Fiji Democracy: March of Protest in Sydney 5/12/10

Fiji Democracy: March of Protest in Sydney 5/12/10

The Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement is organising a march to protest against the illegal Military Government governing Fiji today.

The march will take place on Sunday the 5th of December to coincide with the 4th anniversary of the coup on December 5th 2006. (www.fijidemocracymovement.org).

It will start from Town Hall on Sunday at 2pm and will end with a rally at Martin Place.

Members of the public who are very concern about what is happening in Fiji are asked to come and join the Fijian Community.

The people of Fiji are fed up with the consistant lies and failure of Commodore Bainimarama and his illegal government and given that he has lost most of his supporters since 2006, Commodore Bainimarama should do the honourable thing and hand the power over to a civilian caretaker government that will take the nation to general election.

Since 2006 lives have been lost and thousands have been beaten by security forces. Basic human rights has been removed and given the gagged media since April last year, people have been suffering in silence.

The illegal regime’s report card, after four years, does not reveal any hope that they are capable of governing. According to a report by Professor Wadan Narsey of the University of the South Pacific this week, since December 2006:

• investment level has dropped 15%;
• National savings has also dropped dramatically;
• There has been negative economic growth every year since 2007;
• They have aimed to reign in fiscal debt and public debt but, as a matter of fact, they have been increasing it consistently with military budget blow outs and increases in national budget allocations since 2007;
• The Military has again received the lions shares proposed for next year’s budget with a further $8 million increase to purchase new weapons;
• Inflation has shot through the roof with a 20% and will further increase with the proposed 2.5% VAT increase next year;
• Unemployment and poverty is a major issue with 70% of those living in poverty are rural dwellers and it now stands at 38% of the population

In fact Dr Narsey in an earlier article had mentioned that according to the University’s estimates, the cost of the coup so far since 2006 is at least $2,000 million plus.

The illegal reign of Commodore Bainimarama and his cronies has been a total failure and we are asking everyone out there with any sense of human rights, justice and human dignity to come join with the Sydney Fijian Community in protest this Sunday.

ENDS

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