Robbie Robertson and
Akosita Tamanisau.
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By
AKOSITA TAMANISAU
The pictures of Prof Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back memories for us.
Former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka, still very much a politician and leadership contender for elections in 2022, has argued that the FijiFirst government’s behaviour in deporting Prof Ahluwalia and his wife was nothing short of childish.
He should know.
He began Fiji’s coup culture with two coups in 1987, unleashing a wave of violence upon Fiji’s people: assaults, burglaries, arson, and imprisonment. One group of demonstrators was gassed.