pn816. Fiji: Graham Davis's very serious accusations against Khaiyum and Bainimarama

Graham Davis

Two extracts from his article that may be read in full by clicking here:

"Pieced together, it is an amazing tale of how the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, used the Prime Minister and the weight of his office to try to strongarm [Solicitor General] Sharvada Sharma into resigning for his alleged “misbehaviour” in presiding over the failure of the state case to remove the SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula, from the Parliament. According to multiple sources, Sharma was summoned to the office of the Prime Minister, where he was told by Frank Bainimarama that he had lost the trust of the AG and he wanted his resignation. When Sharma refused, it set in train a series of events

Khaiyum and Bainimarama

 that have not only compromised the PM and the AG and triggered a crisis of confidence in their leadership and judgment. The episode has also engulfed and compromised the Chief Justice, Kamal Kumar, and the outgoing president, Jioji Konrote, because their sacking of the SG without a hearing was in direct contravention of the 2013 Constitution.

"Make no mistake. Rather than strengthening our institutions to make them more resilient and allow for smooth transfers of power when the people decide a political party has run its course, Fiji under Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is more dictatorship than democracy – a parliament that is manipulated by the ruling party, opposition figures detained and released at will, institutions stacked with FijiFirst supporters and now blatant defiance of the Constitution, the supreme law. It is the Zimbabwe road - a journey into darkness and regression as a nation - and Bainimarama and Khaiyum are leading us all down that path."

My emphasis -- ACW

Read the whole article by clicking here. 

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