Thursday, 13 August 2009
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India need to Officially Denounce Frank Bainimarama
In a 1990 paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly entitled “Race and Regionalism in Fiji, Pacific and India Some Generally-held Misconceptions” Dr. Ganeshwar Chand made some interesting observations which need to be regurgitated so that the Government of India can take cue, as what was advocated by the author after the 1987 coup, is more relevant now in 2009 under Frank Bainimarama’s dictatorship since December 2006.
“This paper rejecting the view that the Indian government should refrain from seeking international support to alienate the dictatorial regime in Fiji pleads for active support for the cause of the democratic struggle in that country.”
“MYTH SIX: INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS No BUSINESS IN FIJI CRISIS In arguing that India should not unduly worry about the future of democracy in Fiji, Gupta's rationale is that in its attempts to seek sanctions against the racist regime in Fiji, firstly, the GOI itself becomes racist, secondly, it undermines the sovereignty of another country, and thirdly, that it isolates India from the concerns of the Pacific…
Sanctions have played a major role in international affairs during this century…Likewise it is the responsibility of the nation state to punish those members of the families that violate the laws of the land even if such violation is restricted within the family, it is the responsibility of the international community to see that regimes which do not conduct their internal affairs on the basis of sound principles as established by the United Nations, get punished.
Using sanctions against a fascist regime is in fact intended to do nothing then to undermine the absolute sovereignty of that state. There is nothing sinister in this.
The issue here is what interest does India have in the Pacific.
Economic? India does not have any significant trade with the region; the region's population size is also small enough to endow it with a very small market. Strategic interests then? None of the Pacific Island nations have any military installations that in any way threatens India. Political interests? The Pacific Island nations have five votes in the United Nations: PNG, Fiji, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, and Solomon Islands. If anything, it is perhaps this that poses the largest threat to the GOI. Would the GOI need these votes? Most probably yes.
The issue however, is whether the best way of securing these votes is by closing its eyes to the atrocities against a half of the population of Fiji.
The best bet that India has, from the perspective of all these 'interests', is to have a democratic and harmonious Fiji and not a dictatorial Fiji besieged by a civil war.”
The Indian Government must not be seen to be supporting illegality in the Fiji Islands. Frank Bainimarama’s military government is illegal. If you do not publicly denounce this Military Dictatorship, the future of your people in Fiji will be devastating when Frank Bainimarama’s eyes close and he goes to Mecca, the Ganges, the Yangtze or where he rightly belongs, Nabukalou creek!
At the end of the day, an Indigenous Fijian will always be an Indigenous Fijian, and BLOOD is ALWAYS thicker then water, irrespective of what electoral system, voting preferences or manifesto is advocated.
Don’t be misled by fabricated news of internal bickering within provinces and political parties, Fijian politics is much more complex and complicated, but when push comes to shove everyone knows which part of the electoral ballot paper to tick, irrespective of the name of the party or the person at the helm.
India must use its power within the United Nations, IMF, World Bank and Commonwealth to achieve ONE AIM, restore our 1997 Constitution and hold elections in 2010 pursuant to our Constitution.
The best day to denounce Frank is on your Independence Day, 15 August, just before Frank eats some Laddoo.
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