Bainimarama's Brigadier Bulldog Bark's Warningly

Having seen this illegal lot of treasonous terrorists in action for a while, we can safely say that we've gotten to know their modus operandi.

So when Bainimarama's Brigadier Bulldog Pita Driti is unleashed to bark out his warnings, you know something's up.

At the beginning of the year, Driti is hell-bent on assuring someone/s on Fiji's stability. To the extent that he is brimming with positivity that everything is going according to plan, and they are apparently supported by a fictitious majority of the populace:

“It is clear that everything is now up to our expectations. As a member of the Military council and Interim government I know that majority of our citizens do agree with that – and there are only a few people who could term as adversaries - but I would discourage them from doing anything and I would like to tell them to keep low and try to cooperate with us in trying to maintain peace otherwise they will be in for something really hard in terms of how we will treat them this year.”

Fast-forward two weeks later and Brigadier Bulldog is now baring his teeth in addition to growling like the dog that he is:

“Be careful and keep still, if you are one of them this warning is for you,” he said.

“Let’s work together and move the country forward for the people of Fiji.”

He said the Government would not tolerate any activity that would cause instability in the country.

He said the Government was working hard to take the country forward and the people, especially church leaders, should hold hands with the leaders for a better Fiji.

He said under the emergency regulation Fiji’s military and security forces retained absolute control.

Now the majority of the populace coming out of Christmas and New Years celebrations would be right to scratch their heads in confusion and wonder what the hell brought this on.

But for those who know these idiots as being chiefs of subliminal warnings, the message and the guard-dog bearer of the message is addressing someone/s that obviously makes them all jittery.

Rabuka's cessation of pension is perhaps just a warning shot related to all that.

Teleni Say's Suva is Crime Free

...and for once we wholeheartedly agree with Teleni. Yes Sirree Suva is indeed Crime Free.

The reason why Suva is crime free is because all the major crims are illegally governing the nation, while the smaller crims are being given second chances, they will have access to cellular phone communications, they'll be inducted into the game of basketball or other sports, and be given priority access to land upon their release.

Hell Yes there's something wrong with this picture! It's so wrong that life as a crim might begin to look mighty enticing for many.

Fiji backs NZ into a corner

Now that Bainimarama and the Government of NZ are "buddy-buddy" again, Bainimarama wastes no time and backs them into a corner to test their sincerity by offering up Neumi Leweni, one of those privy to Bainimarama's inner circle, as a Counsellor.

Any of McCully's earlier diplomatic thoughts about re-establishing sincere relations despite the recent clamp-downs are nothing but a pipe-dream. If he doesn't know that Bainimarama only lives by the "us and them" psyche, he should now.

So while Bainimarama waits, so too does McCully.

But as far as many observers to this latest state of affairs go, Bainimarama will continue to insult NZ for their past transgressions against him. He does it to Qarase. He does it to the Methodists. He does it to the Media. He does it to the People. He does it to anyone who is not on his side. What makes NZ any different?

For Bainimarama's part, gaining access into NZ where his supporters abound (like Radio Tarana their mouthpiece in Aotearoa, the Fiji Club in NZ, the Thakurji etc) is the only way the military regime can regain acceptance in the Pacific Islands Forum region. The military regime can not claim similar support in Australia.

With his NZ cheering squad doing what they can publicly, Bainimarama needs to wake up and smell the coffee. For example, how many of his NZ supporters have actually taken advantage of his dual citizenship policy? How many of them have taken advantage of the current generous investment incentives? Not many we're guessing because putting your money where your mouth is is the surest signal of one's sincerity and motivations.

We will watch and wait in anticipation to see how the John Key's Administration will handle this one.

The Dreaming Continues

Once again as we head into 2010, the dream's of wealth to be gained envisioned by the treasonous elite squad of Voreqe Bainimarama's knows no bounds.

This time they try to revive an old Public Service Commission nightmare and are salivating over "what can be" from the rental market value of Government quarters in Suva.

Alas! If only Mr "wet-behind-the-ears-to-the-PSC" Parmesh Chand and his Chairman did some background checks before proposing this policy. If they had not forcefully retired those civil servants over 55, they could have been presented with counter advice by those in possession of institutional history going back to the 90's thereby saving them valuable time and energy.

As a consequence btw of the failed forced retirement policy, they now eat humble pie by offering selective contracts at the prerogative of the mostly militarily linked Permanent Secretaries thereby killing a 2009 dream of Govt savings of up 10% of GDP. And alas that failed dream only benefitted the Disciplined Forces (relatively speaking) in the 2010 budget and the military specifically as evident in their recent Christmas bonuses.

If Parmesh Chand had done his homework like any good CEO should, he would have realized that in the 90's, under the direction of then SVT Finance Minister Jim Ah Koy (yes he does tend to have political longevity this geezer and can always be counted on to put a deal together), the PSC had the same dream of earning major bucks from the proposed sale of Govt quarters -- mostly properties in the Nasese/Domain area.

Unfortunately someone forgot to check who actually owned the land and the conditions of the State Land which those Govt quarters sat on. That quickly ended that dream.

Parmesh Chand is now reviving that idea, but this time aims to rent out those properties at the market rate. Again one would automatically assume that the same input from the landowners is duly required.

Now attempting to raise funds from assets is all very well and good, but:

1. these assets do not wholly belong to the Government and the liberty to therefore sell or rent them out is not theirs; and
2. with the current stagnation of our real estate industry, the market rates they are expecting will not match the size of the pockets of the majority of those seeking housing, neither will the specifications of these residential properties match those who CAN afford it.

Much to our depression, their badly thought out dreams continue while the people of Fiji continue to live the nightmare that is these Treasonous Terrorists.