"BACK TO DEMOCRACY FOR FIJI"

You are invited to share and pen your ideas, views or opinions that will facilitate/assist our country back to democracy. All positive and/or negative ideas and comments to steer us back to the road of democracy are welcome.

Whichever way one looks at our current situation back home, democracy has been completely raped. The rape of democracy in Fiji is a virtual degradation of the populus of Fiji. Their human rights are being deprived:

1. the right to decide their government;
2. who they want to represent them;
3. their right to free assembly;
4. free protest;
5. free to organise into groups so that they can talk about what is pertinent to their daily lives;
6. protest on issues they do not agree with....with no fear of intimidation from anybody.

With this military regime in place, the concept of freedom per the Constitution is a total myth!

And, we, the people of Fiji need to come together and be vehement about our total disagreement with the military regime. So give us liberty or death! The reality of the issue is that democracy in Fiji has been raped...from top to bottom...left to right....inside and out and vice versa!

Here we have a military regime that talks about freedom to the people and yet the very same military regime randomly arrest people, torture them, inflict unnecessary harrassment and emotional stress to those that seem a threat to them. The military regime talks about racial unity.......the communal concept of togetherness and yet Fiji is far more racially divided today than it ever was.

The so-called advisors, viz-a-viz, John Samy, these are rejects from their adopted countries and yet they are being rewarded with exuberant amount(s) of money by these rogue military regime who have no idea what they are doing. Lying to the international community does not augur well with this interim government and yet the interim Prime Minister continuously talks with a forked tongue when addressing international issues. The ministers talk about internal securities as if Fiji is going to be invaded.

All around it is clearly seen that the economy is in tatters and the Constitution is just a useless piece of paper. The rule of law is as what the military regime wants it to be.

The above are just some of my views (from a pro-democracy viewpoint). But, do not let that deter you from penning your comments if you share otherwise.

So, let us come together and voice our views/comments, whether they be for or against the military regime and have a very healthy discussion here so that in the end we can factually understand what our role is, what we need to do and how we can come up with ideas to help restore democracy back in our beloved Fiji!

Please feel free to write what you like or dislike about the military regime. Be sincere and honest about your thoughts, without getting personal or spiteful.

Kindly note, this "topic" will expire as soon as we have an election.

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Permalink Reply by Loruama Tawawili on November 17, 2009 at 8:06am: Sam in Fiji today the military has infiltrated the very fabric of what Fiji is.Even the populace are turning against each other to win favour from the military and worst of all is the fact that your very close friend could be your worst enemy. That is what Fiji is today.No one will speak up least they want to die.The military has already shown its wrath at those who oppose it or darer to say things contrary to what they want the people to know.PER speaks for itself here Sam and it will only get worse.The only hope for Fiji is the International community through the UN and the convenening of an International court to put all those traitors in Fiji on trial for their crimes against humanity.This is the only way we can get rid of the coup culture. Bainimarama must be made an example for anyone who wants to take over the democratically elected govt in Fiji by giving him a lifetime goal sentence.

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Permalink Reply by eparama turaga on November 17, 2009 at 2:59am: Ia ni bula tale na veiwekani ni Democracy for Fiji ....Korodrau, da sa raica ga eke na levu ni vosa vakalialia era cakava toka mai na sotia voli nodra bula ena ilavo .Ni da vakaraica se vakawilika toka na veika era tukuna,sa vaka me katakata mai ni sa voleka ni taguduvi laivi na gaunisala ni rawa ilavo vei ira .E da na vakarau wilika ka vakarau rogoca na vosavosa ca kei na vosa sega ni vakaibalebale era na vakarau luaraka mai na sotia voli na nodra bula ena ilavo butakoci...sa so na mataqali tamata vakaloloma na nodra vakatulewa. Au vakabauta ena gauna oqo koya e tawa nona qavokavoka me sa kere vakacegu vakamalua ni se bera ni qai lewa na tani na nodra vakacegui....vinaka Korodrau, me vakalougataka na Kalou levu ko JIOVA na sasaga yaga ni turaga kei na marama e kauwaitaka na bula galala ni lewe ni vanua ko Viti...."power to the people'.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by tiko on November 17, 2009 at 8:55am: Ia dou bula vinaka, Alexander sega ni macala o vakasamataka tiko na ka o tukuna se vakamumuri tu ga vei iratou na lewe vica dou vosavosa tiko qo.....Waraka vakamalua ni na qai raica na veika e sa sasaga tiko kina na matanitu qo,ka mada ga keimami raica rawa tiko qo sa sega ni dua na matanitu e sivia na matanitu qo e na veika sa vakayacori tiko e na vanua....Kevaka o via vakadinadinataka gole mai.....kua kodrokodro i ra mo tikoga mai keri .......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike on November 17, 2009 at 9:16am: Tiko,

Vakacava mo vakamacalataka mada mai na ka o vakadinadinataka tiko qori? Sa tolu tale mai qo na yabaki a cava tale me waraki, me sa baqeravu na matanitu ena kemuni sau na sotia?

Tovolea mo bau wilika na veika e tukuna tiko kei na veicalati ni nona vakasama, se o sa vakadonua tu ga baleta ni rawa tiko kina na kemu i sau ni madrai? NI se bera ni o mai veidusi bau raici koya madaga na tamata veilecayaki okoya o ni vakamuria tiko qori.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by tiko on November 17, 2009 at 9:35am: Mike,
Sega ni saumi yau tiko o koya se na mataivalu meu vakadodonu taki iko, keimami sa raica tiko na lewe i viti na veivakatorocaketaki sa yaco tu qo e na noda vanua tekivu sara ga mai e na loma ni vanua qai yaco mai na koro lelevu ni cakacaka. Veika e tukuni vei Alexander na tukuni talega vei iko keo kawai kina gole mai viti mai raica i matamu na dina kua na vosavosa vakalialia tiko mai Niu Siladi na vanua o tiko mai kina qori.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike on November 17, 2009 at 9:47am: Bula vinaka Tiko,

Au tikoqo i NZ. Au kera tiko gona yani vei iko mo vakamacalataka mai na veivakatorocaketaki koya e tukuna tiko mai qori. Kevaka e sa vaqori na levu ni ka vinaka e cakava tiko na cava ga ese vaqara dinau wavoki tale tiko kina? Na cava beka na vuna era sa vakacegui kina na tamata cakacaka, cava na vuna esa toso cake tu ga kina nai sau ni yaya qai toso sobu nai sau e kau tiko i vale? Keimami kauwai tiko yani ena vukui Viti nimataka vei ira na wekai keimami kei na neimami kawa mai muri. Okoya o tokona tiko qori e laurai tikoga vei koya na nona leqataka tikoga na ka me tawa kina na nona taga. Ke o via rogoca na vosa vosa vakalialia yalo vinaka rogoca mada na interview nei ratu suguraki ena siga tabu se qai oti ga qo.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Iceman on November 17, 2009 at 10:04am: Tiko,

Rawa ni o in detail taka mada mai na veivakatorocake qori..Qori me vaka beka na wavu, gaunisala beka....For your info that is the main core function of any government whether it is legal or illegal. Na ka e qai mai cakava tiko qori na matanitu vakaivalu qo e ratou muria vinaka sara tu ga mai na i tuvatuva e a sa vakakotora oti tu mai na matanitu ka vuaviri taki...Sega ni ra mataboko na lewe ni vanua boy....Na ka e vinakati tiko me vakalesui tale mai na veiliutaki galala..; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by STEE on November 17, 2009 at 10:12am: Mike, kei Iceman, Qori..baci dua tale vei ratou na i lala ulu lala, vamumuri waca ena tawa ni taga.. Nanuma beka o koya me viavia varerevaki tu mai va ya na kena i taba me rawa ni carry weight kina na ka e via tukuna, Qori mataqali vata ga o Coboi. Qai ra vosa ga mai sa da kila vinaka sara tu ga yani na i vakatagedegede ni ka e tawa toka e cake.

@ Tiko...Qo sa sega ni gauna me vagalui tu kina e dua na kawa tamata. Kevaka e donu tu ya vei iko, ia e cala vei keimami, ka cala tale ga e vuravura raraba. Me cava me qai kedra yaga na luvei Viti era sa lai vakoroi mai, ka toso cake sara na ka e ra lai vulica mai, me ra qai mai vagalui tu vei so na tamata viavialevu, ulu lala, ka vakadonui koya ga vakataki koya me vakataki kemudrau kei Bainimarama..?

Da raica tale mada na ka o tukuna toka e cake..

"ka mada ga keimami raica rawa tiko qo sa sega ni dua na matanitu e sivia na matanitu qo e na veika sa vakayacori tiko e na vanua."

Sa dina sara qori.
---Sega vakadua ni dua na matanitu sa oti me vakatubuya tu vaqori na kemuni i sau na cola dakai vakai ukuuku e caka tiko qori mai Nakeba, me sa lai siviti ira sara tu na cakacaka vakamatanitu ka ra vakoroi...

--- Sega ni dua na matanitu me sogota tu va qori na media, me rawa ni kaburaki walega ki na lewe ni vanua na veika ga me vakacerecerei ga kina na nomudou matanitu. Dou na rogoca vakacava na kudru ni lewe ni vanua ni ra sa vakareirei ka laki vakacicivi tiko ki na keba..? Na cava dou rerevaka tiko ni tu vei kemudou na i dakai..?

---Sega ni dua na matanitu me siviti kemudou ena nodra vakasakei mai na kena dau ni cakacaka, me ra laki veisosomitaki yani e so na ulu lala mai na keba.

---Sega ni dua na matanitu e vakacegui ira na dodonu me ra se veiqaravi tu me baleta na bula raraba, ka qai vakacakacakataki ira tiko ga na nomudou (55yrs and over) koya e sega tu na betedra.

---Se sega vakadua ni dua na matanitu e tarova na Koniferedi ni lotu Wesele, me rawa ni usumaki ga mai kina na lotu ko dou vinakata..

---Sega ni dua na matanitu me siviti kemudou ena nodra kalawaci na noda vei Turaga kei na Marama Bale ni noda vanua lomani..

Ko sa dina sara Tiko..E sega ni dua na matanitu me sivita na matanitu qo, ena lolovira ni nomudou veiliutaki..; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Loruama Tawawili on November 17, 2009 at 8:35am: A Tabs I am still trying to figure out when and where did NZ and Aust pressure Fiji ands for what? The move to retyurn Fiji to democracy asap was a collective understanding at the Forum meeting in Nukualofa and when Bainimarama reneged on his promised dates of election Aust. and NZ placed travel bans on the illegal govt of Fiji. This was not a move to pressure Fiji , it was done as a consequence of the coup. Bainimarama has forgotten that he has no say in what New Zealand and Aust. do.Instead of blaming NZ and Aust for Fiji's demise Bainimarama had better look at himself and the way he is running Fiji to the grounds. Australia and New Zealand are highly developed countries in every sense of the word whereas Fiji is a 3rd world struggling country on the verge of disentigration under the dictatorship of the illeterate Voreqe Bainimarama.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on November 17, 2009 at 9:09am: Commonwealth News and Information Service (London)

Secretary-General Briefed On Migration Commission
17 November 2009

The worldwide flow of millions of people crossing borders to seek better lives have brought the issue of migration to the forefront of international concern and a Commonwealth organisation has now signalled its intention to bring a Commonwealth perspective to this issue.

This was the message to Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma when former Jamaican Prime Minister Percival Patterson called at Marlborough House to brief him about the activities of the Ramphal Centre.

The Ramphal Centre was launched in 2008 to operate as an independent intellectual hub to bring Commonwealth-wide expertise to assist policy-making for its 53 member states. The Centre's first initiative is a Commission on Migration and Development and it is led by Mr Patterson.

This initiative meets the challenge posed by the Secretary-General who said recently that those who support the idea of the Commonwealth must find ways in which its collective wisdom can be translated into action to benefit the global community.

In late October, Mr Patterson presided over a meeting at Warwick University to decide the terms of reference for the Commission, which is expected to meet regularly over the next two years and produce a report to coincide with the meeting of Commonwealth leaders in 2011.

Commonwealth member states are historically among the world's leading receivers and exporters of migrant workers. Half of the 16 key Commonwealth countries which have high migration figures are small states and several of them have lost 10 per cent of their population to migration - Guyana, Fiji, Grenada, Tonga, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. The Commission will therefore focus on those aspects which are of particular interest to member states and to their development strategies, considering such relevant issues as climate change, the impact of the global recession, the roles of the diaspora, remittances, as well as the restrictions on migration.

The Commission will pay particular attention to the wide-ranging work on migration that has already been undertaken by the Commonwealth and other bodies. The latest such study was the recently launched UN Human Development Report 2009 which states that among people who have moved over national borders just over a third -fewer than 70 million-moved from a developing to a developed country. Of the world's 200 million international migrants, most moved from one developing country to another or between developed countries.

The lack of data on migration will also be addressed by the Commission and it will encourage member states to improve their collection of data and information on migration. But most of all it will build on the Commonwealth's capacity for advocacy at the international level, its experience in the movement of peoples and its ability to turn ideas into practical solutions. It intends to work closely with inter-Governmental Commonwealth institutions as well as with the civil society organisations engaged in development activities.

The consultation at Warwick University was attended by Commission member Mr Farrooq Sobhan, former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and Director of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. Two other Commissioners, the Hon George Vassilliou, former President of Cyprus and Professor Brenda Yeoh of the Department of Geography at the University of Singapore and co-principal of the Asian Metacentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis.

Representatives from the United Nations, the IMF, the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) based in Geneva, Oxfam International, the United Kingdom Department of International Development, the Commonwealth Secretariat and Foundation were among the participants.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike on November 17, 2009 at 10:01am: Fiji’s ECREA expected to urge regime to offer widespread stake in forum

Posted at 09:08 on 17 November, 2009 UTC

Fiji’s Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy is likely to urge the interim administration to encourage widespread involvement in an upcoming forum on the nation’s future.

The Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office says the National Dialogue for Fiji’s Future will build on the issues raised by the People’s Charter.

Lieutenant Colonel Pio Tikoduadua says individuals and community leaders have been invited to submit an application to attend.

ECREA’s Director, Chantelle Khan, says she does understand it can be very diffiuclt to make progress in discussions when sectors stick to their individual agendas.

But, Ms Khan says ECREA has learnt lessons about the importance of diverse opinion from it’s involvement in the people’s charter:

“So going to those meetings as part of the working group was a very interesting experience because around the table you had like minded thinkers and while that was good you also wanted a little bit of opposition to some of the ideas just to make the thinking even better.”
Ms Khan says ECREA supports sustained dialogue and will soon consider applying for next year’s forum

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Permalink Reply by Mike on November 17, 2009 at 10:03am: Fiji interim Government says new dialogue will be wide ranging but exclude politicians

Posted at 04:07 on 17 November, 2009 UTC

The Permanent Secretary in Fiji’s Prime Minister’s Office says the latest dialogue to be announced in Fiji is aimed at building on the issues raised by the People’s Charter.

Lieutenant Colonel Pio Tikoduadua says individuals and community leaders have been invited to submit an application to attend but no specific topics or a timetable have been arranged:

“The Forum really has no agenda, the discussions are expected to be wide ranging and inclusive and we’ve not really set ourselves a boundary in terms of what we are ging to talk about but we saying there is a lot of things that have come up through the charter, constitutional reform, electoral reform, reform of our traditional institutions, reform of the public service, issues to do with the economy so it’s really anything and everything that is to do with Fiji and how to move forward from today given what we already have.”
Lieutenant Colonel Tikoduadua has confirmed that political parties will not be involved in this forum, saying it is for the people of Fiji, and civil society.

But he says the interim government is not closing any doors and wants to encourage discussion consistent with the principles of the People’s Charter.

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