Many Indo-Fijians support Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama's actions since he abolished Fiji's constitution, sacked its judges and shackled its press. They believe the longtime military leader's stated desire to abolish systemic racism and return Fiji to its pre-1987 status as a mostly harmonious nation.
I believe Bainimarama is a thuggish product of Fiji's military who's only interest in democracy extends to its ability to reward him and his cronies.
Yesterday Bainimarama again behaved like a belligerent child in a sandbox when he expelled the top diplomats of Australia and New Zealand's for undermining Fiji's judiciary. The claim is based on Bainimarama's desire to import hand-picked judges from Sri Lanka and travel restrictions placed on Fijian government officials by the governments of Australia and New Zealand, two countries that account for 60% of Fiji's tourism industry.
The Fiji Times, once a proud beacon of journalistic freedom, has only one story on Bainimarama's latest act of national suicide. It reads like a press release.
The wonderful people of the Fiji Islands are at the mercy of madmen.
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