Section (51) is inconsistent with the Constitution on three points thus null and void. Either Parliament is null and void or the Constitution is null and void: It allocates seats by race. This is institutionalized racial apartheid. An abhorrent situation that is in contradiction of Section 5 State and Religion ... acknowledge that worship and reverence of God are the source of good government and leadership...

I was amused to hear the statement of one of the unions going on proposed national strike. The Fiji nurses Association Secretary believes that the nationwide strike would be a message to the interim administration that the plight of workers needs to be heard and looked into.

Perhaps the trade union movement in Fiji will care to tell us who hears and looks into the plight and pathetic pay, exploitation and abuse of bulk of Fiji's non unionized workforce and poor people in the informal sector, who do not have full year's job, let alone having a union...

Dear Editor,

I live in London with my Fijian boyfriend who, until recently, was in the British Army. We had plans to marry next year and he was also due to be sent to Iraq again.

However, 5 months ago, he was sentenced to 16 months in prison...

Every man and his dog, and their leaders in New Zealand, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, EU and other corners of the Pacific and the world are crying for elections in Fiji.

It appears that these gurus and proponents of democracy simply believe that democracy measured by elections is panacea and the solution to all the problems in Fiji.

...If the Fiji Methodist Church, especially since 1987, had placed more importance in its core functions rather than politics then perhaps Fijian Christians would have been happier people...

...If KPI or key performance indicator of any religion was to see how spiritually inspired its flock were, and generally reflected in lack of criminal activities, family breakup and reflection of its religious values in its leadership, then the Methodist Church would be at the end of the queue...

Commodore Bainimarama’s announcement last week that the Interim Government plans to set up a new anti-corruption agency within a year reveals what he presumably intends to be the next phase of the military’s “clean-up campaign”. With respect, however, I question whether it is appropriate to establish a new government agency in the middle of what should be an unprecedented exercise in cost-cutting and down-sizing Fiji’s public service.

The end can’t justify the means...

The events of 2000 are testimony to the fact that whatever the end is; it can not be used as a justification of the illegal means taken. The Republic of the Fiji Military Forces knows this and so do the ministers in the current interim government.