Archives Speeches

2005

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....
Why the silence: asks Mahendra Chaudhry
10 Feb, 2021
It is disappointing that our regional development partners, Australia and New Zealand, have chosen to remain silent on the horrendous manner in which VC Prof Pal Ahluwalia and his wife were terrorised, manhandled and deported from Fiji. That this despicable act....
Rescind deportation order
10 Feb, 2021
Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry has called for the deportation order against USP Vice Chancellor Prof Pal Ahluwalia and his partner to be rescinded and for them to be allowed back into the country.

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.
Keeping FNPF in check
03 Aug, 2020
The Fund is a superannuation Trust worth billions in assets and members’ savings.