Na Dina 'Fiji Truth'.: Exposing Frank’s pious posturing on racial unity as the cynical lie says Raw Fiji News in Sai Lealea's blog
'Na Dina' Fiji Truth will Prevail in the end.
FCTM Team
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Exposing Frank’s pious posturing on racial unity as the cynical lie says Raw Fiji News in Sai Lealea's blog
Frank’s goons racist at heart by calling Brij Lal a “turncoat girmit baini” and Warden Narsey as an “Uncle Tom Indian”
December 7, 2009
After threats and violence comes ugly racism as the favoured weapon for Bainimarama’s goons
The dictator makes a big deal of justifying his rape of democracy by telling the United Nations and international TV audiences that it’s all about creating racial unity.
But his message has yet to reach his hard-line supporters.On a daily basis they are exposing Frank’s pious posturing on racial unity as the cynical lie we have always known it to be.
Tune into Bainimarama’s rusted-on disciples, specifically the goons in Media Cell who venture onto the freedom blogs to espouse the regime’s cause, and you’ll know exactly what we are talking about.
In their efforts to refute the damning facts about Bainimarama and his regime, they are stirring the racist pot for all they are worth.
In a commendable display of democracy and free speech, the blog has a policy of not blocking pro-regime comments, no matter how offensive, illogical and racist they may be.
Recently, the blog ran articles by Professors Waden Narsey and Brij Lal, each one a sharp and telling critique that exposed the incompetence and falsehoods that are the hallmarks of Bainimarama’s dictatorship.
The two articles sparked a minor fury of postings by the Media Cell goons.
But instead of mounting well constructed arguments against the two academics, they chose instead to wallow in the gutter of racism and make an issue of Narsey and Lal’s ethnicity.
“Turncoat Girmit Baini Brij Lal” is what one goon posted, blogging as “Anonymous”. A second anonymous poster described Narsey and Lal as “two Uncle Tom Indians”.
But who’s surprised by the fact that the regime’s supporters are so ready to play the racist card?
Most of them are drawn from the ranks of the RFMF, which is 99 per cent ethnic Fijian, making it the nation’s most manifestly racist institution.
And how does that fact square with the dictator’s holier-than-thou public utterances?
The answer, of course, is that it doesn’t. But achieving racial unity has never been on the dictator’s real agenda.
Like “cleaning up corruption” the “racial unity” platform is another example of spin cranked up by Frank Bainimarama to conceal his true purpose in life, which is gaining protection from due process.
You know folks, we almost feel grateful to Frank’s racist attack dogs!
After all, they are playing no small part in helping the wider world to fully grasp the unsavoury truth about a despicable dictator who is relentlessly destroying our beloved nation.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Fiji has been hampered by persistent trade and budget deficits, making it one of the world's largest per capita recipients of aid. says BBC News
Country profile: Fiji
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300477.stmThe 800-plus volcanic and coral islands that make up the Pacific nation of Fiji enjoy a tropical climate and are a prime destination for tourists.
However, since 1987 racial and political tensions have been an intermittent source of instability and international isolation.
Overview
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In 1987 a coup by indigenous Fijians overthrew the elected, Indian-dominated coalition. This triggered a series of adverse events, including the introduction - and subsequent withdrawal - of a constitution enshrining indigenous Fijian political supremacy. A further coup in 2000, led by businessman George Speight, saw the country's first ethnic Indian prime minister, his cabinet and several MPs held hostage for several weeks.
Fijian Vijay Singh is one of the world's top golfers
These events caused great harm to the economy - the tourism industry in particular - and Fiji's international reputation.
Rancour over the 2000 coup persisted, with bitter divisions over plans to grant an amnesty to those behind it. The proposals underlay tensions which culminated in a bloodless military takeover in 2006 - Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years.
In September 2009, Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth over its lack of progress towards democracy. It was only the second full suspension in the organisation's history.
Fiji's population, which resides mostly on the two main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, is divided almost equally between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, the descendents of indentured labourers brought from India.
Mixing between the two groups is minimal, and informal segregation runs deep at almost every level of society.
There are also very small non-Indo-Fijian, non-Fijian minority communities, such as Chinese and Rotumans.
Although the former British colony relies heavily on the sugar and tourism industries for its foreign exchange, its economy is diverse. Gold, silver and limestone are mined, and there is a strong services sector and some light manufacturing.
Nonetheless, Fiji has been hampered by persistent trade and budget deficits, making it one of the world's largest per capita recipients of aid.
Facts
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Full name: Republic of the Fiji Islands
Population: 849,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital: Suva
Area: 18,376 sq km (7,095 sq miles)
Major languages: English, Fijian, Hindi
Major religions: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
LIfe expectancy: 67 years (men), 71 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Fijian dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Sugar, clothing, gold, processed fish, timber
GNI per capita: US $3,930 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .fj
International dialling code: +679
Leaders
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Interim prime minister: Commodore Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama
Bainimarama tightened his grip on power in April 2009
Coup leader restored as PM
Fiji's military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in the December 2006 coup and first became interim prime minister in January 2007.
He accused deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase of corruption and of discriminating against Fiji's ethnic Indian minority.
Mr Qarase, who had secured a second term in May 2006, had angered the opposition and the military with his controversial proposal to pardon or amnesty some of those behind the 2000 nationalist coup.
Commodore Bainimarama promised to restore democracy through elections, but said the constitution would have to be revised first, as in his view it enshrined racial divisions.
He maintains that his aim is to create a fairer, multi-racial society, but he has excluded political opponents from discussions on the constitutional reforms.
A move by Fiji's Appeal Court in April 2009 to declare the military government illegal prompted the president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, to suspend the constitution and reappoint Commodore Bainimarama as interim prime minister for a further five years, leaving the military chief's grip on power apparently stronger than ever.
Commodore Bainimarama insists that he enjoys broad popular support for his elections reform plan, but the events of April 2009 have made Fiji even more of a diplomatic outcast than before.
President: Ratu Josefa Iloilo
President Ratu Josefa Iloilo was appointed in the aftermath of the May 2000 coup and was re-elected president by the Great Council of Chiefs in March 2006.
Mr Iloilo is believed to be the world's oldest head of state
In the December 2006 coup, Mr Iloilo lost his executive powers to military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who dissolved parliament and declared a state of emergency.
Commodore Bainimarama reinstated Mr Iloilo as president in January 2007.
Mr Iloilo endorsed the December 2006 coup, saying general elections would be held once the political and economic conditions were suitable.
When the Court of Appeal declared the military government illegal in April 2009, Mr Iloilo responded by assuming governing power, suspending the constitution and dismissing the judiciary.
He then reappointed Commodore Bainimarama as interim prime minister and said that elections would not be held until 2014.
He is seen as a close ally of the military chief, but denied that he was acting at the behest of Commodore Bainimarama.
Now in his late eighties, he is said to be in poor health.
Media
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Tight press control was imposed in April 2009
Fiji's private press was long noted for its vigorous reporting, but the authorities imposed strict media censorship in April 2009, allowing nothing critical of the military-led government to be published.
Radio has always been a key source of information, particularly on the outer islands. There are publicly and privately-owned stations. The BBC World Service and Radio Australia are normally available via FM relays, though the transmitters for the latter were shut down after a 30-day state of emergency was imposed following the suspension of the constitution.
Several foreign correspondents based in Fiji were expelled from the country and some internet cafes were closed as part of the media crackdown.
The press
Daily Post - private daily
Fiji Times - private, main English-language daily
Fiji Sun - private
Sartaj - Hindi-language weekly
Shanti Dut - Hindi-language weekly
Television
Fiji TV - operates national free-to-air channel Fiji 1 and pay-TV service Sky Fiji
Radio
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - state-owned commercial company, operates Fijian-language Radio Fiji One, Hindi-language Radio Fiji Two, music-based Bula 100 FM, Hindi entertainment station Bula 98 FM, music-based Bula 102 FM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300477.stm
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