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FIJI: EDITORIAL
Editorial
GROWING TENSION OVER CHIEFLY TITLES THREATENS FIJI
SUVA, Fiji (May 3) - The current dispute among the people of Nayau, Kabara and Yadrana over who is the rightful traditional warrior of the Turaga na Tui Nayau is one of the many problems that will befall the Fijian community if nothing is done to set the record straight at the Native Land Commission.
Former Prime Minister and Labor leader Dr Timoci Bavadra and Nationalist leader Sakeasi Butadroka, back in the 80s, also called for an NLC review.
They had voiced their concerns that records within the NLC were debatable and could have been tampered with.
Also, they believed the majority of the Fijian people were not consulted on the record and hence did not have a chance to raise any questions, let alone voicing their grievances, if they did not agree with what had been written.
Never in the history of this country have we had such an alarming rate of disputes for chiefly titles, and now it has transcended down to the bati (traditional warriors).
For instance, in many cases we have witnessed how two installations have taken place for a chiefly title. Or certain factions of landowners taking the law into their own hands claiming they own a certain percentage of developed lands or fishing grounds and in the process frighten away investors.
And these cases have remained unresolved to this very day.
It raises serious implication on the role the NLC is playing.
This is a concern for the future of the Fijian race.
Government should immediately sit up and do something about it.
If Government turns a blind eye on the issue then the Fijian community is going to split up into many fragments.
Unity will be scarce and eventually lead to tribal differences, hence to more violence.
And lots of innocent lives will be at stake and the country will lose out economically.
Already, the Fijian race is fighting for its survival and cannot afford to continue on the way it is heading.
Something must be done quickly.
What transpired at Lakeba among the warriors last Saturday is a wake up call to the Fijian administrators.
Otherwise, it will be the Fijian people who will be hurt the most in the end.
May 4, 2004
FijiSUN: http://www.sun.com.fj/
GROWING TENSION OVER CHIEFLY TITLES THREATENS FIJI
SUVA, Fiji (May 3) - The current dispute among the people of Nayau, Kabara and Yadrana over who is the rightful traditional warrior of the Turaga na Tui Nayau is one of the many problems that will befall the Fijian community if nothing is done to set the record straight at the Native Land Commission.
Former Prime Minister and Labor leader Dr Timoci Bavadra and Nationalist leader Sakeasi Butadroka, back in the 80s, also called for an NLC review.
They had voiced their concerns that records within the NLC were debatable and could have been tampered with.
Also, they believed the majority of the Fijian people were not consulted on the record and hence did not have a chance to raise any questions, let alone voicing their grievances, if they did not agree with what had been written.
Never in the history of this country have we had such an alarming rate of disputes for chiefly titles, and now it has transcended down to the bati (traditional warriors).
For instance, in many cases we have witnessed how two installations have taken place for a chiefly title. Or certain factions of landowners taking the law into their own hands claiming they own a certain percentage of developed lands or fishing grounds and in the process frighten away investors.
And these cases have remained unresolved to this very day.
It raises serious implication on the role the NLC is playing.
This is a concern for the future of the Fijian race.
Government should immediately sit up and do something about it.
If Government turns a blind eye on the issue then the Fijian community is going to split up into many fragments.
Unity will be scarce and eventually lead to tribal differences, hence to more violence.
And lots of innocent lives will be at stake and the country will lose out economically.
Already, the Fijian race is fighting for its survival and cannot afford to continue on the way it is heading.
Something must be done quickly.
What transpired at Lakeba among the warriors last Saturday is a wake up call to the Fijian administrators.
Otherwise, it will be the Fijian people who will be hurt the most in the end.
May 4, 2004
FijiSUN: http://www.sun.com.fj/
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