Lessons from the BRUTAL RAPE of an 8 year old girl

Just a week or so ago after parts of our country was devastated by Hurricane Tomas, the news of the brutal rape of a Class 3 student in Suva at the early hours of morning begs a lot of questions of where the moral fabric of our society is heading?

As we sympathise with the mother of the girl, not having at hand the full knowledge of the circumstances of their family or the state of the mother that fateful morning, there are matters we want to raise that we have knowledge of, and that is simple -

the RAPE of an 8 year old girl can have similarities to the RAPE OF OUR DEMOCRACY!

Some may say What? How come?

Well, it is simple. When a fully grown MAN decide upon himself that because he is bigger and more powerful (that is having GUNS!) than his victim (a defenseless group of people) and will therefore use his GUN POWER to forcefully take the rights, choices and freedom of its victim away from them, the brutality of the scars left on the victim is the same as those physically, emotionally and psychologically left on this 8 year old girl.

This may sound unsympathetic and it makes us wonder how can God let something like this happen. Well all we have to do is look to history. Remember the Angel of Death that passed through Eygpt at the dead of night watching out for doors smeared with lamb's blood to spare the lives of the first born child in the home of the Jews? 

Yes, the Devil can make unfathomable things happen in our society, so, we can look AROUND us and WITHIN us to realise that all the Evil that is happening in our country has been manifested in RAPISTS - 

those that RAPE WOMEN and CHILDREN, 

and those who 

RAPE OUR RIGHTS, CHOICES, FREEDOM - DEMOCRACY!!!!!

Bainimarama SHOULD learn from civil/religious society HOW THINGS WORK!

This report published in today's FijiVillage (and FijiLive) is ANOTHER lesson to Voreqe and his ILLEGAL leaders that those of us who TREASURE PEACE and RESPECT OTHERS go about changes in our organisations etc in civil ways that promote PEACE and PROSPERITY for all. The ways are embedded in our Constitutions or various rules of engagement! Thus, unlike him and his cohorts who STOLE POWER BY THE BARRELS OF THEIR GUNS, we don't just make changes at whim because we don't like what's going on. We follow democratic chains of command to make changes.

CA GONE NA VIAVIA KILA MACAWA!!!

The decision by the Methodist NOT TO BE BULLIED INTO SUBMISSION by Voreqe should be a clear message to Voreqe, that his bullying ways in trying to obtain, attain and maintain power is NOT THE CIVIL / RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES way of bringing about change. We have mechanisms in place that promotes peaceful transition from one to another, whether it is change in leadership or structure, so, there is minimal upheaval in the transformation, thus, maximising the best possible change that is effective and efficient.

And shame on Methodist ministers like the Rev. Epeli Nawadra for wanting to bow down to the bullying tactics of a dictator!

(Quote) Acting general secretary Reverend Epeli Nawadra said the Government wanted to work with the church in taking Fiji forward and because of that ‘they wanted people who they could work with’.

“It was suggested that we change the leadership of the church and we have asked the President and the General Secretary to step aside.

“The two ministers were also present at the meeting and they have asked that they be given some time,” Rev Nawadra told FijiLive. (Unquote)

 
 Tugawe remains Methodist Church President Publish date/time: 25/03/2010 [17:06]
The Methodist Church of Fiji will still have Ame Tugawe as President and Tuikilakila Waqairatu as the church General Secretary.

In a meeting yesterday attended by 132 church ministers and Stewarts, some of the church ministers proposed that the current church leaders step down and new appointments be made.

Acting General Secretary, Reverand Tevita Nawadra said it will not be possible to make changes to the current leadership because under the church constitution the only place where they can ask for changes is during the Annual Conference.

Yesterday the church ministers met with Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and senior military officers where he had made it clear that the Annual Conference and circuit meetings will be held in 2014.

Bainimarama added that any issues regarding the church will have to be discussed during yesterday's meeting.

WE SAY IT'S TIME THE METHODIST LEADERSHIP FOLLOW THEIR RELIGIOUS LEADERS BEFORE THEM, AND TAKE CHARGE IN TELLING VOREQE THAT HIS WAY WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE THEIR WAY!

How can a LANDOWNER be a TENANT, unless they choose to?

We must say these landowners who have been told to pay rent that dates back to 2000 should really get a good lawyer to fight their cause or they themselves should put up a good fight.

What was the assumption when these landowners took back their land back in 2000, in terms of HAVING to cultivate them so our nation can have some $$$$$? 

Why is it still under NLTB jurisdiction when the landowners took them back, for them to owe NLTB rent in lease arrears as reported?

 Landowners owe $3.6m

Mereseini Marau
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 (Fiji Times)

"NLTB: 2764 cane leases are held by i-taukei tenants" I-TAUKEIS ARE LANDOWNERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. OTHER I-TAUKEIS WHO HAVE MOVED FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMES MAYBE TENANTS FOR THESE I-TAUKEIS.

LANDOWNERS who failed to plant cane on land they took back from tenants now owe the Native Land Trust Board $3.6million in lease arrears. WERE THEY SUPPOSE TO PLANT CANE? WHOSE RULE WAS THAT?
NLTB general manager Alipate Qetaki confirmed this, saying the lease arrears dated back to 2000.
He encouraged those farmers to lease out their land if they could not cultivate it, but warned that as a last option the NLTB would re-possess the land for leasing by either re-entry or vacant possession through the courts. WHAT IS THIS FORCETAKI!!!!
Mr Qetaki said those landowners were supposed to pay rent.
He said of the 14,418 agricultural leases, there were 8763 cane leases of which 2764 were held by i-taukei tenants and 5999 by non i-taukei tenants.
"The exact figures for landowners leasing their own land are not available, but out of the 2764 i-taukei cane farmers, the bulk are landowners," he said.
Mr Qetaki explained that rental payments were to come from cane payments made to NLTB by the Fiji Sugar Corporation through the Master Award.
"When there are no cane proceeds due to non-cultivation or insufficient cane proceeds, NLTB rent is not paid.When there is no cane to harvest to the mill, then there is no cane payment," Mr Qetaki said.
He said tenants should find other sources of income to pay rent from if rent could not come from cane payments.
"Tenants are expected to pay rent," he said.
Mr Qetaki encouraged those landowners to visit the nearest NLTB regional office to make arrangements for payments in order to honour their agreement.
He said tenants incurred a 1 per cent interest per month if they defaulted on rent. Mr Qetaki said the Committee of Better Utilisation of Land was looking into unproductive cane farms and land.
"There are programs in place to utilise these lands productively," he said, with the first stage being identification of available land.

Commissioner Western and CIBUL chairman Commander Joeli Cawaki said they were consulting landowners over the importance of leasing land out to salvage the sugar industry. YES! DONE BY FORCE BY ANOTHER COMMANDER OF THE DISGRACED FIJI HOOLIGANTARY!

He said most land was idle in the Western Division and could be put to good use if diverted for use for the sugar industry.
He said that was in line with the government's policy on the sugar industry. YEAH!!!!! THE SUGAR INDUSTRY WHO UNDER YOUR OWN RAPE OF OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM, HAD TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR BULLIYING ACTIONS AND LACK OF RESPECT FOR OTHERS. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY HAD BEEN DOING WELL WITH AIDS FROM OVERSEAS, WHICH WE ALWAYS NEED, BUT WITH YOUR DICTATORSHIP NO OVERSEAS AID DONOR IS WILLING TO FUND YOUR ILLEGAL DOINGS. THUS, YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO HARDLINE TACTICS LIKE THREATENING LANDOWNERS TO PAY RENT OR YOU WILL GET AN ORDER FROM YOUR ILLEGAL COURTS TO ENFORCE YOUR INHUMAE ACTIONS!

LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST FOR THESE LANDOWNERS!!!