There's revelations tonight that Fiji's interim regime plans to use the Fiji media to push its propaganda.
Coupfourpoinfive has received a leaked document containing minutes of a meeting held at the Parliamentary complex in Veiuto.
The meeting was chaired by the Permanent Secretary of Information Lieutenant-Colonel Neumi Leweni and attended by Acting Deputy Secretary for Information Setareki Tale, the Deputy Secretary for National Planning and a former long serving information officer Filimoni Kau and the Principal Administrative Officer in the Information Ministry, Pene Nonu.
Nonu is widely believed to be the chief censor of all censors assigned to newsrooms since 10th April. He was also the Principal Policy & Analysis Officer in the Office of the Prime Minister under Laisenia Qarase.
The meeting of the four individuals started at 3.00pm and ended at 4.20pm. The four men discussed and agreed upon the following:
- Public Emergency Regulations to be followed by every Ministry so that the regime can fulfill its purposes and goals.
- How each Ministry’s Media Liaison Officer (MLO) could assist the Police, Military and Information Ministry to censor media outlets daily
- Media Liaison Officers to report positively and act as role models for media organizations, and to positively structure all news disseminated to the media
- Information Ministry and regime to sign an agreement with Fiji Television for a pro-regime channel for 2-7 weeks per week to broadcast the State’s development programmes
- Information Ministry to sign an agreement with the Fiji Sun newspaper (that accepted the new legal order via is editorial on 11th April) to publish a weekly 12-page lift-out about regime’s programmes and initiatives
- All Ministries and Media Liaison Officers to contribute towards the 12-page Fiji Sun lift-out
In what the meeting described as “Way forward after 10th May” the four recommended for the extension of Public Emergency Regulations or Promulgation of Media Law to be decreed.
The “Way Forward” as described by the four is obviously to ensure that even if the Public Emergency Regulations are not extended beyond 10th June, the media will be subjected to the same intense censorship and scrutiny practiced by the regime since April 10.
The plan by the regime is to Decree Media Laws via a promulgation.
This blog is a result of the heavy censoring of the media by Fiji's dictatorship regime.
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Few weeks ago Coup 4.5 reported the saga between Fiji One's Satish Narayan and Bainimarama's daughter. Yesterday June 17, 2013 Satish Narayan received his walking papers from Fiji One.
It is understood that Bainimarama called a board member of Fiji One, Padam Lala and told him if Fiji One wants their License in tact, they will have to sack Satish Narayan.
Padam Lala instructed Tarun Patel to sack Satish Narayan immediately, If Patel wanted to keep his job.
The employees of FBC were told of the firing of Narayan way before the employees of Fiji One were made aware of.
Lets hope that Fiji One will not find themselves as part of the FBC in near future. on Burrow: ITUC will push for Commission of Inquiry on Fiji
@2:36 what illegal AG go underground sorry!!! too late.Mr Illegal AG your file is within the military Intel not with Rokoura(PM's office) whom you paid to hide and destroyed files against you that went straight to PM.
Anything against you that son of Neel sharma in HR RFMF rings the bell to Aziz, then you meant to let the complaint follow the channel where you intercept all files against you at PM's office thru Rokoura who hide and destroyed them and you know what he forges PM's singnature on some files and put a [FA]File Away notice on it.
These meant all complaints against you gather dust at Rokoura's residence or he destroyed it completely.
Your private deals with Ports,AFL,TFL,IF etc all filed and kept not there in Fiji its overseas mate !!!
Khaiyum you are comfortable becoz all complaints against you had been filed away by this man Rokoura,not now Mr illegal want to be smart you are exposed to the root!!!
he too one of those used taukei(bought)by you so you can loot as much as you on Burrow: ITUC will push for Commission of Inquiry on Fiji
Editor, we learn from a Fiji Times report that Minister for Housing, Environment, Local Government and Urban Development Colonel Samuela Saumatua has resigned "for personal reasons" according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Information yesterday (FT 18/6).
Be that as it may, my question is why should the Attorney-general Aiyaz Saiyad-Khaiyum "assume the position om an acting basis until a successor was appointed"?
Is Mr Khaiyum the only capable man in the illegal military regime in Fiji? Doesn't he have enough portfolios already?
What would this new addition take the total number of portfolio being handled by this Fiji superman? sincerely, rajend naidu sydney on Burrow: ITUC will push for Commission of Inquiry on Fiji
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The answer is simple; Fijians should STOP buying The Sun.
With a very low circulation, advertisers will dry-up and the paper will be economically inviable. The band leader will then have to spend more of the money that Fiji hasn't got to prop up this propaganda machine.
The editor should be thoroughly ashamed of himself.
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