We reported some time ago the corruption at the FHL and the FDB with Qarase as the pivotal link between these organisations, as well as the 2000 coup. Now the FICAC has finally raided these organisations. Read the backgorund story here.
Friday, June 29, 2007
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Let readers find out for themselves about this scandals in Fijian Holdings.
At the some point, these allegations have to be answered because we are not talking thousands of dollars, but MILLIONS.
Oversight is a good thing and if these individuals are honest, the facts will show who the crooks are. Really, it's about time to get to the bottom of this unprecedented corruption in these native organizations and now Financial institutions.
Now amount of mud-slinging will ever change the facts on hand. If we are to be honest with ourselves, one should understand that checks and balances are needed, especially when dealing with native land and funds raised on behalf of the indigenous of Fiji.
Read the concerns of Yaqara landowners, who were hung out to dry. Meanwhile, Dakuidreketi gets the Yaqara Studio city on to the fast track; regardless if ownership was in question. Same thing happened in Natadola.
If SDL was really for the Fijian people, why did they allow all these scams to happen? What happened to their Christian values?
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‘Come clean on land issues’
Wednesday June 18, 2003
The Raviravi landowning unit who is disputing the land in Yaqara is calling on the Government and NLTB to come clean about land issues in Yaqara.
Spokesman Noa Sakava has responded to statements made by the Minister for Commerce, Business Development and Investment Tomasi Vuetilovoni at the Fiji Audio Visual Commission seminar during the weekend.
At the seminar, the minister stated that there had been two leases approved in Yaqara and that the area was to be used as a studio city zone.
Mr Sakava said this was a far cry from what the Prime Minister had promised the landowning unit during a meeting at Tavua Village on March 5 this year.
“Mr Qarase promised the Mataqali Nabulou, who are the people of Raviravi, that he will return to sort out the land problem in Yaqara,” Mr Sakava said.
He added that the NLTB has done injustice to the people of Raviravi by implementing Section 18 of the land code on the issue.
“Is it justified that the land in Yaqara is to be given to the three Yavusa in Drauniivi?”
“The law is clear that Section 18 can only be used if a mataqali or yavusa is in need of land for its maintenance and support and it is quite clear that the people of Drauniivi have got enough land for that purpose,” Mr Sakava said.
He added that the yavusa Wakalou in Drauniivi now owns the land being referred to as title NG 113 Nasaro which is approximately 7086 acres.
“The land is also in the Province of Ra where the people of Drauniivi belong and by giving away the land to be leased to the ‘studio city zone’ is a serious matter and against the law,” Mr Sakava said.
Mr Sakava has stated that the rightful owners of the land are the people of Raviravi and that this ownership cannot be disputed as it is recorded in the NLC records in the Veitarogi Vanua.
The Daily Post
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