Recent events are beginning to show that the contents of my earlier post "Mahen's True Agenda" are all true.
In this morning's Fiji Times, Mahen stated that he does not have the power to direct FIRCA to change its tax policy on Momi.
So now (in the middle of a coup) Mahen decides he wants to follow the law.
How very noble of him.
Truth be told however, Mahen has decided to follow the law this time (in the middle of a clean-up campaign which has carried out unprecedented breaches of the Constitution) because it will be in line with his personal agenda - to cripple the tourism industry.
How do we know this?
Because, we all know Mahen by now. He has the same "God Complex" as his pal Bai.
If he wants something done, he'll get it done.
His desperate efforts to get EU funding to revive Fiji's ailing sugar industry is proof positive that Mahen's has every intention of seeing to it that in a few years, Fiji will once again be completely reliant on sugar (and political power will return once again to Fiji's canebelts - Mahen's electoral powerbase).
Mahen's determined effort to get EU funding for sugar and his lack of enthusiasm to protect tourism developers like Momi is absolute proof of what he is trying to do.
But, why don't the military see this?
The military claims they are working very hard to bring an end to racial politics, but if Mahen succeeds, then the military will have helped him achieve just the opposite.
Mahen is using the military to force Fiji at gunpoint to accept policies that will thwart economic diversification, discourage tourism development (beneficial to indigenous Fijians as resource owners) and encourage the revival of sugar industry (dominated by Indian growers).
I ask the Military Think Tank to consider this - What do you think will happen when the landowners who stood to gain from leases and other commercial benefits from these hotels developments lose everything?
What do you think these landowners will say when they realise that that the same person engineering the destruction of their source of income is the same person engineering the revival of the Indian dominated sugar industry.
Do the military really want to be known as having helped Mahen achieve his goals?
Please look more closely into the long term benefits of his policies.
Don't get dazzled by his explanations.
If you think you're out of your league and cannot run this country. Admit you're wrong and return to the camp, so we can put qualified people in there.
