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The SON of a GUN: Coupist Rabuka defeats Bainimarama by 28-27 Votes. One PAP-NFP-SODELPA MP voted for Coupist Bainimarama. Our TRYST with COUPISTS has been normalized with Rabuka's re-election as the PM

24/12/2022

 

*RABUKA's return to the helm of Fijian politics is due to one and one MAN only - the 'Minister for Everything': FFP general secretary and puppeteer master circus showman AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM.

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"For FOUR decades, I have held power to account. I have fought for justice, for human rights, the rule of law, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, exposed corruption, and have passionately fought for a free press. Along the way, I also stood up for the rights of all Fijians but, specifically, for the rights of Indo-Fijians after the 1987 Rabuka Coups. My fight for our beloved country has never wavered despite being banned by successive Fiji governments since 1987. 'There is,' as Nelson Mandela once remarked, 'No Easy Walk to Freedom'.

"In 2011, on the advice of the late RUSSELL HUNTER, I set up Fijileaks to defeat censorship and provide VOICE to the Opposition (many now supporting PAP-NFP-SODELPA government) that was denied to them by Aiyaz Khaiyum and his draconian decrees. Sadly, in their greed for power, many betrayed me, even in the recent election, and are now holding Cabinet portfolios in the Rabuka coalition. But, never mind them, for politics and power breeds scoundrels. Moreover, despite violent death threats over the years, and the hacking of Fijileaks in 2016, we will continue to do what Fijileaks stands for: HOLDING POWER TO ACCOUNT. A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, especially the new PAP-NFP-SODELPA Rabuka government of Fiji'. GOD BLESS OUR BELOVED FIJI.​

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PAP-NFP-SODELPA RABUKA Government: 'All Chiefs and Four Indians'

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*The only silver lining is that without the NFP and SODELPA RABUKA would NOT have returned to power as Prime Minister for the third time and with a predominantly i-Taukei Cabinet and Assistant Cabinet Ministers. There are a total of FOUR Indo-Fijians in the Cabinet
*He only managed to secure 77,748 votes and 21 seats in Parliament. Out of the 21, there is only ONE PAP Indo-Fijian MP - Charan Jeath Singh who becomes Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs and SUGAR.
*He is only Prime Minister because he executed the 1987 treasonous COUPS against the Bavadra coalition government, was elected twice as Prime Minister in 1992 and 1994 when Chaudhry and Reddy gave him their respective party votes, and in 2022 ran away from SODELPA and formed PAP.
*His return to the helm of Fijian politics is due to one and one man only - the 'Minister for Everything' - FFP general secretary and puppeteer master circus showman AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM.
​*Thankfully, the new Cabinet portfolios are spread around the parties but like Khaiyum, Rabuka grabs other portfolios: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Climate Change, Civil Service, Information and Public Enterprises.
As expected, Coupist Bainimarama becomes Opposition Leader
Ideally, the Deputy Speaker should have come from the Opposition benches but NFP's Lenora Qereqeretabua now holds that position.
The Speaker is Sodelpa defector Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

PAP CABINET MINISTERS
*SIROMI TURAGA
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
*Dr Antonio Lalabalavu
Minister for Health
*LYNDA TABUYA
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation
*FILIMONI VOSAROGO
Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources
*MANOA KAMIKAMICA
Minister for External Trade Cooperatives and SMEs, also Deputy Prime Minister
*SAKIASI DITOKA
Ministry for Rural, Maritime Development and Disaster Management
*CHARAN JEATH SINGH
Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Sugar
*MACIU KATAMOTU
Minister for Housing and Local Government
*KALAVETI Vodo Ravu
Minister for Fisheries and Forest
*JESE SAUKURU
Minister for Youth & Sports
*VATIMI RAYALU
Minister for Agriculture and Waterways
*RO FILIPE TUISAWAU
Minister for Public Works, Communication, Transport and Meteorological Services

NFP CABINET MINISTERS
*BIMAN PRASAD
Minister for Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistic (also Deputy Prime Minister)
*PIO TIKODUADUA
Minister for Home Affairs (Police, Military and Correctional Services) and Immigration (*which means the late Professor Brij Lal's ashes will be coming HOME)
*AGNI DEO SINGH
Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations (*which means we will see the repeal of oppressive and draconian labour laws)
*SASHI KIRAN
Assistant Minister to Tabuya
*LENORA Qereqeretabua
Deputy Speaker, Assistant Minister for Housing and Local Government

​SODELPA CABINET MINISTERS

*VILIAME GAVOKA
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation (also Deputy Prime Minister)

*ASERI RADRODRO
Minister for Education
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*IFEREIMI VASU
​Minister for i-Taukei Affairs, Culture, Heritage and Arts


CHEERS TO RUSSELL HUNTER: For two decades He HOPED for Justice
"If the main objective for Fiji now is to rid itself of Bainimarama and his gang of crooks and thieves it might be useful to become pragmatic about the means to achieve it rather than  dwelling too much on the past. For while the vilification (however justified) of Rabuka here and elsewhere will be music to the ears of Frank Bainimarama and his cronies, it does nothing to advance their removal."

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Former US ambassador to Fiji the late Don Gevirtz remarked in a conversation with me that Sitiveni Rabuka was a man “with a horde of demons to confront”.

There can be no doubt he was right. Rabuka is guilty of all the sins that Victor Lal and others have piled at his door – and probably many more besides.

The man has a past. It’s all, or mostly, there on the public record.

But might he not also have a future?

If the main objective for Fiji now is to rid itself of Bainimarama and his gang of crooks and thieves it might be useful to become pragmatic about the means to achieve it rather than  dwelling too much on the past. For while the vilification (however justified) of Rabuka here and elsewhere will be music to the ears of Frank Bainimarama and his cronies, it does nothing to advance their removal.

And if we accept that politics is the art of the possible, there can be little upside in continuing to campaign for the impossible.

Rabuka’s immunity is the virus that has infected Fiji since 1987. Anyone who doesn’t like an elected government and can persuade or bribe the military may use it to illegally remove that government and then declare themselves immune from prosecution for all crimes. Unless, of course, that person happens to be George Speight – but that is another matter.

That chain of immunity – the cause of so much woe in Fiji – needs to be broken. And Frank is not about to even stretch it.

The chain will only be broken by a return to the rule of law as enshrined in the 1997 constitution (ask Rabuka about it) which has never, even according to Anthony Gates in the days when he was a judge, been legally rescinded and remains in force.

That means, among other things, a return to freedom of movement, of association, of expression and media. It means a return to the independence of the courts, the separation of powers and the sanctity of the ballot box. It means a return to the independence of the police force.

It’s hard to argue with such aspirations. But who will deliver them?

The task is gargantuan and will require more than a politician. For, as I and others have pointed out, Frank will not be removed by an election. In a system overseen by his principal ally and rigged heavily in his favour, he’ll “win” any ballot. People power is all that he need fear. And that is what Rabuka might – just might – be able to bring to being.

Before then, though, he’ll need to rediscover his political and social mojo. The decision to boycott the multifaith service designed to gain political mileage for Bainimarama while the cyclone victims suffer on was the right one. But it was abysmally communicated to a media controlled by the regime. He will need to do better than that.

But he’ll achieve nothing from the prison cell to which so many wish to condemn him.

Meanwhile, that same past shows Rabuka as a man capable of learning and listening.

We should allow him to put his future to the test with open minds.

*The above is a personal opinion and not that of Fijileaks.
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