Press Release from Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Uluilakeba Mara
MEDIA RELEASE
REGIME CHANGE SHOULD HAPPEN IN FIJI SOON
A Second Statement by Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Uluilakeba Mara
Firstly I would like to thank Commodore Bainimarama for his statement yesterday. Without his help my arrival in Tonga would have been unnoticed by the world’s media. But now it has become global news and people the world over will learn of Bainimarama’s oppression of the Fijian People.
The Commodore has never qualified as a Naval Officer from any Naval Academy so his confusion of two points on the charts which are 100 miles apart, though understandable, bodes ill for the Fijian Navy. The Brotherhood of the Sea, in an emergency demands that the saving of life temporarily supersedes bureaucratic considerations of sovereignty. It is exactly under these rules that RNZAF aircraft are permitted often to overfly the waters of South Pacific Islands once an EPERB transmission is received. It is an exemplary and selfless act which is in the highest traditions of the RNZAF. Does the Dictator now suggest that, having found shipwrecked victims in future they should now be interrogated by the crew of the rescue craft and put back in the water if they were found to have been critical of the military regime? I can assure you that Kaiyum and Bainimarama will not get far instructing a tough bunch of Kiwis to carry out these inhumanities!
He has accused me of being under investigation for the disappearance of $3m from the Fiji Pine Board. These are the desperate attempts by a mentally and morally bankrupt man to smear the Mara name. There is no truth to the allegations. In fact that money went missing long before I became Chairman of the Fiji Pine Board. And it was under my Chairmanship that the loss was discovered and it was I who made it known to the authorities. All of this is recorded in the minutes of the Fiji Pine Board.
I was charged with using Seditious language. In a conversation to a fellow officer, whilst in Korea last year, I am alleged to have said “This Government is F*** All!” If saying that is sedition then everyone in Fiji, except for Bainimarama and Khaiyum, is also guilty of sedition. What he is saying is that anyone who criticizes any aspect of his regime in a private conversation can be reported and charged. That is not the Fiji I know and love, that is more like Nazi Germany and the Gestapo or the Soviet Union and the KGB.
I will come back to Fiji and I will face my fellow Fijians and answer for my part in the 2006 coup. However, I will not come back to face frivolous charges whilst the puppet master, Khaiyum, interferes with the Fiji judiciary on a daily basis. There are no longer fair trials in Fiji. The courts pass verdicts and the sentences dictated by Kaiyum.
I am more than happy to face any attempts for my extradition from Tonga. They have had democratic elections for the first time in November and they have a Government accountable to the people. They have a judiciary free from interference and I am sure that my side of the story will be heard fully and justice will prevail.
I want to give my thanks to the Tongan people for their hospitality and kindness.
16 May 2011
To see the video of this statement please click on the following link:
Bio-data
of Ratu Tevita Kapaiwai Lutunauga Uluilakeba Mara
Ratu Tevita Kapaiwai Lutunauga Uluilakeba Mara is a Fijian career soldier, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as of early 2006. On 3rd Feb, 2001 he was named Army Chief of Staff succeeding Colonel Meli Saubulinayau, a close relative of his. This position is the fourth highest in the Fijian Military, behind that of the Military Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff RFMF Brigadier General Mohamed Aziz and the Land Force Commander Brigadier General Pita Driti. Mara held the position for several months, before he was appointed Commanding Officer of the Third Infantry Regiment, a key position in the Fiji Army as he controls the infantry division.
Background
In December 2006 The Republic of Fiji Military Forces took control of Fiji in bloodless coup. The army had a strict plan which was te remove corruption and corrupt politicians and to return to barracks within a year. Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Uluilakeba Mara was in charge of the 3 FIR on that day and for the next 4 years.
He witnessed from the inside how power has corrupted the key players in the regime and how now they have forgotten their original objectives as they desperately cling to power. Colonel Mara has left Fiji so that he can speak freely about the need to for regime change in his beloved Fiji.
Roko Ului will be exposed in due course. He was the real reason why the RFMF continually got caught up in abuses to civilians who were taken to the camp.
For all his fancy rhetoric, why don’t he answer to the public in Fiji regarding his affairs with Waisele Serevi’s wife? This allegation has been continually suppressed by the Fiji public in deference to his late father Rt KKT Mara and Waisele Serevi?
Roko Ului’s privilege life is coming to an end. It is a sad day that Rt Mara’s sons are not like him, a great and intelligent leader. Mark my word, Roko Ului is going to be the bigger loser in the end so bask in the sun while you still can, the end is neigh.
pepsi, I’m afraid that i can only give you 1 out of 10 for your debating skills.
It is noted that you have not discussed the topic of the debate i.e. Mara’s statement, but have chosen to go off on a tangent about some unrelated issue.
You had better lift your game or you will be on extra guard duty again.
@ TheMax
“He was the real reason why the RFMF continually got caught up in abuses to civilians who were taken to the camp”
I see what you did there. So, Ratu Ului operated the thug gang by himself, without Frank’s knowledge or approval? Then this somehow related Serevi’s wife?!?!?
Seriously. Come on. You are just getting embarrassing.
@TheMax … Have you got your bottle with you?
@the max,that man kkt mara was not intelligent if he was fijians would be fillthy rich and yet the vulagis are rich,that says it all,to top it up he didnt want any taukei to exel in any works of life in fiji.QAI TAMATA YALO CA KOCOKOCO,
@ Max
Come on my bro…we are talking about Frank & His high profiled govt here and not about Tu Te’s lovelife….. that is his business…. not yours to worry about….
KAPAI Ratu Tevita!!!!!
E da nanuma ga ni ra dau veilomacataki ga na kai Idia ia oqo sa qai laurai na dina na levu ni veiliumuritaki ni kai Viti. E sa vakatale na koli ni kai Idia ni laki kodro tale tiko mai na dua na yasa ni ni veikaruka. Vaka cava mo qai laki tukuna ena loma ni vale ni veilewai kei iratou na tabana ni Human Right na ka ko sa laki lasutaka tiko mai oqori. E kilai matata sara tu ga niko iko ka solia tiko na vakatulewa me laki vesu mai o koya me mai kuita tiko ena loma ni keba e Nabua.
E dua na cala levu ka rawa nida tukuna niko sa vakamavoataka tu e dua na bula ni matavuvale ka ko sa okati ena lawa ni Human Right ko via laki tukuna tiko mai oqori…..au kila ni sega ni nona lewe ni vale ga ko Serevi e vuqa tale na matavuvale ko vakabukete taka na watidra kei na nomu vakaloloma taki ira tu na marama mera vakaluveni tu e sala
Sa kerei mo kua ni vosa vakalevu ni boi tiko e gusumu na benu ka levu na lago levu e vukaca tiko.E dusi iko tiko ga na ka ko sa laki via tukuna wavoki tiko oqori mai NZ kei AUS. Yalo vinaka kua niko laki ia vaka loma vinaka taki iko me tukuni kina niko dina…..e sega sara ga niko dina keimami sa raica kece na lewe ni mataivalu na loma ca sa tu vei iko kei na nomu sa baku ga ena veiliutaki.
Tovolea mo raica mada na Turaga na Qaranivalu ena nona yalo savasava me vaka na Turaga dina e ciqoma vakaturaga tu na nona i totogi ka sega ni bau sauma lesu ena dua tale na vosa na ka e vakayacora. Ia ko iko ko sa baku sara qai levu nomu viavia kila ko qai dro vaka na kemi i totogi. Na tamata cala ga e dau dro me kua ni ciqoma na kena i totogi lako mai mo mai curu meratou laki tarai iko mada na CRW e loma ni bai baleta ni ko iko sara ga ko a tukuna me caka tiko na vei moku ena mata ni nomu vale ni volavola ni 3FIR ka solia tiko na ORDER vei ira na cauravou……………!
Ibra,
Biuta mai na yacamu dina, tamata yaloca, yalowai, dau butabutako..
Na liumuri o tukuna tiko mai qori ko nomudou sa mai butakoca ka taura vakaukauwa taka tu na neimami matanitu e Viti.
Kua mada ni levu tiko na via vosa vamaqosa, kawa ni butabutako, KANALOTO..! Lai lotu mada me bau rarama mai na nomu mona va koli loki vinaka tiko na buina! ha ha…….
Ni Bula kece! Sa veisau mai na gauna!! Sa levu na veimata-lotu sa basika noda vanua, sa qai toro cake ga na kena toro sobu na veivakaisini kei na veidabui kei na veidusi. Na cava na yaga ni lotu e caka tiko? Dua nai vakasala vei keda taucoko nai taukei.. da dui qarava mada ga nodai tavi. E dua e rai tiko, ke ko butako tiko, o na qai sotava ga, ke ko yalo rarawa-taka na veika e vakayacori va butobuto.. Na Kalou qo e rogoca tiko na nomu tagi. Toso tiko ga ki liu!! I can feel your pain..@ The MAX. What can we do though!! Chin up bro..! UNITED WE STAND!! Ni moce mada!!
o kkoya da mai veitalanoa taka tiko qo…..e sa tamata boci saraga
sivia ga na vosa ni sa lai tiko mai ena noda daku ni veicakau.
desperate junta…………….o iko kei tevita mara, o drau tautauvata vinaka sara ga.drau yavu tamata @#$% levu.tonoka ga na mui ului…….
Hey….Hey,,,,,,sa kua mada na veidusi. sega ni ua tale ena beitaki o keda kece eda na blame taki na ka qo.
Ni sa bula vinaka,dua ga na noqu taro?eda a tarogi ira mada na dau veiliutaki mai liu me baleta naveika kece oqo?Sega ni dua ea bau tarogi Ratu Mara mada mebaleta na vuaviri ni yabaki 1987.Sega ni dodonu me beitaki kina o Rabuka.levu vei keda,eda sa bei takikoya kina,ecala kece oqori.au sega mada niu sotia,ia au kila na lawa.Vakayagataki o Rabuka ena nodra loma kocokoco na dau vei liutaki enagauna koya.Na vei vakaturaga taki,mesa tiko madaga ena noda dui koro vaka viti.,.au vakabauta ni salevusara na turaga kei na marama sega ni kacivi ena RATU kei na YADI se BULOU sa vuli vinaka ka vakoroi cecere sara, ka sanarawa nira na bau vakayagataki ena vei liutaki.Like Father Like Son.Tevita Mara,rogo levu na yacamu ena nomu tiko ena keba ni matai valu ena vei vakalolomataki ocakava vei ira na lewe ni vanuwa.mai kauta tanikina eso nai sema nitovo vakaviti.osa vakaraitaka saratikoga nai vakarau ni vanuwa olako mai kina.niko makubui Borrown ga.Sega ni tukuna vaka dodonu o ratu sukuna na veika kece oqo.yala toka mada eke.