Church leaders seek dialogue with PM

Let's wait and see what the illegal PM is going to say to this. Will he meet them? We doubt it very much because he is a scared piggy!

If God is WITH US, who is Vore to be against us...that should be the mantra the Methodist Church take to Vore.

May 31, 2009 07:39:01 PM

The leaders of Fiji’s Methodist Church want to meet with Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama this week to discuss the cancellation of its annual conference.

Bainimarama is expected to return from Brussels on June 3.

A joint statement issued by the police and military last night said the meeting in August has been cancelled because some political topics would be discussed, which the Government does not condone. WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ILLEGAL ENTITY POSING TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. DEFINITELY NOT!!! ALL A BUNCH OF LOSERS AND WHACKJOBS!!!

The event includes a week-long choir singing competition in Suva followed by the conference attended by pastors and divisional superintendents in Lomanikoro, Rewa.

The Methodist Church is the country’s biggest Christian denomination with members comprising over a third of its close to 900,000 population. SO A THIRD IS 300, 000...THEREFORE, IF THEY GO AHEAD AND MEET, WHICH WE THINK THEY SHOULD ANYWAYS, CANCELLATION OR NOT BY THE MILITARY JUNTA, WE WILL THEN CLEARLY SEE WHERE THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE STAND. AND THE WORLD WILL ALSO SEE WHAT A LIAR VORE IS WHEN HE SAID ON THE WORLD MEDIA - NO ONE OPPOSED HIM YET OR HAVE COME FROM THE STREET TO OPPOSE HIM!

SO PEOPLE POWER AND TO THE CHURCH, THE PEOPLE ARE NOW LOOKING TO YOU!!

Vanuatu - WTCrap!!

As we have indicated here before, the ACP probably won't want to be seen to be supporting rouge leadership like the current military regime of Fiji. Wonder what's in all of this for Vanuatu? The French connection maybe?

So butt-off Vanuatu! We, the people of Fiji DO SUPPORT reforms, BUT NOT/NEVER AT THE BARRELS OF GUNS OF LUNATICS! WE WANT IT and DESERVE IT ON OUR OWN TERMS!!

Forum mum on Fiji-Vanuatu co-operation

Friday, May 29, 2009

Update: 5:25PM Vanuatu's call to the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and European Union to support Fiji is a bilateral matter, says Pacific Islands Forum spokesman Johnson Honimae.

He said the Forum would not comment on it because "thats an issue for Fiji and Vanuatu".

Vanuata expressed its backing for Fiji at the 89th ACP Council of Ministers in Brussels.

Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Bakoa Kaltongga called for support of the interim governments reforms implementation.

The Forum suspended Fiji after its Constitution was abrogated.

Our pledge - Restore democracy and get rid of the instruments that support a coup culture!

Click on the title to watch the Presidential Pledge that can be an example for us and our future.

We need a pledge for democracy and end to tyrant rule in our beloved country.

For fiji! Ever Fiji! God bless Fiji!

Sorry! Voreqe, NO JAMU from the ACP "Buddies"

DECLARATION OF THE ACP COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION
IN THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI

The Committee of Ambassadors of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States,

Having regard to the principles of the Georgetown Agreement establishing the ACP Group, the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou, and the Intra-ACP political dialogue framework;

Recalling the Declaration of the 5th Summit of Heads of State and Government held on 7 and 8 December 2006 in Khartoum, Sudan, condemning the coup d’état of 5 December 2006 in the Republic of Fiji, and calls for the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Fiji;

Having regard to the conclusions of the consultations held on 18 April 2007 between the European Union and the Republic of Fiji within the framework of Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, and having regard to the undertakings agreed by the interim Government of the Republic of Fiji following said consultations, notably as regards respect for human rights, rule of law, democratic principles and the holding of free and transparent elections by the end of March 2009 at the latest;

Having regard to the conclusions and recommendations of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors' mission to of the Republic of Fiji from 12 to 16 May 2008 to evaluate the implementation of the above-mentioned undertakings, and the impact of the sanctions imposed by the international community on the Fijian economy and society, and to determine how the ACP Group could assist the Republic of Fiji;

Seriously concerned by the recent events in the Republic of Fiji following the decision taken on 10 April 2009 to abrogate the constitution, and the postponement of general elections to September 2014 at the latest;

Regrets the abrogation of the constitution, suspension of freedom of the press, and the declaration of the state of emergency; and

Calls for the opening and strengthening of inclusive political dialogue with all parties concerned with a view to quickly restoring constitutional order and holding democratic elections as soon as practically possible. (And we're guessing, by this they mean, THEY ARE READY TO PRACTICALLY ASSIST, but it's up to the thick-headed Vore to understand what this phrase means.)

Issued in Brussels on 21 April 2009

Historic March in Sydney

Vinaka ozfiji! Vinaka Sydney!!

http://www.ozfiji.com/

Fijians march in Sydney for democracy

by Josh Jerga - The Age, Melbourne

May 24, 2009 - 4:49PM

Sydney's Fiji community has marched through the city calling for the removal of Frank Bainimarama's military regime and the restoration of democracy in their homeland.

More than 150 people took part in the Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement march, many donning black arm bands to mourn the death of democracy in the Pacific Island nation.

Children held signs demanding "no more coup" and "out with the military", while the march urged the Australia government to take a tougher stance against the regime.

One woman sent an ominous message to the military leader, warning "Frank, God's watching, you're going get it (sic)".

Fiji-born New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan, the man once accused of masterminding in a assassination plot against Bainimarama, joined in the protest action.

He said the popular holiday destination had turned into dictatorship where mistrust had spread among its citizens.

"The nasty thing about (the) Fijian community, it's very hard to trust anybody," Mr Khan told AAP .

"It's become like Nazi Germany, neighbours dobbing neighbours for favours from the military regime.

Last month, Bainimarama abolished the constitution, sacked the judiciary and suspended elections to restore the democracy overturned in the 2006 coup until 2014.

Fiji-born Australian citizen Saki Niu pleaded for the federal government to help oust the military regime.

"We want to tell the government, please, help us, help your neighbour. Do something," he told AAP.

"Just get him out, that's all. If they don't use force, we use a civil demonstration like this. Just get him out. It's been too long."

Mr Nui, 40, whose family still live in Fiji, said fear has gripped the island nation.

"There's no democracy there, everybody is in fear over there," he said.

"They don't have any voice, they can't do anything now. They stay in a community where they can't say anything about the community.

"They fear saying anything because we don't know what's behind their house, who's there, who's part of the regime, who's not?"

Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum earlier in May.

The European Commission last week withdrew aid worth 24 million euros ($A42.56 million) to help restructure Fiji's struggling sugar industry.

Mr Khan believes the Australian government needs to do more in trying to bring about change in Fiji, saying the Fijian people can tolerate any sanctions imposed.

"The (Australia) government here has to take a tougher stance," he said.

"I think they've got to up the ante now into economic sanctions against Fiji.

"They've been reticent at doing that thinking they don't want to be blamed for any further hardship on the people.

"But the people of Fiji are resilient. It's short term pain for long term gain otherwise this is going to go on for a very long time."

The International HollowMAN Starring: Voreqe Bainimarama (the over time truth spinner)

These brilliant works of art – The International (starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts) and The Hollowmen (a satirical TV series made in Australia) is a must-see. These two works by brilliant art smart minds have clear similarities to the current military dictatorship rule we’re seeing back at home.

In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963178/plotsummary)

The Hollowmen is an Australian television comedy series set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit, a fictional political advisory unit personally set up by the Prime Minister to help him get re-elected. Their brief is long term vision; to stop worrying about tomorrow's headlines, and focus on next week's. Although in practice, next week's headlines are what drives them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollowmen

In the ABC's new satire The Hollowmen, political advisors find that they can no longer tell the difference, even to themselves, between spin and the ‘real' truth of an issue.

http://www.ipa.org.au/publications/1388/the-hollowmen-and-the-sport-of-satire

Now, recently in the UK, some elected members of the House of Commons have been plagued by a scandal that rips into the heart of their taxpayers. As a result, the Speaker of the House of Commons has tended in his resignation effective June 22. That is the beauty of democracy. As REAL people know, there will always be corruption because absolute power corrupts absolutely! But because democracy makes people accountable when they are CAUGHT, their house of cards or glass will come crumbling/crashing down.

Let’s see the other side of the coin, the side, which resembles our UNELECTED MILITARY LEADERS making a mockery of our national government, and the values and principles of democracy as shared by our democratic allies.

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TANGIBLE GOING ON IN THOSE ACCESSORIES THEY CALL THEIR BRAINS!

As we have seen, heard and read pre-December 5 2006 until now, this group of Hollowmen and women who self-appointed themselves to positions of power in our government by the barrels of their guns, will stop at nothing – that includes telling lies, giving themselves back pays, unnecessary overseas jaunts with wives, disregarding the rule of law, making decrees to save their sorry sods and even MURDER – to get what they want.

And as satirically portrayed in The Hollowmen, these unelected military leaders who call themselves our government, have continually shot themselves in the foot when they make a mockery of others (and themselves), out of their own self-righteous attitude, discourteous demeanour and total lack of moral leadership or political diplomacy. Their think-tank resembles that of stupid people, as stated by Bertrand Russell:

"The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts."

Or this one by Edward H. Ashment:

"I've come to the conclusion that there can be little or no dialogue between 'proclaimers of truth' (religious and secular ideologues) and 'discoverers of truth' (empiricists). The former tend to debate, the latter tend to discuss."

So, the challenge is for us intelligent folks. Are we still going to doubt which right path we have to pursue or be responsible for, to get rid of these tyrants?

As the educator John Dewey said:

"Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and to nature to do the work they are responsible for doing."

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

IT’S TIME WE REGAIN OUR DESTINY! GODSPEED!

Coward bullies still gallivanting

As Voreqe Bainimarama once again gallivant to meetings that he has no business or intellectual capacity to attend, his goons back at home continue to intimidate those who oppose their military regime because they know that these voices from the PEOPLE is the REAL voice of Fiji, NOT their bullying voices echoed from the shots of their guns.

Even if the regime feel threatened by the impending Methodist gathering, we think the church leaders should never be intimidated. Afterall, if they believe that God is on their side, then God's peace and His Strength will guide them.

If church leaders can do it in Kenya, then Fiji's God's warriors should be able to as well.

However, our leaders must take advantage of our PEACEFUL nature to not incite violence as in the case in Kenya because

WE CAN DO IT PEACEFULLY! LET THE ONES WITH GUNS DO THE SHOOTING OR KILLING, NOT US!
http://listeningtoafricanchurchleaders.blogspot.com/2008/08/marching-into-battle-for-kenyas-soul.html

God bless Fiji and our church leaders!

Basic food shortage in Labasa: Watchdog

Is this more to do with the fact that people are getting worried of not having enough food in the future rather than the excuse given here by Padarath?

Our very own Zimbabwe scenario unfolds in our very eyes and the authorities are worried about hoarding?

We sincerely wish that this shortage is like what the authorities are saying, our unscrupulous traders getting themselves prepared for any future circumstances, and that they will be on the look-out for them, AND not anything more than that.

But we are being pessimistic about this because this seems like the beginning of RATION LINES to us!

God forbid this happens, but it may have to come to people starving and lying in the streets dying from starvation for this illegal regime to realise the catastrophic consequences of their holier-than-thou complexes.

Roxana Saberi - a symbol of media freedom

The arrest and recent release of Roxana is for me a symbol of how vulnerable our media personnel is, to whims and callous ways overbearing and dictatorial governments can be.

As clearly explained in this paragraph, 'Saberi's arrest demonstrated the unpredictability of Iran's fragmented, multilayered political and security system, where dissidents, politicians and journalists are sometimes arrested for transgressing undefined ideological and national security rules, such as by having contact with the West.'

But it is most importantly a symbol that freedom is our most valuable possession. However, Roxana didn't just get it free-nilly, she also worked for it by staging her own

HUNGER PROTEST

to protest her innocence, gain the world's support and ultimately HER FREEDOM!

A lesson to us Fijians, the world can only do so much, but they will only FORGE FORWARD FORCEFULLY but NONVIOLENTLY WHEN WE DO OUR PART TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST IN THE PUBLIC ARENA!


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-journalist12-2009may12,0,3372344.story

Happy Mothers' Day to all our courageous Fiji Bubus, Nas, Naus, Neis and luvequs

Click on TITLE to view video.

God bless you all!

Military regime trying to win UN's favour?

Is this a way to win back the UN's favour? We would think that the UN will hold on to their moral values and not being gullible or just being selective of their dealings with these thugs. This regime didn't accept the previous UN contingents because they were going to look into the more important facets of our society, namely the judiciary and human rights abuses undertaken by this military regime.

Uphold your values, principles and morals UN? That's the least you can do for the restoration of our fragile democracy.

UN team to assess Fiji’s compliance

May 04, 2009 05:53:44 PMFiji’s compliance to the articles of the UN Convention Against Corruption will be assessed by the visiting team of UN officials, says interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

“We have a team that is here today, obviously we welcome them and are quite keen that they visit us and they are here for the next two days and they will be assessing us in terms of compliance to the articles,” Sayed-Khaiyum welcoming the team into the country.

Fiji volunteered to be the subject of this pilot project.

Head of the mission John Sandage said the team would analyse and make recommendations on Fiji via a report to the United Nations.

Sandage said: “Fiji is party to the UN Convention on Corruption and they volunteered very kindly to participate in this process. My friends here from France (Mr Valery Turcey) and Serbia (Ms Milica Djunic) are here to view state of Fiji’s compliance”.

Turcey said: “Fiji is participating in a pilot project aimed at defining the terms of reference of the future of UNCOC. We are trying to rejuvenate that. We will make a report, which will be used by the United Nations, in deciding on the future conventions”.

Earlier today, the team met with officials of the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) who handed to them a report on Fiji.

The high-powered delegation’s three-day assessment on Fiji’s performance and efforts in combating corruption will see them hold consultation with Sayed Khaiyum as acting Prime Minister and AG, Solicitor General Christopher Pryde, Police Commissioner Esala Teleni, Deputy Supervisor of Elections Soro Toutou, Chief Magistrate, Chief Registrar, Finance Department, Public Service Commission and the Financial Intelligence Unit.

The UN team consists of two officials from Serbia, one from France and two from the UNCAC Secretariat in Vienna (Sandage and Ms Elsa Gopala-Krishnan).

It's official..(kinda)

Fiji suspended from Pacific Islands Forum

Article from: AAP

By Aleisha Preedy

May 01, 2009 08:24pm

FIJI will be suspended from the Pacific region's trade and diplomatic group tomorrow for refusing to restore democracy, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.

Commodore Frank Bainimarama ousted the ethnic Fijian-dominated government in 2006 and has vowed to rewrite the constitution and electoral laws to remove what he says is discrimination against the country's large ethnic Indian minority before holding elections.

Earlier this year the Pacific Islands Forum, made up of 16 nations, threatened to suspend Fiji if Cdre Bainimarama did not announce a date for elections.

Meeting with his Japanese counterpart in Perth today, Mr Smith said given Fiji had shown no intention on a return democracy, the threat would be instated.

"The effect of the resolution passed unanimously ... is effective tomorrow, the first day after May 1," Mr Smith said.

"Fiji has shown no intention to return to democracy and on the contrary has torn up its constitution.
"The effect of that resolution will be Fiji is automatically suspended from the forums and the meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum itself."

Cdre Bainimarama said there was no need for such action because no one was being killed in the streets in Fiji, and no nation had ever been suspended from the forum before.

"If it was up to me, we would remove Australia and New Zealand from the forum. They're putting undue pressure on the Pacific islands," Cdre Bainimarama said in an interview with Sky News.

He insisted there would be no election for five years, but offered to talk it through with the leaders of Australia and New Zealand immediately, provided they accepted his point of view.

"I'd love to see them face to face."

Cdre Bainimarama also claimed in the interview that Australia has threatened to invade Fiji.
Australia's defence force chief Angus Houston made the threat in 2006, shortly after the coup that brought him to power, Fiji's self-appointed interim prime minister said.

"He woke me up early in the morning to tell me don't ever do anything that will pit my troops against yours," he said.

"It was a threat, he made a threat."

Cdre Bainimarama also indicated curbs on the Fijian media would continue for some time, adding the extended emergency measures would include censorship.

"We want this calm to continue for a while.

"If I don't muzzle the press, is it going to bring extra food on the table?"

Fijian newspapers have been allowed to run few political stories or open criticism of the government since military censors were put to work.

"That's the way things should happen in Fiji - rugby back on the front page," Cdre Bainimarama said.