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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:23 |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:22 |
It’s not a surprise to anyone, but at least it’s official: the Reserve Bank of Fiji has predicted weaker economic growth this year. In its economic review for January 2012, the central bank says growth prospects are expected to be affected by a possible weakening in demand from Fiji’s trading partners. At least this news demonstrates the outright dishonesty of Bainimarama and Sayed-Khaiyum in their recent attempts to paint a rosy picture of Fiji’s economic outlook. As more and more of us now know, there’s very little that could ever be described as “rosy” when one is living under a repressive dictatorship.
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What do you say now Bole? |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:20 |
When the flood crisis was unfolding two weeks ago, the illegal Education Minister declared that he wanted evacuees out of ‘his’ schools before the weekend. Now other regime officials have told people they can’t go home until properties are fumigated to prevent dengue, diarrhoea and typhoid. And to think that Bole is one of the more competent clowns appointed by Frank!
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:17 |
As Fiji freedom blog, Raw Fiji News, notes, the adverse economic impact of the rain and floods is not limited to the short-term or seasonal damage and destruction to crops. It also has a long-term economic implication because it could force the illegal Bainimarama regime into more borrowings. That is, provided the dictator wants to repair the roads, bridges and other infrastructure affected by the floods. But if his future attitude is anything like the apathy he displayed when the current emergency became clear, he may not borrow anything at all and things will remain as they are – in total disarray.
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Cagituivei’s performance proves there is no roadmap |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 08:18 |
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Banimarama’s hand-picked consultations expert, Kisoko Cagituivei, has exposed just how shallow the Bainimarama regime’s talk of a roadmap is. He went to Valelevu and when the issue of settlements was raised, he claimed that settlers were all people who sold their land and moved to Suva, a stereotype that adds nothing to the discussion of a difficult problem. Then he claimed the regime can sort out titles for the people, but didn’t say how. After five years of promises, this is an insult to the intelligence of his audience. The road map has been talking about land and the squatter problem for five years but done nothing about it.
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