Rebuttals

We were incredibly proud of our PM when he gave his speech to the military. His words carry strength, vision and give us the hope that good things are on their way. Despite the efforts of the RFN and SV bloggers (who seem to be always blogging about mundane issues) to once again tell lies to the world about the election dates and their extremely foolish attempts to portray us as Islamic terrorists, we remain undeterred. The PM's speech has given us the courage to say what we wish to say because we feel the truth must be heard.

On the issue of Rex Gardner, the matter is now closed and we would like the public to know that this issue will not be allowed to be used as a martyr. Gardner's actions of malicious intent were well noted and the fact that he admitted to a criminal offence add weight to the reasons for his removal. We will standby that decision and this will not be reversed.

Coming back to the issue of the Methodist Cult, we note that while the RFN site spent a great deal of time pillow blasting the group, it failed to remember that only two or three blogs before that, it was kissing the feet of their leaders of the group. The inability of the RFN arse-kissers to grasp the subtle messages behind our blog on serves to reinforce the fact that they are merely empty vessels which choose to makes noises in order to be attract unnecessary attention. Again, the RFN bloggers chose to make the articles written by us one which tries to strike racial overtones. We disagree strongly and at no point do we insinuate such a concept. Our article is written based on facts and figures - we all know the majority of the people affected were Fijians who just so happened to be Fijians. Why deny that? Here, the RFN and SV bloggers continually harp about their ethnic identity but refuse to allow a distinction to be made where they fall in bad light. We believe that the Fiji community needs greater support in this tragedy as many have lost their entire farming crops which were used to feed entire families and villages. Do not be stupid, RFN and SV bloggers. We see through your muslin thin treacherous acts and will not fall prey to them.

The announcement of the 2010 elections will not be made at the PIF. We will make an announcement when we want to and the PIF is certainly not the forum for such an announcement. This is a matter which concerns our people and has nothing to do with the people of other countries. Just because we dont have elections this year the people of all the other countries will not die of shock. We are certain they respect our sovereignty and will allow us to do what is necessary to ensure a free and fair election. The constitution will certainly need to be amended to ensure that gutter-snakes such as Qarase and his band of robbers will never return. The PM has already stressed this point clearly: Qarase is never coming back and if the people want to continue living under military rule (which is the best thing that has happened for this country), then vote Qarase - he will never enter his office nor will he be allowed to execute any decisions. We cannot allow the SDL to take us down the same horrific path it did in the past and we will recover from another coup but we cannot survive with the SDL govt.

The RFN and SV bloggers need to understand that we will not be allowing any elections until the constitution is changed to ensure that those promoting racial hatred or people who commit acts of a racially biased nature are sacked from office by the President who will be the supreme executive of the govt. of the Fiji Islands, as is the case now. The Qarase govt. made attempts to nullify the President's powers and usurp those powers for themselves to make more executive decisions. They were stopped in time and the nation tethered back and forth on the brink of collapse. We restructured and weeded out corrupt practices. We ensured that all those who got jobs in the civil service based on favoritism were thrown out and never allowed to return. Our work has been massive and resulted in a more efficient and controlled management of finances which were previously lacking. We have done a lot and proven to the people of this nation that under our leadership, they prosper more then they did in the past. Certainly, with the global crisis, our lives may be somewhat stretched but we are comfortable knowing that wretched bills such as the Qoliqoli and RTU will never see the light of day. This is our response to the first question they have posed to the members of this blog.

We choose to use this blog as a medium for communicating our views and letting the world know the unbiased and unedited truth. Our opinion is that the media in Fiji have long been pawns of the govt. of the day. We believe that their interests are generally in line with the govt. so long as the govt. continues to give them advertizing mileage and other financial perks. This govt. recognized that the media in Fiji are not independent. The journalists who report stories have long compromised their positions and taken political allegiances with various parties. People such as Anish Chand, the teletubby of Close Up is a well known NFP supporter. We are fully aware that his questions are prepared by the NFP team and we know that they are geared towards embarassing the position of any govt. member who attends the show as a guest. We also know that people such as Netani Rika are staunch SDL supporters who use their powers to write any article in favor of the SDL and discriminate the current govt. We are aware of many other reporters and media outlets who have benefitted from the past govts. financially and reputably. This is perhaps the crux of the matter. This govt. will not allow the media to abuse the power of media freedom and it has been long establised that media freedom does not give the media the power to report what they want. Where restraint needs to be used, it should be done and the foremost thought in any journalists mind when reporting on something is to ensure that the report does not cause any form of instability.

Fiji's journalists are low ranking journalists by international standards. Their reports lack accuracy and quality. Most of the reports published are done with a slanted view and the whole article will generally tell the people what the journalist thinks is right instead of what the truth is. We think that the media will need to be more careful and operate like any other sector - with restraint and moderation. We cannot allow the media to continue assuming they are god and can say or do what they want. Media freedom exists in Fiji but just like any other country, it is governed by the laws and policies of that country. If the media in Fiji are unable to regulate themselves as they have so rightly demonstrated over the years, then people such as Daryll Tarte need to consider alternative career options or get out of Fiji because their slanted views will not be tolerated.

The media should learn to accept that their days of flaunting the govt. and running amok with wild, unsubstantiated stories is over - this govt. will come down hard on the media if it fails to uphold the principles on which journalism was built: truth

This was our response to the second question posed by the foolish bloggers of RFN. These matters are now closed and will not be discussed further.

We continue to ask the RFN and SV bloggers to see the light of day and join us in our quest to take the country forward - your own people are asking you for help. Will you continue to spurn them with contempt?