He was angry after Khaiyum unceremoniously sacked his daughter from Information Ministry and prevented Bainimarama from attending the launching of his son Meli's IT company, prompting Bainimarama to lash out at Khaiyum's children. As a father he felt he was being told to be indifferent to his children and their career and business ambitions

LIKELY TO WIPE THE SMILE OFF THE FACE OF THE "KING OF FIJI"

Inia Seruiratu: Bainimarama's choice as next Prime Minister of Fiji

He is also charged with criminal trespass and threatening with weapon. Our sources say he will be presented before the court on Wednesday

Fijileaks: Despite his own confession into the hacking of Fijileaks and he recently provided further evidence of Ashneel Sudhakar and others roles in the hacking, Fiji Police are yet to charge any of the hackers still in Fiji

VERBAL FRACAS: This week SODELPA's Anare Jale and Jale Baba indulged in unsavoury spectacle, exchanging bitter war of wards during a meeting of opposition political parties on ATS strike, with Baba storming out of the meeting in anger. Its the latest humiliating bitter feud gripping SODELPA in recent months

"I'd like to leave you with our Party Leader's favourite words:

"Just Do the Right Things, with Malice Towards None"

"Kitaka ga na Ka Dodonu, kakua ni lomacataka e dua na tamata"

Hindhi (Bimal is working on this>"

Adi Litia Qionibaravi's e-mail, Friday 29 December 2017

UPDATE ON ASHWIN RAJ: He is now trying to get the Chair of the Human Rights Commission, Justice Ajmeer, removed because the Commissioners have accused Raj of gross abuse of office. The charges include alleged vehicle, office funds, and complaints data abuses

From Fijileaks Archive:

A day later after her Lasulasu
OPERATION KIDACALA:
RABUKA'S 30th Candidate IS....Lynda Tabuya

[Sitiveni] Rabuka says the newly chosen SODELPA Vice President Vijay Singh and Lynda Tabuya have personally accepted the challenge in resigning from PDP and joining SODELPA.  Former PDP Leader Lynda Tabuya says they are glad to unite with SODELPA to fight the 2018 general elections. Tabuya says they needed to rethink their strategies moving forward. She says pre‑elections coalitions is just not legally possible in the current election system. Tabuya says they have chosen to join SODELPA because their policies are similar:
Fijivillage, 9 December 2017   
Fijileaks: Questions to Lynda Tabuya and Vijay Singh:
1) Have you two resigned from the PDP?
2) If so, when did you resign?
3) Who accepted your resignations?
4) Who is temporarily in charge of PDP?
5) When did you join SODELPA?
6) Tabuya, when did you apply to be CANDIDATE? When were you (if at all) interviewed by the SODELPA SELECTION COMMITTEE? Right up to 8 December, and a day before the announcement of candidates, you were insisting that you were not a member of SODELPA. You claimed you were still leader of PDP in talks with SODELPA. But on 9 December Rabuka claimed you had resigned from PDP and have joined SODELPA, with Singh appointed as a VP for SODELPA?
7) Why should there be a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) if you two have resigned from PDP and joined SODELPA. A MOU is a document that expresses mutual accord on an issue between two or more parties. MOUs are generally recognized as binding, even if no legal claim could be based on the rights
7) On what grounds did the PDP Management Board, to use your own statements, grant you authority to sign a MOU with Sitiveni Rabuka? Come off, its like a Board of Trustees granting former Directors the powers to sign off multi-million dollar deals? Who are you two fooling? Or are you two surrounded by FOOLS in PDP and SODELPA?
9) If you two have resigned and joined SODELPA, why the hell should you two be exempt from the rules and regulations of SODELPA Party Constitution?
8) Vijay Singh, you have become a VICE-PRESIDENT of SODELPA, so what is this garbage MOU that you have signed with Rabuka, allegedly at the behest of the PDP Management Board? Have you merged PDP into SODELPA?
10) Have you two informed of your departure to the Supervisor of Elections?
We call on the Election Supervisor to look into the whole shenanigan?
PDP slogan was: REAL CHANGE. Now, you have changed political sides, you have no bloody right, power, or privilege to be signing an MOU with Rabuka.
You have to be treated as any SODELPA member, without any grace or favour
10) Lynda Tabuya, go and ask FLP leader Mahendra Chaudhry about MOUs with Sitiveni Rabuka. This man is the biggest liu muri in Fiji. Only an ignorant fool, devoid of history, will make a 'DEAL WITH THE DEVIL"

"If Shammi is an intending candidate of Fiji First party she should do the honourable thing and resign instead of using the publicly funded airwaves to raise her profile. The people are not “gullible” and see right through this shameless self-promotional marketing, using a similar approach of a former radio announcer of that same station who now sits in Parliament. Ashwin Raj, on the other hand continues to over-extend himself both as the Director of Human Rights and Chair of the Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA). Obviously he confuses himself on which hat he wears on any given day because if he was thinking rationally, instead of using publicly funded air-time to “campaign” on hate speech on social media, he should have exemplified balance and advocated for a wider spread of opinions with more studio guests as per Schedule 1 Media Code of Ethics and Practice, of his OWN enabling MIDA Decree. Even as the Human Rights Director he of all people should be the first to promote balanced dialogue, instead of hogging the airwaves to promote a skewed worldview on "deliberative democracy"."

Section 15 outlines the resignation process of persons before they join other political parties or take up executive positions in other parties. SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka, general secretary Adi Litia Qionibaravi and party president Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu breached Section 15 when they welcomed Tabuya and Singh into SODELPA at the Special General Meeting on 9 December. Rabuka, Naiqama and Qionibaravi could also be cited under Section 19 of the Decree, in assisting in the commissioning of a breach of the decree which can lead to de-registration of a political party. It beggars belief that neither the motormouth SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula nor lawyer Qionibaravi read the Political Parties Decree to Rabuka before his reckless and illegal decision. We wonder if Rabuka had deliberately infiltrated SODELPA to help close it down for the political benefit of FFP? We checked with the Fiji Elections Office and Tabuya and Singh were still with PDP while at the same time they were politically sleeping in bed with Rabuka. So SODELPA has breached S15

We have no doubt Rabuka will revert to picking up bottles
at the Suva sea wall as the sun sets on SODELPA

Fijileaks: Doesn't he have enough work to wrap himself up at FBC? He should resign as chairman of ATS, and account for the mess up at FBC 

BROTHER'S KEEPER: Riyaz Sayed Khaiyum has no right to demand anything from ATS staff. Both his appointments at FBC and ATS smacks of gross nepotism. Aiyaz Khaiyum did this with ABDUL KHAN, appointing him as Chair of the Board and CEO of FSC. And one can see what Khan did to the FSC and the sugarcane farmers. Yet Khan is not accountable. He walked away with $800,00 a year salary and FICAC is yet to take him into custody for alleged fraud at the Fiji Sugar Corporation

From Coupfourpointfive Archive, July 1, 2012 by VICTOR LAL
"It was only a matter of time before others unmasked their coup faces. One of them was Riyaz Sayed Khaiyum, the brother of Aiyaz. Long before his name was announced as the new CEO of the Fiji Broadcasting Commission, a journalist colleague of his on TVNZ’s Down Under had tipped me off that Riyaz was planning to return to Fiji for “top FBC job – nepotism bro!”, with me quipping, “I liked his style on Fiji TV Close Up”. His NZ journo colleague retorted: “He will sacrifice all to become mouthpiece of the illegal lot, bro – his brother is getting him the FBC job”. He was stating the bleeding obvious that in the near future Riyaz would become his “brother’s news keeper”."

The FBC’s official website had jumped the gun and had announced Riyaz’s appointment before the Board made a formal announcement. An unhappy David Whippy told the media: “The problem is that the Prime Minister's office has changed the conditions and we were not told about the announcement. We need to tell the applicant about this significant development as he may not accept the conditions in its present form." Whippy said the package was slightly lower than the one which former chief executive Francis Herman received before he resigned in June of that year.
He said it was a bad idea that government companies competing in the commercial market were aligned to a permanent secretary as emoluments that attract the right candidate who could achieve the company's objectives needed to fill in the vacancy. Riyaz and and former radio executive and media sales manager Esava Cakau had been shortlisted for the CEO position.
Regime lackey Parmesh Chand covers appointment
Parmesh Chand said Riyaz was recommended by the Board and endorsed by Bainimarama. “The advertising, short-listing, interviews and recommendation of appointment of a suitable candidate are all made by the board (FBCL). They are, with the support of the Public Enterprise Minister, submitted to the Prime Minister for endorsement,” Chand said. He said matters such as a conflict of interest were non issues as far as the office of the interim Prime Minister was concerned. Basically, the law of the dictator ruled supreme in post-coup Fiji.
The big brother Aiyaz passed any questions to the FBC Board saying the appointment of any person in a government statutory body was done by the appropriate authority. “As such, queries regarding the procedures followed in the appointments should be directed to the appropriate authority. In this case, questions regarding the appointment of Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum should be addressed to the board of FBCL.”

“Good Morning, Fiji-Welcome to The Khaiyum Airwaves”:
What’s new: Fijiwood blockbuster featuring the Khaiyums, and directed by Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum.
Clip 52: Television (Amendment) Decree 52 of 2012
http://www.coupfourandahalf.com/2012/07/khaiyums-22million-bank-loan-to-set-up.html

http://fijivillage.com/news/Parvez-Akbar-appointed-as-new-CEO-of-the-ACCF-k259sr/

FRANK BAINIMARAMA has totally abandoned his role to lead the nation, with Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum now directing the fate and lives of Fijians