The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, who last November told John Campbell of New Zealand’s TV3 that he “had much to learn about good manners” this week displayed a more relaxed a attitude to the media. He suggested that the current storm-in-a-teacup between Fiji and Tonga was a result of global warming. Asked for comment, the Prime Minister Read more
Why did Mara flee? Ratu Tevita Mara himself said he fled because he had witnessed from the inside how power had corrupted and how the main players had forgotten their original objectives. He has criticised Fiji’s attorney general, saying he is the real power behind a “morally and intellectually bankrupt” Commodore Bainimarama. Why did Mara flee? Crosbie Walsh says: Forget Read more
The Australian foreign policy establishment has been plunged into an agonising debate with the gradual realisation that Canberra’s hardline approach to Fiji has failed. “The bipartisan consensus between Labor and the Coalition that the diplomatic cold shoulder and targeted sanctions would eventually bring the Bainimarama regime to heel has been shattered.” says Graham Davis. “Australia grossly Read more