Letters to the Editor | October 30, 2024

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The Lautoka Swimming Pool Project. Picture: MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Fiji style

Submissions have been made by “stakeholders” to the National Security and Defence Review (NSDR) team to seek permission from the GCC to call all citizens “Fijians”. My question is, who are these “stakeholders” and who are the NSDR? There is a three-tiered approach, which probably makes it a very democratic process in the minds of some, I would think – Fiji style. Are there any vulagi in the “stakeholders” and in the NSDR, or is it the case that this issue has nothing to do with “them”? I believe the GCC is the most undemocratic and unelected body in the country. I believe it is a body set up by the colonialists. How can they be approached for these approvals? What if they disapprove, does that mean the Constitution is automatically changed? We all know that “the GCC is full of members who are champions of democracy”. The obvious question which goes without asking is – what problem will this solve? The question that these stakeholders should really be putting to the NSDR to submit to the GCC is – should the vulagi be asked to leave the country? That is the real issue, instead of these Mickey Mouse beating around the bush submissions designed to play on iTaukei emotions by shysters. Get the bull by the b@lls, I suggest, instead of tinkering around the edges. Jan Nissar, Sydney, Australia

Swimming pool

Another year is almost coming to an end and still the Botanical Garden Swimming pool project in Lautoka will be incomplete. What a shame, the special administration team, CEO and all those big talking people of Lautoka City Council, I believe, lied to the people of Lautoka when they said the swimming pool will be completed and opened to the public before the end of November. I just can’t wait for the municipal election or I must say the general election to see the promises and lies being played one more time. Geoffrey Chand, Lautoka

Stench issue

Stench affects lives (FT 29/10). The stench from the Naboro rubbish dump is affecting the daily lives of the Vacoko villagers. The stench from dirty politics is affecting the lives of everyone. Rajend Naidu, Sydney, Australia

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