Truth prevails
Truth changes people. That’s right. For a number of years Fijian members of the Canterbury Methodist Church in New South Wales, Australia shunned Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. But that has changed.
They now want him to visit them after they learned the truth. That transformation is being replicated right across the country here too.
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Stop it, don’t bore us
Some voters have invented a novel way of telling politicians they’ve had enough of what they are talking about in the election campaign meetings.
It first surfaced recently in Labasa where a small group turned up at a political meeting conducted by a prominent politician.
Before the politician could complete his sentence, the group would applaud saying in other words “stop it don’t bore us.” It must have had some impact because the meeting did not run its full course.
Photo Delay
It all came down to photos. And it shows that politicians are not necessarily experts on photographs.
The voter instruction booklet packing was delayed because the photos submitted to the Fijian Elections Office by SODELPA were not very clear.
The printing of the voter instruction booklet was delayed by four hours as a result yesterday. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem said: “We hope that we are able to catch up because the printing will be done overnight.”
A Bau tikina feud?
They say when the people of Bau tikina fight among themselves it can be really messy. The drama at the opening of the Bau Central College on Wednesday went unnoticed by many in attendance. Those who know the politics that go behind the scene would have recognised what transpired. It’s the talk of the tikina (district) how Bau chief, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau, was seen sitting on the stage, then left in a car before Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama arrived.
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