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SWELLING UP ELECTION COFFERS: FFP held fund-raising last weekend at residence of R C Manubhai director Ashok Patel (LTA Board Member); Patel had bought residence off the New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan

24/1/2017

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Fiji's many leading businessmen and FFP MPs attended the fund-raising. In the last election the total sum collected by Sanjay Kaba for
FijiFirst Party was $6million

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Fiji-born New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan. He was badly beaten up and charged with conspiring to murder the then interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama

Beddoes slams businessman Vinod Patel over Help for Homes fiasco

Shame on Vinod Patel

Vinod Patel the hardware merchants have been running an advertisement with perhaps 1000 names asking those listed to contact them for the items they are entitled to under the Government’s Help for Homes initiative.

These are the Winston victims who have been waiting for nearly a year for assistance they desperately need to rebuild their homes.


But Vinod Patel has published the advertisement in only one of the daily papers – the Government’s propaganda rag the Fiji Sun. This means they are apparently following Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s notorious and vindictive policy of withholding advertising from the Fiji Times which has the largest audited circulation.

So those on the Vinod Patel published list who read the Fiji Times, but not the Fiji Sun, are denied vital information relating to the well-being and security of their families.

In fact, it is a matter of life and death now that we are well into another cyclone season. Vinod Patel’s decision is dangerous and irresponsible.

Sounds like there’s a strong case here for a class action by those discriminated against.

My question to Vinod Patel and the other favored hardware merchants for the supply of materials for the victims of Cyclone Winston who have already received payments is this.

• How can you take funds from the victims for material without delivering the materials at the time they paid you?

• If you have not delivered the goods for the money you have received, what ‘concessions’ are you providing the victims for your delay?

• Where is your obligation to the customers that you have failed to supply? Why are you asking them to call you, surely as you are the ones who have reneged on your side of the transaction, so you are the ones who are obliged to at least call them and keep them informed on the progress of their un-supplied, yet paid for materials.

I personally think it is possible that, Vinod Patel has acted unconstitutionally as the Help for Homes Initiative involves public money. Taxpayers funds has been paid out and received, but materials not supplied. I wonder what the Consumer Council has to say about this level of negligence.

Shame on Vinod Patel!

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XXX
24/1/2017 10:21:05 pm

The funds that was received by Vinod Patel has benefited them by earning interest as well. This should be now calculated using the RBF rates till the service is provided and added to the individual victims entitlements and they shall also be compensated for the denial of the service which should be determined by an independent body. How unethical some of the business organisation can get.

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Mr X
25/1/2017 02:40:48 pm

It is not correct or ethical to defame Mr Vinod Patel. I know Mr Patel for many years and his ethical and moral values are too high and frankly above many politicians of today. Besides Vinod Patel & Co is not businessman Vinod Patel. An organisation is different to individuals notwithstanding if an individual is a shareholder of the company. It is also factually incorrect to blame Vinod Patel & Co for this. The company simply complied to the processes that was determined by the Governement. The delays can be company's fault but that does not mean it acted unethically - simply a case of poor deliveries for they penalised and I am there are always two side of the stories. Come on lets have a balanced approach and stop politicising issues for political ascendancy

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Mick Beddoes
25/1/2017 05:31:21 pm

Hey Mr X, got a name? Lets have it. The 'title' is the Editor's prerogative, my post is about the 'firm'. Its not political, its a fact and if you know Vinod Patel as you claim, then get them to respond to my statement or better still, refund the money to Government and compensate the customers until they can supply the materials on receipt of payment. They should also explain why, as a well established company, they have taken so long and still cannot supply the victims. This is not a political issue, its a humanitarian issue and there is nothing ethical or moral about taking money from victims of the worst cyclone in our history and not supplying them for almost a year?

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Epeli Koroi
26/1/2017 05:03:47 am

Thank you Mr Beddoes for bringing this up. I have been to these affected areas and it is no fun to see them still leaving in tents, makeshift home. It's is almost a year now, items have not been fully delivered. Most deliveries are done in dribs and drabs.

As for Mr X, i'm sure you have a name.

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