It's Spreading......

Ni sa Bula,

Today saw the second lightning strike in two weeks. After the Post Fiji workers went on strike, and managed to get the Chairman of the Post Fiji Board Mahendra Patel to resign (whether he went willing or was forced to capitulate is a hot topic of debate around the country), the students of the Fiji Advanced College of Education went on strike today, pushing for the removal of 4 members of the staff, including both the Principal and the Vice-Principal. The greviences presented were the budget cuts which had our future teachers subsisting on fried rice, tamarind and dhal. The President of the Student actually lamented the removal of meat, and Sunday lovo from the menu. The student teachers returned to class after Ministry of Education officials promised to investigate the allegations made by the students.

The unions are still on the warpath...so much so that the Head junta-man made a rare appearance on television today. He spouted propaganda and "appealed to the unions not to destablise the progress of the last few months." Like this is not destablising.....

The unions are not budging. So we are in for another showdown. The fact that Bainimarama has to appeal to the dissenters is a change in tone for this regime. It seems even they are aware of the power of the people, and that united, they can overwhelm even the the goons in green. The way they act around the islands, you'd think they weren't afraid of anything without a gun.

This is the power I am asking all of you to tap into. Sign up, stand up and speak up. If we are silent, who will be to blame for the hardships that we will face in the future? We will. The Civil Service is now asked to take a 5% paycut. The tourism industry is still haemorraging workers, dollars and tourists bookings and there is still no bottoming out in sight yet. The aid dollars are on hold, like the investigations into the deaths of Verebasaga, and Rabaka. Talking of things on hold, the investigations into Bainimarama, his brother-in-law Francis Kean, Nasir Ali ( on allegations of embezzling funds from the Fiji Police Credit Union) and a whole host of junta-sympathysiers are now subject to the infamous malua fever that also infects us after that Sunday lunch of fish in lolo ( sa jiji nomu weli).....

It's heartening to see more of you speaking out against this regime.

There is no justifaction for a coup.... Repeat after me....
There is no justifaction for a coup.... Repeat after me....
There is no justifaction for a coup.... Repeat after me....
There is no justifaction for a coup.... Repeat after me....

God Bless Fiji
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