tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745785272753572871.post5348426047733025889..comments2023-11-01T04:14:15.636+12:00Comments on Intelligentsiya: Opinion: Just another coup being plotted in Fiji... againChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01291952121795963341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745785272753572871.post-79103384495015825672011-06-21T10:20:01.635+12:002011-06-21T10:20:01.635+12:00Sorry Mr Mara but Field speaks directly to the nig...Sorry Mr Mara but Field speaks directly to the niggling reality at the back of our minds.<br /><br />There is a major trust deficiency here on your part and the joint responses by both yourself and Messrs Baledrokadroka reek of pontification and self-aggrandisement was totally the wrong tact. It spoke to the point where you think you have a right to lead us. You do not. Remember that as you go around profiling your self-promoted 10-point plan.<br /><br />So. Git to it. Convince Us. The people of Fiji don't owe you anything. You owe them. Big Time.Keep The Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067658546911329135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745785272753572871.post-41884822585865558852011-06-20T20:40:14.831+12:002011-06-20T20:40:14.831+12:00"Michael Field is a journalist who likes to w..."Michael Field is a journalist who likes to watch and report sensationally on situations and not solve them. He is right if the Pro Democracy movement is successful then we will have a change of Government in Fiji. If he wants to call that a coup then so be it.<br /><br />My aim is to achieve regime change without violence. We will make it happen by isolating the regime Internationally, Regionally and within Fiji Itself. We have already made great strides and as the people of Fiji know I am already talking to regional leaders. When I go to New Zealand I will be meeting with government officials. I am also currently talking to a number of Ambassadors and High Commissioners here in Canberra. Everywhere I have gone I have been given a warm and understanding reception.<br /><br />As I said at the Pro Democracy Forum we must achieve this change without violence. I know we can put pressure on the regime by mass peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience. The steps I am taking now are about giving confidence and hope to the people of Fiji so that when someone makes a stand against the regime, the people will stand alongside them. <br /><br />I have said many times and I will repeat. I will not take part in the Government that follows the fall of the Bainimarama regime. Before I can move forwards I need to stand before the people of Fiji and answer for my part in 2006.<br /><br />If Michael Field thinks I am just another colonel trying to grab power nothing I say now will change his opinion. But Michael when this is over and I am not part of the government and I have answered to the people of Fiji I will expect an apology."Ratu Tevita Maranoreply@blogger.com