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Issue No: 601; 19 March 2001The Fiji Sun has questioned the political credibility of the reappointed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. In a strong but objective
editorial written on Saturday, the paper stated: The editorial echoes the sentiments of a vast majority of Fiji's people. Earlier, the head of the Women's Crisis Centre, Shamima Ali had called Qarase racist and stated that he was not a respectable person. A day later the regime attacked Ali for making the comments, saying that she is unelected and unrepresentative! Meanwhile the Sunday Times columnist Netani Rika has also questioned the credibility of the Great Council of Chiefs. Calling the Council of Chiefs a "flatulence", Rika slated the inability of the Chiefs to make a firm decision on the Court of Appeal decision. |
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