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Fiji: Lt. Col. Tevita Mara: “Sharon Smith Johns - Hypocrite"

Fiji: Lt. Col. Tevita Mara: “Sharon Smith Johns - Hypocrite.”

13 June 2011 - Sharon Smith Johns, Australian born Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information, is the regime’s mouth piece and has been on the news nightly bad mouthing her Australia and its politicians. She can do so without repercussion because Australia allows freedom of speech. If they had the same draconian decrees as Fiji she would be arrested the next time she set foot in Sydney airport.

Smith John says “Australia has broken the Law”. Perhaps she could enlighten us on exactly what law have they broken?

She says “It is very easy to sit in Canberra and be an armchair politician and have a swipe at Fiji…. Engage in serious dialogue that’s all we are saying”

Australia has tried to have a dialogue with Fiji. They have found that Fiji insists on a monologue and when Australia does try to put across its point of view they expel High Commissioners.

Ratu Mara comments. “As I said before Sharon should start to earn her pay working for the Ministry of Information by telling the people of Fiji the truth. At last she has been truthful when she says the following about me. “He is talking about democracy and bringing this country back to democracy. … it is not the sort of behavior that you would associate with somebody who has Fiji’s right in intentions at heart. I don’t think.”

Evidently Sharon does not think anyone talking about democracy has the right intentions for Fiji. I think she has at last spoken the truth and told the people officially the Government is not thinking about democracy and there will be no elections in 2014.

Thumbs Up for Democracy!

God Bless Fiji

ENDS

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