"Water and Kerosene" row flares up: Jioji Kotobalavu takes MIDA chairman Ashwin Raj to task

"Water and Kerosene" row flares up: Jioji Kotobalavu takes MIDA chairman Ashwin Raj to task - Raj should adhere to the rule of law!

6/4/2014

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"I am simply stating a fact and it was not meant to be racist" - Adi Caucau, August 2008

Indo-Fijians are like weeds:
"A priest warned me that we must keep a careful and guarded watch over fellow Indo-Fijians because they are like weeds. They tend to push to grab to take over the land and the nation.[T]his is what we, the indigenous people have proven and believe is the design of the foreigners [vulagi]. - Adi Asenaca Caucau, July 28, 2002, addressing Parliament. She was Minister For Women and Minister for Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation from 2001 to 2006 in the Qarase government, when she became Minister of State for Housing. She held this post, and continued to represent the Tailevu South Lomaiviti Open, until she was overthrown in the 2006 coup

Sitiveni Rabuka: Caucau should apologise and PM Qarase should discipline her:
"Caucau's statements were irresponsible and unbecoming, especially from a woman who prays before making a statement."

11 Comments

Ateca.V

6/4/2014 01:37:15 pm

Ash is a right twit.

Rajesh

6/4/2014 01:46:49 pm

A.Raj is a puppet and they target people. who speaks against the regime.
Why didnt other media played this story .?
Why target Fiji TV?.
Ratu Vesikula just spoke his mind. what bainimarama is doing .Bai is the biggest racist..

Keep The Faith link

6/4/2014 02:33:21 pm

The FBC itaukei radio stream also aired the speech but they're not getting their knuckles rapped or fined like Fiji TV. What gives?

If we didn't know any better, it is almost as if this little Tailevu provincial mtg stunt was intentionally triggered to split up any alliance among the races to remove the illegal & treasonous regime from power in September.

Let's hope We The People are bigger then the regimes juvenile attempt to sew racial discord, and we remain adamant in our desire to remove them via the ballot box.

Spell it out SODELPA

6/4/2014 04:34:32 pm

Now we Indians have to support Bainimarama and Aiyaz UNLESS and until the SODELPA spells out their interpretation of the speech and goes public their policy against the Indo Fijians.

Supporting opinions of some chiefs against a group of people amongst other communities and putting all into one basket is blatantly racists and even defies the governing law under the 1997 constitution.

King clown

6/4/2014 04:54:06 pm

Ashwin Raj has no idea what he is doing. No understanding of protocol, procedure or legalities. It boggles the mind how this incompetent, unintelligent and naive person was appointed MIDA chairperson. If this is the standard of people employed by USP, I feel for the students. He has really brought down the image of USP with his show if immaturity. USP and MIDA should sack him. Lately MIDA and USP reputation have taken a battering. Ashwin Raj the clown is not helping matters at all. He is making USP and MIDA look clownish.

Sheba

6/4/2014 05:00:25 pm

Follow the procedure. If it was hate speech Vesikula should be reported to the police and courts.

That's what Jioji seems to saying. I am sure government did that with Caucau when Jioji was secretary PM's office.

Weedkiller

6/4/2014 06:15:39 pm

Sheba, Qarase refused to rebuke her publicly, saying that ruling on the propriety of her comments was the Parliamentary Speaker's prerogative, not his. "He decides whatever goes in the House and I have left the matter with him," Qarase said. So Caucau was able to walk scott free, but in July 2008, Caucau was arrested in the United States and charged with having committed an "assault with a deadly weapon" in San Francisco.

Sheba

7/4/2014 06:39:05 am

Yeah, she has become an embarrassment even to herself. Pretty dumbo thing to do to bash someone with her shoe at LA airport. What she said about Indians was against parliamentary standing orders too. The speaker was a wimp. But cabinet responsibility rests with the PM everytime. Qarase would never tell her off about what she said because he thinks the same. Well Qarase now is not even a comma in Fijian history.

Dunce

7/4/2014 06:01:08 am

Ashwin Raj has proved he is a dunce.

Bungler

7/4/2014 09:23:51 pm

There was a case against Ratu Timoci but Ashwin Raj bungled it really badly. he should be removed as MIDA Chairman.

Little AshRaj

9/4/2014 02:52:11 am

Isa Sorry Tailevu, Asswhip Raj has got high blood pressure, plse forgive him

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