Regime resorts to threats again

Issue No: 630; 27 March 2001

The Qarase regime has again resorted to threats to those championing democracy and the rule of law.

In a statement on the most recent court challenge of the legality of the Qarase regime, the regime's Information Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola threatened that the challenge was reckless. He stated that the applicants, the Citizen's Constitutional Forum is "adopting an unrealistic, reckless and rigid legalistic position on Fiji's crisis. The CCF's threat of politically-inspired legal attack on His Excellency the President and the Caretaker Government underlines its hard-line and aggressive stance." He stated that the actions of the CCF were "provocative".

Kubuabola also alleged that "special agenda" drove the CCF to "their relentless campaign against the President and the Caretaker Government." He stated: "Who are they reporting to and which organisations or individuals provide the money to finance their work, Ratu Inoke asked. "What results are they expected to deliver to justify their funding? Are foreign interests using the CCF as a front for interfering in Fiji's internal affairs?"

By challenging the regime, Kubuabola alleged that the CCF was "rejecting outright the moderate, practical and reasonable solutions" proposed by the regime. He charged that this is "an uncompromising and legalistic response, which will aggravate the current situation", as well as it "may disrupt the timetable for an early election and create more instability". He further stated that the move created "more uncertainty, deepening racial divisions and further damaging economic confidence".

Lambasting the CCF, Kubuabola questioned the insistence of the CCF for democracy and justice. He claimed that the CCF's position was that those who differed from this path "have no principles; they are racists, extremists and potential criminals."

The attack on the CCF by the regime is a standard practise which the regime relies on to silence its critics. The hall mark of the regime is to threaten further blood shed if it were made to quit power.

The current regime comprises people who have no respect for democracy. They are overtly racist, extremist, and many are corrupt. Some of them were also involved actively with the terrorists who took over Parliament last year.

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