament and should have national affairs as its priority business. All internal matters to be sorted within and fast because your value to us citizens is in your effective input collectively. Whilst sorting yourselves out please do consider handing over the reigns to your most able partners Bimal and Tupou. A dramatic change is needed and it is most needed NOW!!

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