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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Fiji police break up womens retreat claiming it breached PER

The ugly hand of oppression in Fiji has showed itself again with the police yesterday shutting down the 25th birthday of the Fiji’s Women’s Rights Movement’s (FWRM) retreat and planning at the Pearl Resort in Pacific Harbor.

Two staff members were taken in for questioning while another NGO that was holding a strategic planning event at the same venue was not interrupted by the Police.

Sources say the retreat was broken up at about half past 9 yesterday morning when a police officer from the Central Investigation Department asked the hotel event coordinator whether FWRM had a permit. The information was relayed to the FWRM Executive Director, Virisila Buadromo, who informed him the event was an internal FWRM planning meeting. 

25 representatives of the FWRM staff, management board and partners were spending three days reflecting on their achievements over 25 years.

But despite assurances from Buadromo the gathering was part of FWRM’s annual internal planning session which didn't need a permit, the police insisted she be taken in for questioning to the Pacific Harbor station. 

Sources say the officer kept reiterating FWRM had contravened provisions of the Public Emergency Regulations (PER). When Buadromo agreed to accompany him with a lawyer, he told her a lawyer’s presence would not be needed.
 
Buadromo held her ground and was accompanied by FWRM lawyer, Roshika Deo, where they were told to wait while “he consulted his superiors.” During that time, Buadromo called several women human rights defenders to inform them of what was happening as well as a human rights lawyer. She was advised by Deo to request that her statement be given in Suva in his presence. The request was denied by the police.

After half an hour of phone calls between the police officer and someone at the Suva CID headquarters, Buadromo and Deo, were informed that charges would not be pressed, the meeting had to be dispersed and that this should be viewed as a “warning.” While waiting at the station, a police officer told Deo “it’s because you are an activist that is why they have brought you in …..to check!”

Buadromo and Deo returned to the Pearl Resort with the police officer to confirm the FWRM planning was shut down. In the last 10 minutes (11.30am Fiji Time), the police have returned stating that a senior intelligence officer from CID HQ was on his way to ask further questions. When inquired whether this was an official investigation, he was hesitant to confirm or deny.


Editor's Note: The latest crackdown on the so-called breaches of the PER comes as dictator Frank Bainimarama and his wife and three children make their way to the Netball World Championships in Singapore. Sources say he'll travel to China as well for a medical check up.
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Friday, July 1, 2011

FICTU plans FNPF rally as Taito coughs up a $135million sweetner

FIJI NATIONAL PROPAGANDA FUND: Aisake Taito and board.


One of the groups that lodged submissions against the ruthless reforms recommended for FNPF, says the lobbying against the changes, including a cut in pensions to 9 per cent, appears to have worked.


FICTU spokesperson Attar Singh says the board wants to implement the reforms after Cabinet approval but sources believe the final nod has not happened yet despite conflicting local media reports.


Singh believes the anti-reform campaign, which included a series of meetings held by FICTU, has made an impact on the board and the regime.


He says FICTU had another good meeting in Lautoka on Thursday night and has now applied for a permit for a protest march and rally in Suva on July the 16th. He says they hope the march will be allowed and the union intends to continue its campaign to mobilise public opinion.


Singh says the reforms will not go down well with the people if they go ahead despite the huge opposition so far created.


Meanwhile, is it a coincidence the FNPF board has announced a 5.25% payment to members on the eve of it introducing ruthless cuts and reforms that will leave the same people out of pocket?


The sweetner was revealed yesterday by the FNPF chair, Aisake Taito, who also said the board is currently analyzing all of the submissions.


Taito insists the board is yet to decide on the best option to take to "ensure sustainability of the fund" but it's widely touted the controversial reforms will be approved.


And that's despite the illegal president, Epeli Nailatikau, needing to officially sign off on the documents.


Taito says the 5.25 per cent translates into $135 million and will be hugely welcomed by board members.


What members would welcome is honesty and transparency ... and the illegal regime keeping its grubby hands off their hard earned money.
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Source: tax claims of up to 55% behind Reddy Group success


Tanoa Tusitala Hotel Samoa. Below left YP Reddy

Coupfourpointfive readers were introduced to businessman YP Reddy in recent weeks, via a story highlighting a $5 million civil claim against him plus a call by some for the illegal regime to move on Reddy for fraud amid speculation he is being spared because of his friendship with Frank Bainimarama. Background information from well-placed sources now reveal Reddy is one of the 'business elites' who have cunningly worked the system and who has benefited through something as simple as dodgy tax claims. The Reddy Group started out as a family construction company but now operates hotels, financial investments, real estate and insurance. YP Reddy has held many directorships on government and state owned companies such as Fiji Electricity Authority, Fiji Development Bank and Fiji National Provident Fund and is a life member of the Fiji Hotel Association. He has also received the lifetime achievement in excellence award for tourism in Fiji in 2000 and is a former chair and current trustee of the NFP.


Yanktesh Permal Reddy(or YP Reddy as he is more commonly known) appears to have built his six hotels in Fiji through Tax scams from the Hotel Aid Act (HAA) amended over the years and currently known as Income Tax Act Schedule 11 Decree 2009. 

Just like other major Hoteliers, YP Reddy has been providing  favours to Government for favourable tax claim approvals such as Sponsoring the MSG Spearhead Group Meeting a few months ago in return for favourable Tax claim approvals.  It is a big scam involving players from all political camps, different ideologies but all united under this scheme because of the returns they offer. It is bigger than the Agricultural Scam and involves reputable accounting and legal firms and major players in Australia and New Zealand.

Through this tax claim of building and renovating hotels, they claimed back 55% of the cost of the building and maintenance, minus the cost of the land and furniture. Through the 55 % Tax Claimable Allowance under the Income Tax Act Schedule 11 (earlier known as HAA), this manipulative elite group of hoteliers and businesses literally built their empires from Government Revenue Claim Funds at FIRCA.

According to well-placed sources from FIRCA, they collude with hardware shops and work contractors/consultants and accountants to put up the prices so that the Tax Claim of 55% (over the next eight years of loss) of the total cost used in the building or renovating of the hotels are so high, they can clear their mortgage and then have extra funds spared in the kitty for other self-interests and to reinvest or be siphoned overseas.

Sources say YP Reddy and the likes in the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Associations (FHTA) are all guilty of the practice. Sources say they have influenced the Government System so much and have been key advisors to past Governments and are now also advisors to this Government in the write up of the country's Fiscal Policies and the finalization of the Annual Government.

There have been coup in and coup out with numerous Governments changeovers but these players remain the same; and they quietly manipulate our political and financial systems including our media outlets to serve their propaganda.

Their current move is to aim for a land grab through the Land Bank and to acquire as many Land and Government State Companies as possible in order to continue with their so called “Investments” that Fiji people we are not aware are funded by Government Funds. They would rather public and the civil servants be paid from the FNPF while they (businessmen and  hoteliers) manipulate our Revenue Base at FIRCA through such Tax claim laws while the rest of Fiji operated from the FNPF Funds and overseas loans of millions and millions of dollars.

Sources say the dictator does not have a clue of what is happening despite all the warnings that have been provided  by the different intelligence groups with many saying the relevant information has been manipulated by the illegal attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum, by the time it reaches him.

Our key source says what needs to be noted from this revelation is that:

1) Certain hoteliers in their own lifetime, remember not their fathers, or grandfathers, but just one person’s lifetime like YP Reddy have acquired apart from the overseas hotels the following local hotels; Nomad Skylodge Hotel-Nadi, Tanoa International Hotel-Nadi, Tanoa Apartments-Nadi, Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel, Tanoa Plaza-Suva and Tanoa Waterfront-Lautoka. Considering the inflow of tourism numbers over the years and the expenses of operating a hotel with wages etc, it is quite an unbelievable feat for someone to have gone this far. In 2009 (facts and proof will be provided in the right forum), YP Reddy just painted and did some minor repair works yet claimed 55% tax allowance of over the next eight years loss at a total of $100,000 from FIRCA for the Rakiraki Hotel kitchen. Those who have been to the hotel will know that, it is just the kitchen, not the whole building of Rakiraki hotel or the dining room but that small spaced kitchen that was renovated.


2)  The Commerce Commission Hardware Prices Investigation was undertaken after a Report on the Tourism Revenue Status and the Tax Scam was exposed to the Peoples Charter committee.

3) The Accounting Monitoring Body that was setup last week by Government is also a direct result of this exposure.

4) The biggest loser in Fiji’s Tourism Industry are the Landowners as they collect only $4.7 million in (5% Gross) Land Rent from the estimated $900million Tourism Revenue for providing the Land for Tourism with the free Qoliqoli. (Source NLTB)

5) The second biggest loser is Government with only $24 million (5%) returning to Government’s Revenue base through HTT (Hotel Turnover Tax) from all that Tax concessions been allowed. (Source FIRCA). Even for one hotel development,  Naisoso Island Development has been granted $426 million Tax Concession in 2009. (Source Ministry of Finance). Imagine the Tax Claims of the rest of the 334 hotels. What is the use of such Fiscal Policies when the return is such a small amount of Governments Revenue of only 1% contribution by Tourism (Source FIRCA). This is not to mention the annual Tourism Fiji (Fiji Visitors Bureau) marketing grant of $24 million and its non-transparent utilisation.

6)  Accountants of these hotels provide two sets of Books; 5% gross to NLTB of only $4.7 million and 5% to Government of $24 million in 2010. Something is amiss here. If it is both 5%, then they should both have the same figures. Who is hiding something here?

7)   If 5% of HTT is $24 million in 2010 that have been taxed by Government, then 100% is $480 million. So where is the estimated $900 million announced by Reserve Bank go to? The majority of tourism funds stay overseas and the rest goes back as Leakage through the payment of the suppliers of hotel operations.

8) In 2009, the total of the Tourism Concession given to the tourism industry was $1.4 billion compared to the Revenue that was coming in of $22 million HTT (Hotel Turnover Tax). What is the justification for this with all the low wages, low land lease etc, high leakage, high environmental impact etc where are the benefits of Tourism that have been harped about?
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

More correspondence from the Bainimarama regime....and this time it ain't so pretty


LONGTIME SHADOW: Which one wrote the texts?
Fiji's junta appears to be wanting to make contact with more and more of the pro-democracy movement, even those it doesn't seem to have too much time for.

The former SDL MP, Rajesh Singh, is the latest to receive correspondence (texts) from the inner sanctum. 

According to Singh's information, the texts come from Ben Naliva, Frank Bainimarama's PSO, and the well-known QEB Goon. But there's a suspicion the foul vulgarity came from the dictator himself.

In recent weeks Bainimarama has made direct contact with Jone Baledrokadroka and Roko Ului. Readers will remember reading these first on C4.5

The so-called Naliva texts speak the same language but are of a far more foul nature. See for yourself,  people and decide whether (as we've heard about the beatings) the texts were at the hand of Fiji's illegal prime minister or his henchman.

TEXT AUTHOR:  Bainimarama or Naliva (left).?
Read the Texts
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Regime and FNPF taken to court over proposed changes


A 75 year old beneficiary is taking the Fiji National Provident Fund and the illegal attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum, to court, to stop any ammendments to the FNPF Act.


David Fowler Burness, who lives at Suva Point with his wife, says he is seeking human rights protection in relation to the proposed review of the FNPF indended to reduce his pension.


He says his human right to live with dignity in old age, his right to protection of his property, his right to social security, and his right to life, all of which the Republic of Fiji, as a member of the United Nations, is compelled to protect, will be violated if the proposed reforms are enacted. 


Burgess is being represented by Dr Shaista Shameem of ShameemLaw. 


Dr Shameem says her client's application states that the proposed review of the FNPF pension scheme will unfairly discriminate against Mr Burness and will breach the contract between the Fiji National Provident Fund and Mr Burness. She says the fiduciary duty of FNPF towards Mr Burness as a pensioner, as well as FNPF’s contractual obligations towards him, is included in the action as grounds for legal scrutiny by the High Court.


FNPF has said that from this Friday, the illegal regime will enact a new law reducing the pensions of those already receiving benefits. 


Dr Shameem says the High Court has told her it will hear her application on July 4th, which will be no use at all if the FNPF Decree comes in on July 1.


She says the illegal Attorney General's Decrees are always non-reviewable, ie the courts can't review them, she suspects her application will be given a certificate of termination, as it has happened to her recently with a case in the Employment Tribunal which was cancelled by the Registry bcause of ERP Decree 21.

Dr Shameem says the FNPF proposal is an outrageous disrespect for the rights of elderly beneficiaries who have contributed so much to Fiji’s economy through their hard work and total dedication to Fiji.


She says that her law firm has made an ancillary application on behalf of Mr Burness for an interim injunction against the Fiji National Provident Fund, the Republic of Fiji, and the Attorney General.


But it still has not heard from the court to hear her ex parte application and doesn't know why there is a hold up, considering the proposed changes are just two days away from being implemented.


Dr Shameem said Mr Burness’ application is a public interest matter of grave significance and it would be foolish of the regime to enact a Decree merely to thwart the desire of Mr Burness, and other pensioners in the same position, to have their legitimate grievances regarding the FNPF properly adjudicated. 


In a statement, Dr Shameem urged the regime to let the Court make its decision on the basis of legal issues and not preampt its functions by promulgating a Decree just to frustrate pensioners’ right to be heard by the courts. 


Dr Shameem said that she was confident that the High Court would consider her application on its merits as a human rights application. 


"The application was made pursuant to the Human Rights Commission Decree No 11 of 2009 and international human rights law, and relies on the common law on human rights, contracts and fiduciary duty of the State."


ShameemLaw has served court papers on the FNPF, the Republic of Fiji and the Attorney General.


Read David Fowler Burness's Affidavit


Read Shameem Law Application.
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More lies by Khaiyum about PER and the media

Fiji's illegal attorney general continues to use the Fiji media to justify his and Frank Bainimarama's decision to suppress the country via the Public Emergency Regulations. In his interview with the TV3 current affairs programme, The Nation, he told presenter Sean Plunket certain media outlets are still showing a tendency to be one-sided. His example of some the supposed shortcomings, however, were  embarrasingly inadequate as readers will see below. Most of us know the media today is well and truly muzzled and gagged by the regime. And that includes a Fiji Times reporter who was this week reportedly 'exposed' after apparently being spotted at the Roko Ului pro-democracy meeting in Melbourne. So who is Khaiyum trying to fool?


MAC PATEL
TV3: So when will the emergency regulations come off?
Khaiyum:You’ll find out before the elections. I mean that’s an assessment that’s made by the government. I’m not here to give you specific timeframes, nor …
TV3: Why do you need them right now, what’s happening in the country that means you need the emergency regulations right now?
Khaiyum: Well we have certain media outlets that have a particular proclivity to only showing one side of the coin so to speak. Fiji is going through a fundamental restructure in place. Now this restructure is in place, a lot of this will be continuous, and these restructures are essential. Many of the issues that we are now dealing with or changing have been politicised over a number of years, and if anybody who understood Fijian history for example, if you compare ourselves with Mauritius, we were on the same platform on par regarding the sugar industry. We have now sort of just stagnated whereas Mauritius has taken off, because they have in fact taken a very commercial approach, whereas in Fiji sugar has been politicised. You have one major political party that has a union from the sugar industry. Now when you try and restructure, and then your country’s gone through various restructures also.
TV3: But we restructure with no media restrictions.
Khayium: Yeah but you have a different level of development, you have a different colonial history. You cannot say just because something’s done in New Zealand should apply in Fiji. Of course there are various universal principles that do cut across the borders, but also at the same time there are various things that have taken place in New Zealand that helps you to deal with a particular situation in different methods.
TV3: Are you suggesting that Fiji or Fijians are not sophisticated to live with the level of freedom and democracy that New Zealanders and other countries have?
Khaiyum: Absolutely not. I’ve never said we lack sophistication, in fact I would argue that at the moment the way your journalism is taking place in your country, lacks sophistication. In fact it’s very rudimentary, the sort of questions we get asked, the sort of answers that are formulated even beforehand. But the point is that if you were to go down the street now, and talk to ordinary Fijians as to what do they think of it, I think you will get a very resounding approval of the processes that are in place. So from our perspective these restructures are very very essential. If you look at what’s happening around the country in terms of opening up the land that’s available for development, in terms of desegregating various communal issues from governance issues, they’re very very fundamental, they cannot be politicised.
Khaiyum: So you have to understand the restructures that are going in place. Nobody likes – I don’t like you sitting here and saying to me oh why do you have this public emergency regulations. I’d rather you do not ask me that question, I’d rather have that removed. But for us we have to look at the end game. We have to look at what is more important. Is it more important to simply please you and the New Zealand government? Or is it more important to ensure that we put in place structures that is for the long term benefit of Fiji, and you have a country where you have people living – about 35% of the population living on or below the poverty line. We have power differentials that have in fact marginalised a whole section of community. We aim to fix that up.

TV3: Alright, so elections, one person, one vote, the ability to own land or use land in I guess a more productive manner than ever before. I come back with all those laudible goals. Why then do we still have to have restrictions on media? Why then do you still need to have the emergency regulations if your aims are so noble?
Khaiyum: You know like I said to you previously, I can sit here for the next one hour and you can say the same thing to me and I’ll give you the same answer. You have to understand Fijian history to be able to understand that some of the changes that we are bringing around, the restructure that we’re bringing about, is essentially for the benefit of the country. But because it has been politicised – you know like I mentioned to you the fact that the word Fijian you know was politicised in itself, where in New Zealand and Australia it’s very simple. The Fiji Times until recently could not say the Fijian economy. They’ll say the Fiji economy. They would not say Fijian hospitality, they would say Fiji hospitality. But if that same newspaper were to run an article in Australia for example they wouldn’t say Australia economy, they’d say the Australian economy. I have had discussions with them about it. So this is the level of entrenchment of those prejudices that exist. So it is therefore imperative that in order for us to be able to carry out these restructures and people to see the benefits, then they’ll say oh hang on, we’ve been hanging on to this idea, in fact it’s been you know superfluous, it’s redundant. If we have at the same time people fanning the flames of the past, you cannot move forward.

PICTURED MAC PATEL: Used by Khaiyum to buy the Fiji Times when it looked like there was no other buyer after his draconian Media Decree ruled the country's oldest paper had to be 90 per cent owned locally. Patel was later found guilty of abuse of power over a $75,000 clock.
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Lealea: Divisions can be resolved

An interview with Sai Lealea, the interim president of the newly formed Fiji Pro-Democracy Movement in Wellington

1) How many meetings are planned for Roko Ului to meet the community, in Auckland and Wellington?


Am only looking at meetings in Wellington and subject to Mara's VISA & liaison with Aussie, keen to have a number of meetings in addition to community. Others to include, Politicians (Party Leaders/Spokespeople), Academics, Business/Legal, Tangata Whenua. All just proposals at this stage.


2) If the Government allows him to stay longer, how many meetings (and where) are anticipated?


Keen to have meetings in main centres. Contact and interest already shown by Christchurch and other centres to be confirmed.


3) Isn't the two weeks pushing it?

John Key and Murray McCully have already said Mara has to stay on the travel ban rather than be taken of, as Australia has done.We need to make the case that Mara offers real chance to add impetus to hasten regime change in Fiji. More to be gained working with him than without, something Australia has grasped. It is after all the same outcome we all seek for Fiji.


4) Regarding the current divisions involving the Fiji Coalition and Rajesh Singh's new group - isn't Mara dividing rather than uniting people?


Division is more in terms of means to achieve same outcome. Therefore, need to connect all groups to same, ultimate result we all striving towards while respecting how groups aim to achieve it.


5) Where is the Indo-Fijian support?


My sense, some have already joined groups already in place. But most waiting to see how things pan out with various groups and direction offered by key leaders. I do know, most want the same result but initially cautious about how to go about expressing it. Impetus, momentum down underway will also force people to declare their positions/allegiances.


6) The meeting numbers have been low in Australia - will they be better in Akl and Wellington?

With time, I believe momentum will pick up as message on how bad situation in Fiji really is and as people feel confident regime change for the better is a real possibility.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fiji's Air Pacific: Dollars on the horizon but staff on the run

PIE IN THE SKY? Khaiyum and Pflieger. pic The Jet.
  
The suggested success of Air Pacific with its upgrade and replacement fleet for subsidiary, Pacific Sun, is a far cry from the story of discontented engineers and pilots emerging from behind the scenes.

Fiji media yesterday quoted CEO Dave Pflieger as tipping a turnaround for Pacific Sun after years of consecutive losses, because of the arrival this week of another DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft.

With four Twin Otters now in the fleet, Pflieger says the airline is assured of a better service for its customers and stakeholders.

But word from behind the scenes paints a picture of discontent and disarray.

Air Pacific pilots asked to see Pflieger a few weeks ago. They were concerned so many senior and experienced licenced engineers were resigning from the company. 

Thirteen engineers who've served the company for 20-plus years have so far decided to leave because nobody in the airline knew who or how many staff would be affected by the company's reform plans. 

That's half the number of engineers in the airline's aircraft maintenance team. And more are expected to be leaving soon. In fact, we've been told that when Air Pacific said redundancy was imminent and called for voluntary retirement, it was inundated with more applications for retirement than what it wanted.

Already sacked or forced to resign without warning were 10 senior managers, replaced by 20 expatriate consultants who were housed, fed, and paid inflated allowances and salary far higher than what local managers were paid.

All of these managers have since been snapped up by regional airlines and companies, where they've been given better deals and pay, so lucrative it brings into question Pflieger's argument Fiji's local managers are  worthless.

The pilots are concerned safety is being compromised, and rightly so. These engineers, who have gone to Oman and Papua new Guinea were the country's senior engineers and were certified for all crafts owned by the airline. The engineers who are now in PNG include Maika Bovoro, Michael Broadbridge, Paul Watkins, Ashwin Sharan and four others. In Oman is Walter Southey, Edward Dass, Frank Ralawa, Shalen Sagar and William Yabaki.

Sources say there were 26 LAME's in Air Pacific - with 13 gone that number has been reduced by 50 per cent.  According to the engineers, Pflieger has gone on a recruiting mission. It's anyone's guess what the replacement's will cost the airline and the nation. 

Overseas engineers are specialists for specific crafts only - and they demand more in terms of salary and allowance. Pflieger was obviously not happy with Fiji's multi-skilled engineers who were certified and internationally recognised for their ability to service all the ranges of craft that country have.

Staff at the airline call the third floor of their complex in Naisoso, the White House: too many expats and too many dalliances with young new recruits at managerial level. And they believe, despite his CV, that Pflieger is not a pilot and does not have management background. Behind his back, pilots ridicule his lack of knowledge on air space. He asked pilots why they paid the Philipines so much annually just to fly through their air space. He asked them to find a path that will deviate and fly around the Phillipine air space. The pilots had to explain that doing that would burn more fuel and cost three times as much.

Pflieger's move to bring in consultants is, of course, supported by both the dictator Frank Bainimarama and illegal attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum. Neither have stopped to ask why a man with such an impressive CV needs 20 consultants to tell him how to run a company.

Staff now believe that Pflieger's true profession and talent may truly be in interior decorating, a skill honed in the days after his wife returned to America.

The story goes that Pfleiger bought and placed at the entrance of the Air Pacific comlex, of all things a doormat: a rather special doormat, one with the Virgin and Jetstar logo on it. He expected staff to wipe their feet on the strategically-placed rug but refused to answer staff questions about how feet on rug would translate to more bums on seats.     

Editor's Note: Air Pacific operates B747, B767, and B737 aircraft to 18 cities in 12 countries, including Hong Kong, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. According to figures, it employs more than 950 employees, earns gross revenue of F$600 million, and contributes 11% to Fiji's GDP.
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Monday, June 27, 2011

New Zealand democracy group pushing for Roko Ului's visa to be extended

A new pro-democracy group in New Zealand has written to the John Key government asking for the former military commander, Roko Ului Mara, to be allowed to visit the country for a fortnight instead of two days.

The suggestion has come from the group the Fiji Pro-Democracy Movement in Wellington, which has been established with the help of the Australian movement, which organised the recent meetings for Mara.

Theoretically, Mara is not allowed in New Zealand because he's still on the travel ban list because of his connections to the military, even though he defected two months ago. But the New Zealand government this month agreed to grant him an exemption to make a flying visit to meet with government officials and the Fiji community.


Since fleeing to Tonga two months ago, Mara has joined forces with the pro-democracy movement in Australia and is campaigning to topple the Frank Bainimarama military via public meetings and so-called revealing videos, while trying to get the support of regional countries and further afield in the United Kingdom and the United States.


He is in Australia meeting with the Fiji community and talking to media but is heading to Brisbane then Sydney and should be in New Zealand about July the 23rd. But his visit is controversial and has already caused divisions among pro-democracy advocates and the Fiji community.


The longtime democracy movement in Auckland, the Fiji Coalition for Democracy, says Mara should not be allowed into New Zealand because of his role in the military and in particular, human rights abuse against Fiji citizens. Mara led Fiji's 3FIR squad, which was responsible for  terrorising and beating citizens. 

The Coalition has written to Mr Key and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, urging them to reject Mara's application, saying he can't be trusted.


But the newly formed Fiji Pro-Democracy Movement in Wellington (at the request of the Australian movement) is now urging Mr Key and Mr McCully to allow Mara to be allowed to make a longer visit.


A letter seen by Coupfourpointfive written by the interim president, Sai Lealea, says Mara needs more time to meet the Fiji community.
It reads: "The extension of his Visa will enable Fijians in Wellington and other parts of New Zealand to engage and meet with Ratu Tevita over their many concerns about their home country Fiji. We also regard Ratu Tevita’s visit as providing a unique opportunity to learn and be part of efforts to return Fiji to democratic rule.

"We note that Australia’s decision to grant Ratu Tevita an extended stay has enabled him to travel to key States there meeting and sharing with Fijians about the real situation in Fiji. This has been very well received by those involved and has led to renewed optimism and hope that both Australia and New Zealand’s stance on Fiji are well grounded and supported. 

"In fact some of us would like to see an escalation in efforts to further target sanctions against those from both New Zealand and Australia who are aiding the regime of Frank Bainimarama. Like Ratu Tevita, we share the view that while current sanctions are working, there is scope for it to be further strengthened.

"While others may have voiced a contrary position, we are firmly of the view there is nothing to be gained by not working with someone who's willing to put his guts and soul to secure the same outcome we're all been seeking for Fiji. 

"Whatever side of the argument one takes on this issue, there is no doubt we're all united that we want a return to democracy for Fiji and soon. The people in Fiji and the nation deserve it and are crying out for it. To quibble about Ratu Tevita's motives or indeed his sincerity to rid Fiji of the dictatorship there is sadly missing the real objective of all our efforts."

The group has also written to the Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, the Maori Party, the Green Party.
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Samoa's PM replies to claims he's implicated himself in a coup by Roko Ului and Baledrokadroka

CANBERRA TALKS: The PM of Samoa with Baledrokadroka and Roko Ului recently at the Hyatt Hotel.

The straight talking Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielelagaoi, has nailed it again. In replying to a claim he's become caught up in a coup plot by the two former military officers Roko Ului Mara and Jone Baledrokadroka, Tuilaepa has managed to bring levity yet again to an otherwise bombshell issue. Coupfourpointfive approached the PM with a series of questions and received the following statement from him.


I’ve been asked to comment on a Michael Field article suggesting that I have ‘unwittingly’ implicated myself in a supposed coup being planned by Ratu Tevita Mara and Jone Baledrokadroka.

I have not read the said article but I’ve been briefed of its contents. First, I am very glad to see that Mike is still the cantankerous journalist that has endeared him to many Pacific Island governments.

Second, I do not know anything about coups. We don’t have coups in Samoa, unless, it’s a chicken coop.

My support for Mara is solely on his and others’ efforts in returning Fiji to democratic government and free elections. If that is the aim of the democracy campaign in Fiji and elsewhere, then I support it too.

Any measure to support the military regime in Suva is denying the people of Fiji democratic right and I will not be a party to it. Bainimarama’s promise of holding elections in 2014 is not taken seriously by Forum leaders. 

That is because he has been consistently dishonest with his dealings with the leaders and, thus, cannot be trusted.

His latest election promise also, is not consistent with his actions as he continues to fill up the top public service ranks with his cronies in the military and elsewhere. When Mara might wish to visit Samoa is solely up to him. We are not in the business of barring anyone from visiting our shores. 

We have also received official delegations from Fiji in recent months for regional meetings. May I also take this opportunity to renew my invitation to my friend Bainimarama to come to Samoa. Even better, if his visit coincides with that of Mara in Apia, then the three of us can enjoy cold Vailimas under the swaying coconut trees. Perhaps that’s what the situation in Fiji requires, a cold Vailima solution.

All this climate change is making many people in the Pacific warm in the head.

I would also like to take this opportunity to comment on a recent article by a certain Graham Davis that my statements on Fiji is creating a rift between Polynesians and Melanesians. I’ve also been briefed of the article’s contents. People – especially academics – read too much into this so-called Polynesian versus Melanesian thinking. Let me put it in a simple context we can all understand.

A toad and a frog were arguing on the doorstep. One argues he is much more handsome than the other. Along comes a pretty girl, looks at the pair, screams ‘AUOI!’, stomps on both of them and runs away. Moral of the story? We live in the same pond and nobody really cares about our differences.

Good day.
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Roko Ului Mara: On the road to Damascus?

THE MOMENT: Paul's epiphany on the road to Damascus.
  


Since leaving Fiji on a fishing trip, the renegade Colonel’s political journey has been likened to St Paul’s conversion after seeing the proverbial light – welcomed by some and regarded with suspicion by others, writes IVA TORA.
 
This is a modified version of an article that appears in the July edition of the Sydney-based print Magazine, Drum Pasifika and has been reproduced here with the publisher’s approval.


A story related to me by a politics lecturer tells of how President Lyndon B Johnson was asked by reporters where there was any truth to the rumour that FBI pit bull. J Edgar Hoover was about to retire – a move that would have been  sure to launch a thousand champagne corks exploding across Washington and beyond. To those well versed with the political shenanigans on Capitol Hill, Hoover, as FBI Director, kept secret files on the extracurricular activities of anyone and everyone in Washington. The man had an obsessive voyeurism that guaranteed he had enough dirt to bring down a government. So when asked by the White House press corps whether Hoover was indeed about to retire, Johnson famously responded in that colourful nasally Texan drawl: “Weeellll, I’d Rather have him [Hoover] standing on thuh insaard pissing out than to have him standing on thuh outsaard pissing in.”  

It’d be safe to say that those words, opined from a long-ago era, were sentiments the Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement could happily relate to when Lt-Col Tevita Mara went fishing one day and ended up in Tonga. Since that infamous fishing trip, whose exact GPS has been the subject of many a colourful debate around the grog bowl, the movement has welcomed the renegade colonel who once had the ear of military strongman Frank Bainimarama. Since his departure for Tonga in May, they, like many others, have lauded him for his bravery in “seeing the light” and “crossing the floor”. The movement’s cause has been encouraged by, to borrow Johnson’s analogy, the Colonel’s eagerness to “piss and tell”. At the June 11 meeting of the Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement in Quenbeyan, on the outskirts of Canberra, Mara spoke of the disillusionment he and fellow Colonel Pita Driti felt over the direction that Bainimarama had set the country on. “We were no longer following the vision laid down by Bainimarama. We started to question the decisions being made by the regime. Our questions became more and more vocal and we became the voices of dissent in the Military Council. It reached the point where we were both sent on leave and finally charged. It became apparent that Bainimarama had only one advisor, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum. In fact Khaiyum was not an advisor but a puppet master.”

Mara went on to point out that despite setting up the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC), they themselves are guilty of corruption. “We all know about Bainimarama and Khaiyums’s salaries of over $700,000. I don’t think it is a coincidence, this week Khaiyum disbanded the organisation that monitors and controls government pay, The Higher Salaries Commission. We know about the massive government road building jobs that were awarded without tender.”  This disillusionment was what apparently led to Mara’s change of heart and epic decision to switch sides. In his address to the audience gathered at the Canberra Forum, his apology and willingness to be held accountable for his actions seemed genuine enough. A number of pro-Democracy activists and sources who spoke to ‘Drum Pasifika’, agreed – at least on that score.

One Fiji-based activist who spoke anonymously for obvious reasons, said Mara’s motives “seem noble”. “So far, I have heard a lot of praise from this end about Roko Ului’s revelations and people are seeking closure over what they have been feeling for years now,” the activist said. “He is trying to make amends. He can also help change the direction of the military and ensure they become morally obliged to protect the people of Fiji - and not just protect the commander.”  But while Mara was at pains to express his intention to be held accountable for his actions, he stopped short of accepting any ‘personal’ responsibility for the beatings of activists and dissidents – reports of which regularly appeared in the media before the imposition of the media decree. When ‘Drum Pasifika’ asked him what he would have to say to the families of those victims who had been abused by the military and killed, he denied any personal involvement. “I was not personally involved in the beatings of anyone.”  

This claim is strongly denied by activists and other reliable sources. One source said he once witnessed Mara physically harassing an activist and not lifting a finger to stop the beating of an individual. “He may not have been personally involved but he was definitely the one giving the orders,” according to the source who now lives abroad for his own safety. Another Democracy activist says he was verbally abused by him. “I have been detained five times,” the activist told ‘Drum Pasifika’. “Once I was taken to Roko Ului's Office and he verbally abused me. This was in 2009 after the abrogation of the 1997 Constitution. In 2006, Xmas, Roko Ului was present at the military barracks when they rounded up pro-Democracy activists. Frank Bainimarama was also there. I could not see them abuse any of us because they turned [all] the lights off and we were beaten continuously.”
While Mara is no poster boy for human rights, the Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement has decided it will embrace him with the attitude that they will “milk him for all he’s worth”. This is real politik at its most basic. While it makes good practical sense to students of the Machiavellian school, to individuals, however, who are familiar with the colonel’s history, Mara is someone who should be viewed with a great deal of caution. Mara and Jone Baledrokadroka – that other disillusioned army colonel – are now garnering as much support as they can from regional leaders, unions and other organisations to return Fiji to Democracy. While these attempts to secure international support are all well and good, at the end of the day, change can only come if there is a change of heart on the ground in Fiji. As one activist told ‘Drum’: “The problem is, there is no political will.”
Democracy movements outside Fiji can make as much noise and protest and take to the streets as much as they want, but the crucial missing ingredient is action at the grassroots level in Fiji. Earlier this year, a leaked Wiki Leaks cable cited the observations of one diplomat from the NZ High Commission in Suva who concluded that the people have to decide their political future. This could be read to mean that instead of tolerating and merely going along with the abusive whims of a dictatorship, the people have to make a conscious deliberate decision if it is change that they really want. 
“There is a common feeling of dissatisfaction with the regime here but because of the censoring of the media and fear of arrests/abuses (coupled with a sense of impunity) people will not take to the streets unless there is a strong leader capable of uniting everyone,” another Democracy activist told ‘Drum Pasifika’. But fear did not stop ordinary people in other repressive regimes from South Africa to Egypt and Syria from taking to the streets and sacrificing their lives in the struggle for their basic rights. Try as I might, I just can’t picture the likes of Fidel Castro or Ghandi attending gabfests, mouthing off fluffy homilies on freedom, waving placards and simply going home to watch themselves on the six o’clock news.
These men were freedom fighters in the purest sense of the word; men who conducted their struggle on the ground — within their respective nation states.

Castro, with a small group of men, based themselves in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in Cuba for three years under wretched conditions and had the might of the US to contend with before winning his Socialist Revolution. They had the support of the peasants who put their own lives on the line for what they saw as a cause greater than themselves. Ghandi’s peaceful revolution was up against the force of British imperial power. In all these struggles – from the Bolshevik and Chinese revolutions to the Indian struggle for independence, and in more recent events, the common uniting thread is the prevailing political will. Wherever there is a political will present, no amount of guns or ammunition can stop its charge. Against that context, it is almost laughable that the public in Fiji have to be given assurances by an army officer that the army will not shoot if they were to protest.

The people of Fiji have given their tacit consent to the regime by virtue of their silence. It is, ultimately, a government by tacit consent. But is it mere fear or lack of political will or lack of any real leaders on the horizon that are hindering any kind of mass movement on the ground? For ordinary Fijians, as they long as they can get up every morning, get to work, put in a good seven or eight hours, and more importantly – put food on the table – then there is no incentive or reason to be taking to the streets. As long as there is a perceived sense of normality in their day-to-day lives, there’s simply not going to be any popular uprising. As a friend of mine explained, the concept of media censorship and freedom of speech are simply too abstract – or irrelevant – to the Fijian living in a housing estate in Tovata or the back blocks of Nausori. “As far as they are concerned, there is no connection between loss of media and speech freedoms and their own immediate lives so they have no reason to worry. 

“Their issues are basic –feeding the family, making sure they get to work on time and the children are at school. “Issues like lack of media freedom and so on, are of concern only to the educated and and intellectual elite at the top of the pile. While there may well be a general sense of dissatisfaction among the greater Fijian population, it is simply not enough to warrant a revolutionary uprising. Mara is hopeful and optimistic that change will come soon to Fiji and he is adamant it must be and will be through non-violent means. But the last word goes to the Democracy activist who decided to stay in Fiji and brave the harsh political storms in that country. “The best solution for Fiji, he suggests, “is that all leaders begin to lead their communities into Peaceful means to taking Fiji forward. From 2006, we have called for a national Dialogue involving our leaders to take Fiji back to Democracy. “This process needs to be facilitated well and decisions respected! All parties need to truly come to the table without agenda's or preconceived road-maps (like that of the Peoples Charter).”

Editor's Note: You can buy a copy of Drum Pasifika magazine for $3.50 at news agencies across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, the ACT and the NT or  visit the Drum Pasifika page on Facebook for a full listing of news agencies.


Mara replies to Iva Tora's article:
I welcome the Drum Pasifika article. It opens up a debate on a number of levels.

The main questions it raises are as follows:
1-      Was my conversion to the democratic cause legitimate or just a scam to save my own skin?
2-      How big was my involvement with the abuse of Fiji citizens by the military?
3-      What is the point anyway as change can only come from within?

Let me start with the first question posed. I understand that words alone will not convince my doubters. Nor should they, Skepticism is a vital part of the democratic process. It is only by questioning leaders motives that we can understand the true reasons for their actions and their policies.

So I ask this of my doubters. Judge me by my actions. Judge me by my results. Judge me when we have democracy.

Whatever my motives, it is clear from my actions I am committed to bringing about democracy in Fiji.

The second question is about my involvement in the abuse by the military. The only way to get the truth is either before a court or before a Truth and reconciliation committee. Until then this will remain “He said, She Said!” which frankly achieves nothing.

I have said many times I will answer to the people of Fiji and I stand by that.

If I was truly worried about my involvement why would I pressing for change in Fiji. So long as the regime stands there will be no investigation into the abuse. Similarly if we end up with the Dictator’s Constitution in 2014 there will be a pardon for all involved and no investigation. It is only by bringing about true democracy that we will get the answers to these questions.

So please even if you are convinced that I have been involved in the beatings, please put your feelings on hold until we have returned Fiji to democracy. I repeat it is only when we have won back democracy for Fiji that I and the others involved can and will be investigated.

To answer the last point that change can only come from within. That is absolutely true and the ultimate goal of my campaign is to bring Fiji to that point. Iva Tora writes: The people of Fiji have given their tacit consent to the regime by virtue of their silence. It is, ultimately, a government by tacit consent.

She is right whilst there was no hope, the people of Fiji had no reason to make their opinions known and every reason to keep them to themselves. There was only danger in giving voice to true feelings about the regime.

One thing you can see in Fiji over the past few weeks. The debate about democracy has become more open, people are talking about the problems of the regime and people have hope that change is now on its way.

Added to that, the people are being hit where it hurts, in their pocket. Inflation is high, salaries are low, unless you are Bainimarama or Khaiyum. Unemployment is rising. Poverty is increasing. We also have the FNPF fiasco which is going to going to cut the incomes of thousands of Fijians. It is getting increasingly hard for families to put food on the table.

The regime is also putting in place ever more draconian decrees to keep themselves in power. They know there is trouble ahead and that is why they are looking at cutting union powers in critical industries. Why Public servants are not covered by the Employee relations decree. The only way they can keep control is through PER and media censorship.

My plan is to isolate the regime internationally, regionally and locally. I cannot go into details but the general thrust of the local campaign will be as follows:
1-      To get the message of the Pro democracy movement to all of Fiji and not just those with Internet access. We will beat Media Censorship.
2-      Co-ordination between the different groups in Fiji.

Both of those can only be done effectively from outside of Fiji.

In the short term my motives are irrelevant so long as my actions bring about a return of democracy. For those of you who believe in my guilt and want to see me punished remember that will only happen with a restoration of democracy.

So please, although we may make an unlikely alliance, we can only achieve democracy for Fiji by working together.

Thumbs Up for Democracy!

Ratu Tevita Mara

27th June


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Fiji police seeking son of former prime minister on rape allegation

RAJENDRA CHAUDHRY
Rajendra Chaudhry, the Suva based lawyer and son of Fiji Labour Party leader and former Finance & Sugar Minister in Frank Bainimarama's military government, is wanted by Suva police for questioning over a rape allegation.

Chaudhry Junior is in Australia, having caught the flight out of Nadi more than a week ago. He has not returned to the country.

On Friday, the media reported police were looking to question a lawyer after an Indian national alleged she was raped by the lawyer. Police sources have since confirmed to Coupfourpointfive the lawyer is Rajendra Chaudhry.

We can also confirm the following:

1) Earlier this year, the woman, in her early  20's and a man (both Indian nationals) were arrested at Nadi Airport after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the country.

2) The woman, who we will not name, was advised to get a lawyer. She ended up getting the legal services of Rajendra Chaudhry. The other Indian national (a man) is being represented by a Western Division based lawyer.

3) When the woman appeared in Court, Rajendra Chaudhry offered himself as the surety to secure bail for her, although it is
highly unusual for a lawyer to do this.  He also agreed to provide her with accommodation.

4) The woman has since alleged to police, and even the Indian High Commission, she was raped by Rajendra Chaudhry. The details of the allegations will not be revealed at this time. 



FATHER AND SON
But since the report of the alleged crime, police have learnt that Rajendra Chaudhry is in Australia. We can also confirm he has not appeared in Court to defend his clients. Another lawyer, Simione Valenitabua, is appearing on Chaudhry Junior's behalf after being recently employed by him.

Last week, the Suva High Court judge Priyantha Fernando told Valenitabua it was a high court and not a market when he applied for Chaudhry to be excused as defence counsel in a murder trial, just before the trial proper (Fiji Times).

The allegations against Chaudhry Junior means both father and son are now facing criminal charges. Former prime minister and Fiji Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, is of course facing 12 charges including those of money laundering over the AUD$2 million he is keeping in Australia. His son, who was defending him, is now wanted by police for alleged rape.
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1. Removed the GCC


2. Removed the Bose Levu Vakaturaga


3. Removed the history of Ratu Sukuna


5. Made a Constitution that was not put to Referendum for the people to add, delete or give an opinion


8. Allowed Muslims to take up all strategic positions in Fiji


9. The blatant misuse of public funds


10. The Matua Taxi advertisement of Fiji First Party etc.


11. The delegation to the UN, we see no Indigenous Fijian significantly involved


12.The continued psychological tormentation by Bainimarama on the citizens of Fiji: "You did not vote for me, I will not look after you" syndrome


13. The election of the President no longer done by the GCC


14. Immunity to all the deeds that was done after the coup.

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