[pima.nius] Re: TVNZ: Turia believes Maori could help Fiji

No, you've misunderstood the situation. Bainimarama actually wants to stop the racism that you view as rational by instilling his own constitution, legislation, etc which has disadvantaged fijian-indians.

 

On the issue of the Maori Party going to Fiji, I would've liked to see what they would talk about, as I see Turia's comments on Q&A as the most constructive from NZ govt so far.

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:03 AM, panther <peterpanther08@hotmail.com> wrote:

Re; Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia wants a team of prominent

Maori to go to
 Fiji to try to sort out the troubled regime.

Before I start, my apologies to anyone who sees my views as rascist.
As I see it, native Fijians simply wish Fiji to stay in the hands of
native Fijians and do not wish Fiji to become a little India,
controlled by Indians. Now that the Indian population has surpassed
that of native Fijians simply because Indians have persisted in having
up to 15 children per family whereas Fijians have maintained a more
conservative 2-4 children per family, Indians can now tip the balance
if a democratic voting system is used. Once the Indians are in power,
they can rescind all Fijian land ownership laws and progressively dis-
empower native Fijians of their rightful ownership of their country.
Fijians understandably wish Fiji to stay in Fijian hands. The only way
this can be achieved is by a peaceful and diplomatic dictatorship
which is what the Fijians have succeeded in doing so far with a
minimum of bloodshed. This is not a bad alternative when the other
more draconian alternative is to have a civil war and expel the
Indians. In fact this is what will happen if Indians take control of
Fiji through democracy, as this loss of ownership will enrage the
Fijian population and a civil war will be inevitable. The Fijians do
not wish this as they do appreciate Indian expertise in economic
issues, they just do not wish to lose ownership of Fiji.
We must remember this whole mess was not the Fijian's fault.
When the English colonials initially imported Indian Labour for the
sugar fields, there was a promise that they would eventually be
returned to India - this never happened and as time went by, it became
more and more difficult to return second and third generation Indians
to a home they had never known.
A diplomatic dictatorship is not all bad. In fact it is the most
peaceful solution, so I think we should just lay off and allow Fijians
to continue their rightful ownership of their country.
Having lived in Fiji as a child, I have to say that Fiji is beautiful
in its cultural diversity, and am amazed that a harmonious
relationship has been maintained all these years. I commend all
parties in maintaining such a high level diplomatic reserve, despite
the cultural differences.

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