Not Charter, Not Electoral Reform, But The Law
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:26 pm

As a nation, we are now horribly diverted into debating what is in the Charter, electoral reforms before elections, or what may be the economic growth rates this year and the next. But the real
issue is: why have the Charter supporters developed collective amnesia about the treasonous over-throw more...

The People’s Charter For Change, Peace & Progress Is Not Good For Fiji.
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:25 pm

[Summary: This team has no doubt that the Charter will have some good elements. BUT given its origins and mode of enforcement, the Charter is not good for Fiji. Fiji cannot move forward by the
brute force of a military coup. The Charter supporters are simply more...

Costly Coups: No Catching Up
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:24 pm

Every group that has instigated a military coup in Fiji, has stated that they will return the economy to healthy growth. And yes, in the last year, there have been a few positive developments.
Duties have been reduced on a few essential items, helping everyone, including the poor. The more...

Into Uncharted Waters
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:22 pm

The Military Junta is in the process of creating a People’s Charter for Fiji. The Charter’s objectives (ending racism and corruption and ensuring good governance) are praiseworthy. And the
Charter has the support of eminent persons like Archbishop Mataca. But the eminent persons forget the hard lesson of the 2000 crisis that more...

The Financial Liability Of Tunnel Visions
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:21 pm

Continually repeating moral arguments, some political parties, religious organisations and normally law-abiding citizens may be leading Fiji’s tax-payers, down a financial nightmare. In December
2006, the military removed a democratically elected government, claiming vote-rigging, ethnic bias, and corruption. The Fiji Labour Party, the totally unsuccessful National Alliance Party, and some
individuals, joined more...

The Gcc Suspension: Not A Winding-up-order, But A “wake-up Call”
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:20 pm

[The Fiji Times, 28 July] One should not examine challenges to Fijian leadership in isolation. Fijian leadership has evolved in a historical context from colonial times to the present. And the
numerous crises over the last twenty years all point to a failure of leadership by all political forces in Fiji: more...

Poverty And Affirmative Action: Facts, Not Prejudices
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:19 pm

Who are the poorest in the country? Who are the largest groups of poor? How much “affirmative action” resources should government give to each group to close the “poverty gap?” In Fiji, these are
politically charged questions that are asked all the time. And politicians love more...

Recipe For Further Instability
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:16 pm

Behind the pieces of paper and the hundreds of thousands of words that embody the 1997 Constitution, is the very real and hard political relationships between ethnic communities and their political
parties. The pieces of paper and the words can be changed, and constitutions can be passed or abrogated. But the very more...

Method, Not Just The Cause: Our Need For Truth And Justice
Posted by Dr Wadan Narsey
Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:16 pm

The coups of 1987, 2000 and now 2006, have left our people deeply divided, with many changing legal sides. No government ever established a commission of inquiry into the events of 1987 and 2000.
Nor into our national financial disasters like the National Bank of Fiji, the 1998 more...

Tropical Depression In Viti Levu
Posted by Daulako
Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:25 pm

Yesterday afternoon after reading the news that there is a tropical depression moving towards Fiji from Vanuatu, I went home early to get ready for this. Bought candles and other basic stuff from the
shop, stored water, checked that all the shutters are working fine and also did cut down more...