COI Chair has abused the laws, he must clarify ‘wannabe PM’ remark – Kamikamica

The comments from Commission of Inquiry Commissioner and Supreme Court Judge Justice David Ashton-Lewis regarding the ‘wannabe Prime Minister’ certainly sounds like me but he needs to clarify who he is referring to.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Manoa Kamikamica stressed this after the COI Chair said that he revealed to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka the ‘crocodiles in the pond’ at Rabuka’s asking.

While speaking to an Australian community based radio station, 4crb, Justice Ashton-Lewis says there are always going to be aggrieved people who think they can do it better and one of these people that he identified was someone who is all smile at his face and will stab him in the back if they get the chance.

He says one of them is a ‘wannabe’ Prime Minister.

Kamikamica says rumours have been circulating that he is the ‘wannabe Prime Minister’ because he smiles a lot.

The Deputy Prime Minister says the Commissioner has abused the law because everyone was told that they can't talk about the report.

He says the rules were set for the COI that no one was to say anything until the President decides what to do with the report.

Kamikamica says he has refused to answer any questions on the COI because they were under direct instruction and he will reserve his comments when the report comes out. The Deputy Prime Minister further says he has publicly come out and posted on facebook that he is very supportive of the release of the report.

When asked if he ever intended to be the Prime Minister, Kamikamica says he never joined politics to become Prime Minister and he just wanted to get rid of the last government after 16 years of mismanagement and wrong rule.

The Deputy Prime Minister adds that he never asked the Prime Minister to be Deputy Prime Minister.

Kamikamica says he finds the "wannabe PM" comment as pathetic and ignorant.

He adds it is also very insulting to him and his family.

Kamikamica says he and his wife sacrificed heaps to fight the last regime.

He stresses that he never asked the Prime Minister about being Prime Minister and never will.

The Deputy Prime Minister says anybody that knows Manoa Kamikamica knows that he works hard and allows what he does in his career to determine progression.

He says he is what they call a high performer, and he always believes if you work hard, you will find success, or more appropriately success will find you.

Kamikamica stresses that his focus is to rebuild Fiji, they have no time to waste, they have one Leader, the Prime Minister whom he supports 100 percent.