Methodist Church conference will go ahead

We can confirm that the Methodist Church have the Fiji Military Forces support to go ahead with their planned August conference.
FMF’s support is in direct defiance of their commander tyrant Frank Bainimarama’s earlier radio announcement yesterday that he is stopping the conference from going ahead.
FMF’s call has the full support of its landforce commander Pita Driti and 3rd FIR commander Ului Mara.
These two men wield all the power in FMF and they are now exercising it saying that Frank’s egotistical ban call is very divisive which has the impetus to cause civil unrest – a scenario many of us do not support.
We can also report that Driti and Ului are also considering ways to peacefully hand over powers to a civilian government as prescribed in the Appeals Court ruling.
We say kudos to Driti and Ului for finally showing some degree of patriotic responsibility for Fiji, especially her people.
If they are able to shift power with minimal fuss based on some solid commitment to uphold the rule of law, then we believe that they will be paving the way for immediate relief to Fiji with the lifting of sanctions, aid and things by the international community.
We also believe that for Fiji to move ahead, the Frank Bainimarama, Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry political trinity must be encouraged not to take part in the civilian government but they must all be given their right and freedom to fight the next general election fairly and squarely, starting now.
They are after all the key front-men in dragging Fiji to the mud and they must all step aside while an honorable group of four highly competent unbiased people take charge in moving Fiji back to a democratic election under the 1997 Constitution.
Changes to the constitution must be done legally, which we are certain will happen given the level of awareness and first-hand experience of its pros and cons since its inception in 1997.
We also say, give the Methodist Church their right and freedom to assemble, sing, fundraise and worship.
They deserve it just like any other religious group in Fiji who have had theirs or continue to have their crusade every other day.