Archives Speeches

2005

Origins of Fiji Labour Party: Putting the facts right
08 Apr, 2022
Krishna Datt’s claim that the Fiji Teachers Union had ‘formed and launched’ the Fiji Labour Party as reported by Fiji Village (6/4) is not only misinformation, it is a gross distortion of historical facts, says Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry.
Justice for the workers: reimburse FNPF withdrawals
21 Mar, 2022
Labour strongly believes that FNPF members compelled to withdraw moneys from their pension savings to survive the Covid crisis, must have these monies credited back to their accounts.
Fighting together to win
18 Nov, 2021
In this paper former Prime Minister and Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry argues the need for Fiji’s badly splintered opposition to fight the 2022 general elections as a united front to salvage the nation from the mess its current leaders have....
Putting the record straight
15 Nov, 2021
Former Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry corrects some mis-conceptions regarding his term as prime minister in 1999/2000 in an opinion piece by academic Prof Wadan Narsey published in the Fiji Times Saturday 6 November 2021. Mahendra Chaudhry’s reply to Prof Narsey....
Worries over the 2022 general elections
09 Sep, 2021
Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry looks at recent worrying developments including questionable changes to the electoral legislation in relation to the upcoming 2022 general elections.

The shrinking national ‘pie’
20 Jun, 2021
With Fiji facing its worst economic crisis ever, a lot of attention has focused on growth issues, in particular claims by the Fiji First government of its 9 years of unprecedented growth.
A look at proposed legislative changes to the electoral process
05 Mar, 2021
Submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights Bills 50 and 52 of 2020 Mr Chairman, before I look at the proposed Bills I wish to make a few general observations.
Fiji’s perilous debt sink-hole
05 Mar, 2021
For the first time in Fiji’s history our national debt level has exceeded the GDP.
Spotlight on Fiji’s compromised Parliament
19 Feb, 2021
Speaker Ratu Epeli Nailatikau shocked the nation by declaring in Parliament that the deportation of USP’s Vice Chancellor Prof Pal Ahluwalia last week, and the brutal manner in which it was executed, was not a matter of national concern. The....
Digging Deeper into Fiji Airways
17 Aug, 2020
Fiji Airways Chief Executive Andre Viljoen deserves a rap on the knuckles for his comment that the airline does not respond to political statements, says Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry.