Biman questions FijiFirst on highlighting 1987 coup

NATIONAL Federation Party Professor Biman Prasad has questioned the motive of the FijiFirst Government to continuously highlight the 1987 coup during the girmit celebrations while it refused to mention the devastation brought about by the 2000 and 2006 coup on Fijians.

He highlighted this issue during a rally in Tadevo, Navua on Saturday.

“They are talking about 1987 coup which happened 35 years ago, but they never mention anything about the 2000 and 2006 coup,” he said.

“They are talking about the 1987 coup because they want to stoke fear in the minds of people especially on the Fijians of Indian descent voters.

Prof Prasad said Government should also apologise to the family of the late Professor Brij Lal for banning him from the country of his birth who died at his home in Brisbane, Australia last year.

“Every Government minister and every Government member in the FijiFirst party, if they have any shame left in every girmit function that they organise, they should apologise to the family of late Prof Lal and to all the descendants of the girmitya in this country on how they brutally banned him from Fiji.”

He said it was hypocritical for the Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts Premila Kumar and other senior government officials to be parading and giving speeches about the struggles of Fijians of India descent, yet forget the extremely shameful act of banning the historian who has written everything on girmit about Fijians of Indian descent

“It’s obvious they are using the situation to campaign for the next general elections by highlighting what happened in 1987 and forgetting what happened in 2000 how people were terrorised, forgetting who

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