electoral reforms gdev - thats exactly what the President Fourm is now working towards. once they get that sorted out (and they can't do it without
proper statistics being done i.e a census) we then start to structure a new electoral framework - allocation of seats, how many seats, constitutiencies,
contitutuency boundaries - these are all necessary prerequisites to having an election.
and with the Constitutuion now abrogated, there is is no possibility of elections - those rules have to be written.
its a process that has to be done properly - it took 8 years to get the 1997 Constitution done.
don't worry gdev - the economy is not being destroyed. Fiji will not sink from this thing - we are not Zimbabwe. Australia and New Zealand can mount their
sanctions and that would be unfortunate - but Fiji will have to go its own way - now that the way forward is CLEAR and the political issues are CLEARLY
determined we can go back to Beijing and put it very clearly that FB's government is the government of the Fiji islands - stability is no longer an issue
there because there are no more legal wrnaglings to deal with - and there is no instability.
the only guys talking here are the Kiwi's and Aussies - China hasn't spoken and neither has India nor any of the ASEAN countries. they understand
our situation because they have been through similar upheavels throughout their history. its not new. we will have to revitalise and strengthen ties with
Malaysia and Singapore - they are the big investors in this country at the moment. the Singaporeans own Denarau - whilst the Malaysians own the Carpenters
group.
the only people who are saying this process is illegal are those who had affiliations with the SDL - guys who got jobs from the SDL - but thats to be expected
- the rest of Fiji, on the other hand, are carrying on withtheir lives - paying their FNPF, paying their taxes, going to work, observing the laws, maintaing
the peace - the rule of law is intact - society is functioning as normal. people are carrying on with their day to day lives.
if the Aussies and Kiwi's don't want to work with Fiji towards these reforms then that is unfortunate -but its not going to stop Fiji from having those
reforms.
