Mr Roberts was given a day to leave Fiji. Photo: Fiji Sun
Australia’s acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Sarah Roberts was expelled from Fiji by Fiji’s self-appointed Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama over a diplomatic row. Ms Roberts was given 36 hours to leave the country.
Commodore Bainimarama who seized power in 2006 a peaceful coup without firing at anyone and later appointed himself as the Prime Minister of the Island nation of Fiji said Mr Robert’s expulsion was a direct result of Australia “interfering with the internal affairs of Fiji and conducting unfriendly acts.”
Mr Roberts is the second Australian diplomat to be expelled and thrown out of Fiji within nine months as the Australia and Fiji is in bitter diplomatic row over the democracy in Fiji. Commodore Bainimarama said Australia “don’t live in Fiji and they don’t know what’s happening in Fiji” and he also said, “Ms Roberts has no place in Fiji.”
Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama
Australian Labor government should first look at themselves and their own action before pointing finger to Fiji’s internal affairs. Kevin Rudd was elected democratically by the people of Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia for the first term in the office as the Prime Minister of Australia. Labor threw him out for their own selfish interest to win the election, to be in the government, it was solely in the interest of union and the Labor party and not Australia. Now, why is it ok with Labor to remove democratically elected Prime Minister, but points its finger to Fiji and Frank Bainimarama?
He that hath not sinned should cast the first stone or else Labor Government should stop playing the hypocrite.
