Well Done, Foreign Affairs Minster Murray McCully: People in Troubled Paradise needs HELP from 41st Regional Pacific Island Forum Leaders.

Great stuff New Zealand for leadng the way as always in the Region. For far to long the world has been given the story that Fiji's problem needs to be dealt with internally. It is wrong. All one need to do is to take a moment and look at the pros & cons  of what has transpired in trouble paradise. Sadly theres more 'cons' to the Fiji stories.

 The illegal regime wants to blame anti-regime bloggers for spreading stories claiming the articles all have a political slant. Is'nt it ironic that these illegal regime has tried to use these tactics in its effort to right its wrong. Thank you NZ Herald for heads up on this story. Vinaka.

Perhaps, all those inner circle of these illegal regime in Fiji needs to be closely examined and reports made on each one of them. It appears the game being played are more geared towards their efforts in trying to pacify Fiji people, the region and world instead of really rebuilding Fiji as what had been earlier promise. The illegal regime story is sounding like a damned-muppet sounding broken record on a reverse mode or worse still an ugly dog trying to catch its tail.

Time to shut the ditactor up for goodness sake!!

Bera Na Liva

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From NZHerald

Backing for Fiji unlikely to affect forum, says McCully

By Derek Cheng 4:00 AM Wednesday Aug 4, 2010

 

Prime Minister John Key is greeted by deputy high commissioner Suzannah Jessep (right) and chief of protocol Elena Haines on his arrival in Vanuatu. Photo / Mark Mitchell Shrink

Prime Minister John Key is greeted by deputy high commissioner Suzannah Jessep (right) and chief of protocol Elena Haines on his arrival in Vanuatu. Photo / Mark MitchellVANUATU - The endorsement of the Fijian military regime by some Pacific countries is unlikely to affect the Pacific Islands Forum and its suspension of Fiji, says Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.

Mr McCully and Prime Minister John Key arrived in Vanuatu last night for the forum, at which Fiji's suspension will be discussed.

Fiji, which has been ruled by military leader Frank Bainimarama since 2006, was suspended last year for its failure to hold democratic elections.

But it won endorsement at a summit last week for its plan to hold democratic elections in September 2014.

The summit in Fiji, called Engaging with the Pacific, was attended by representatives of 10 nations, including the heads of the governments of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu.

The summit is certain to be discussed in Vanuatu this week.

The endorsement raises the prospect of lifting the suspension, but Mr McCully said the summit was not significant.

"At the end of the day, some people were invited to a meeting and they went. Some of them are very close neighbours and friends, and it is the Melanesian custom to behave in that way.

"The fact that they had a meeting is perfectly understandable and not at all threatening to the region or the forum."

He said it was more significant that the Melanesian Spearhead Group - touted by Commodore Bainimarama as an alternative to the forum - had cancelled its meeting this year because of a lack of democracy in Fiji.

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