Where else in this world would a national police force lock up educated weil-meaning people on the grounds they were practising sorcery?
And where else in the world would a so-called leader of a nation become personally involved in such a childish caper.
Only in Fiji, that’s where?
We are referring of course to events surrounding the regular meeting of the Lautoka iodge of the Freemasons on Monday evening last.
Now the Freemasons, one of the world’s oldest secular fraternal societies, have been established in Fiji for more than a century and the police themselves have confirmed that the meeting permit required under PER was not the issue.
No it wasn’t about PER at all. It was all about the notion that the Freemasons, who are best known for their extensive charity work, were practising sorcery!
Acting on a tip off, the Keystone Cops came storming in and arrested 14 people, including Australian and New Zealand citizens, and locked them up for the night.
Then some one contacted the illegal attorney-general and in no time the dictator got into the act and ordered the men’s immediate release.
But that was not all. According to a police, the dictator indicated he would follow through and personally check out the “evidence of sorcery” gathered by the police!
We can only guess at how this farce will be finally resolved.
Will the dictator order a new decree that proscribes the practice of sorcery and witchcraft, except when it’s being practised by the Police Commissioner as part of his promotion of his brother’s cult organization, the misnamed “New Methodist Church”?
Or will the dictator ring up Radio Tarana and profess not to believe in sorcery unless, of course, it happens to involve sticking pins into a Laisenia Qarase doll?
Folks, stay tuned. With our mad dictator running the show, simply anything is possible.
And if you don’t believe that, just look at what happened on Monday night.
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