Letters To The Editors, 16th, May, 2018

Who are they?

Timoci Gaunavinaka, Waila, Nausori

I find Sitiveni Rabuka’s comments that the FijiFirst Government is giving too many handouts to the common people of Fiji to be very hypocritical.

According to reports by the Review Maga­zine, a late paramount chief close to Rabu­ka took several million dollars from the Na­tional Bank of Fiji without paying it back.

The loan was approved by a bank manager Rabuka hand-picked.

Many elites and prominent people’s names were in the Review Magazine list of NBF bad debtors under Rabuka’s leadership.

Now Rabuka wants to criticise the current Government for providing much-needed assistance to our people who suffered from cyclones and floods and the various sectors of our population who are marginalised.

Yet he remained quiet and saw no wrong when a few elites “looted” our National Bank under his watch.

There are hundreds of inmates serving jail terms right now for stealing less than $1000 each.

Each of their families is today suffering the consequences of their actions.

Yet the NBF collapse cost more than $350 million and no one went to prison for it.

Some of the culprits who caused that are living a happy and luxurious life today courtesy of Rabuka’s governance while we the taxpayers are now still paying for their debts.

Who are they and what are we?

FijiFirst is a Government by the people (through a landslide victory in 2014) for the people (via Government assistance and good governance).

Anything

John Brown, Drasa, Vitogo, Lautoka

The Speaker said in Parliament that MPs can say anything in Parliament.

Please can she define the meaning of any­thing?

Rabuka speaks to God

Dharmendra Kumar, Suva

Interesting to hear that Mr Rabuka claims in his books that he spoke to God before the military coups of 1987.

Sir, can you please share with the Fijian people what God spoke to you about in de­tail?

One thing is for sure God will not contra­dict his word (Bible), hence it’s important to differentiate the good and evil spirits.

“For there is no respect of persons with God” - Romans 2:11.

Same overalls

Sukha Singh, Labasa

I met the EFL Labasa boss and his boys at a funeral at Qelewaqa, Labasa.

I saw the boys wearing the same old FEA overalls and asked the boss where the new overalls were. One of the boys answered on behalf of the boss, “You can't get every­thing in one day”.

I would like to direct this question to the EFL board because very soon I will be a shareholder of EFL.

Needs and wants

Spencer Robinson, Suva

Someone special once told me with con­fidence that, “no matter what happens in life, you must be thankful with whatever you have”.

In this day and age, the cost of living is protruding unimaginably and sometimes not consistent with our pay packets we re­ceive on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.

The other day I asked my colleague about this statement and surely he shared similar sentiment, but in a more abrupt manner.

I laughed at his comments.

Regardless, in these kinds of difficult moments it is essential to differentiate be­tween our “needs” and “wants”.

When writing our shopping list we must ask this question again and again, “do I re­ally need this stuff?”

Often times when doing the actual shop­ping we tend to slot into our trolley items that never existed in the original shopping list.

That’s normal for any customer, but must be controlled given the hard times and the high cost of living.

All in all, we must remember to appreciate what we have, be it small or big and always have a passion to help our fellow Fijians in one way or the other. Have a blessed week and take care.

Good times ahead

Vili Yaranamua, Nadi

North Korea is on the verge of disman­tling its nuclear bomb test site sometime this month.

My pocket size dictionary says that dis­mantle means to “'take to pieces”.

The two heavyweights Trump and Kim will hold talks in Singapore on June 12.

This will be a historic summit meeting ever and they will be seeing each other.

It all started during the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February this year,when Kim Yo Jong the sister of North Korean leader visited South Korea for the games and opened the door for more dialogue between North Korea, South Korea, China and the United States of America.

As in my previous letters I always believe that sport can resolve international dis­putes and unite nations around the world under a common cause.

Simplicity

Wise Muavono, Balawa, Lautoka

Most people often underestimate the pow­er of simplicity.

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