Chand: "I’m not riding on the roof, I’m not standing on the rooftop and making comments...it took him 56 days to free the hostages. And then he’s going around the nation telling that he is the saviour of the nation? What kind of a saviour? What kind of a leader is he? Why couldn’t he get rid of 7 CRW soldiers with an outsider and some people in the Parliament House, in a few days? Why does it take him 56 days? That’s a big question mark."
Fijileaks: We wonder if Chand or Khaiyum, for that matter, have seen the contents of "Father McEvoy Report" which detailed the atrocities committed against Indo-Fijians during the 2000 crisis?. The Report also covered Vanualevu including Seaqaqa, a cane growing area. Most Indo-Fijian victims accused Parmod Chand, "a bus company owner who owned farms in Seaqaqa of financing the rebels". Of course, we cannot establish the veracity of the claims. As for Professor Biman Prasad, he was no where to be seen with "Group 18" who (including Aiyaz Khaiyum) stood up to Rabuka and his racists following the 1987 coups
RFMF expresses deep concern over Chand's concern and aspersions
“It is quite disturbing that people like Parmod Chand has decided to forget the role the Fiji Military Forces executed, to quell the rebellion and upheaval of 2000.” - RFMF Chief of Staff, Colonel Jone Kalouniwai. Kalouniwai says such words of accusation are stirring their feelings causing much concern to now understand that there are some who share no appreciation of the sacrifices the RFMF made for Fijian people of Indian descent over their very own blood and Vanua
Parmod Chand: “That’s a cheap shot.. a very, very cheap shot. The Prime Minister has stooped so low, I can’t believe it. Because I’m a party man. I’m in the National Federation Party. I was the Vice President then and we were making a lot of comments, and we opposed the coups of 2000 and 2006.
I was not hiding under the bus but I know somebody was hiding in his washroom that’s how the guns were stolen.. were taken away from the barrack. And I also know somebody took off through the cassava patch so you know, they should not cast aspersions like this. I’m not riding on the roof, I’m not standing on the rooftop and making comments.
Seven people if I’m not mistaken, with one outsider, were able to take the guns out and carry out the coup. He failed in his responsibility. He totally failed… absolutely failed in taking command and control of the Fiji Military Forces. So basically what I’m saying, he is not fit as the Commander of the army. He was a very unfit person. He should have resigned. Simple.
Secondly, it took him 56 days to free the hostages. And then he’s going around the nation telling that he is the saviour of the nation? What kind of a saviour? What kind of a leader is he? Why couldn’t he get rid of 7 CRW soldiers with an outsider and some people in the Parliament House, in a few days? Why does it take him 56 days? That’s a big question mark.”
I was not hiding under the bus but I know somebody was hiding in his washroom that’s how the guns were stolen.. were taken away from the barrack. And I also know somebody took off through the cassava patch so you know, they should not cast aspersions like this. I’m not riding on the roof, I’m not standing on the rooftop and making comments.
Seven people if I’m not mistaken, with one outsider, were able to take the guns out and carry out the coup. He failed in his responsibility. He totally failed… absolutely failed in taking command and control of the Fiji Military Forces. So basically what I’m saying, he is not fit as the Commander of the army. He was a very unfit person. He should have resigned. Simple.
Secondly, it took him 56 days to free the hostages. And then he’s going around the nation telling that he is the saviour of the nation? What kind of a saviour? What kind of a leader is he? Why couldn’t he get rid of 7 CRW soldiers with an outsider and some people in the Parliament House, in a few days? Why does it take him 56 days? That’s a big question mark.”
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THE DEVIL IN THE SHADOW?: Chand forgot to ask about RABUKA's role, as alleged by the late President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara: 'The first one to contact me was Rabuka by telephone. 'I am ready'; he said. That was about 11. I said 'what for?'. I told him to come and see me in the afternoon...I didn't know what he was ready for...As soon as they sat down (Rabuka and Police Commissioner Savua, I said you two, I want you two to know, and I pointed at Rabuka and Savua, 'you have a hand in this thing. You could see it in their face..."
During the 2000 crisis our founding Editor-in-Chief VICTOR LAL had provided three options - the third one was for the formation of an Interim Government with the undertaking that Fiji will go to the polls in March 2001. We will reproduce Option One and Two and why Victor Lal had called for the Dissolution of Parliament and had argued against the reinstatement of the deposed Chaudhry government after the 2000 event
VICTOR LAL: "During the dark days of 2000 I put FIJI FIRST rather than blindly supporting deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry based on ethnicity. Sadly, the then Interim Prime Minister and later Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase betrayed all of us by allowing himself to be wrapped in the sulu of native Fijian nationalism and racism, provoking military intervention in 2006; he had also taken my legal opinion on the Invalidity of the Muanikau Accord signed between Bainimarama and George Speight to the DPP...The rest is history - with Speight behind bars, and now Qarase is back, supporting Sitiveni Rabuka. One of Rabuka's co-conspirator from the 1987 coups, Inoke Kubuabola, had turned up as Interim Information Minister under the interim Qarase administration after the 2000 coup and shortly afterwards began attacking me to justify racial dominance in Fiji "
"Cry the Beloved Country"
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FROM HOSTAGE TO DOUBLE DIGIT MILLIONAIRE: The biggest beneficiary to emerge from the debris of racism was deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry who got $2million from INDIA and was hiding it in his Australian bank account, while calling on us to stand up against the racists and nationalists in Fiji
