National Federation Party is clearly in no position to accuse anyone of treachery – Chaudhry

The National Federation Party is clearly in no position to accuse anyone of treachery and questioned was it not treachery within the National Federation Party which deprived its leader Siddiq Koya of his right to become Prime Minister in 1977.

This is the response of the Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry to National Federation Party General Secretary, Kamal Iyer where he mentioned that Chaudhry has no political and moral credibility to lecture them about principles and also made personal attacks after he raised concerns about the government’s recent votes in the United Nations.

Chaudhry asks has Iyer forgotten its own leaders twice deserted the nation at times of crisis to live overseas for safety and comfort.

Chaudhry says he is a leader who has never deserted his people and nation even with a gun pointed at his head, and who continues to speak out on issues of concern to the people.

He says history will be the judge of his relevance not Kamal Iyer.

Chaudhry says NFP should rise above the level of gutter politics and show some class and dignity as a member of the government rather than making crude personal attacks when they do not have answers to issues raised by their critics.

He says as for the tag of a “political clown”, he asks was it not evident from the cabinet reshuffle debacle last week as to who the cap fits.

He adds that in 60 years, NFP has never managed to get into power on its own steam except on one occasion, and even that it goofed up through infighting.

Chaudhry says let’s not talk about living in glass house while their existence is littered with a history of treachery, betrayal, deviousness and infighting that it cannot brush under the carpet.

In a statement made by Iyer yesterday he mentioned that FLP's senseless and baseless attack on the NFP’s stand in the two most recent foreign policy issues of the way Fiji voted at the United Nations and also withdrew its name from a resolution calling on China to end its human rights violation against the Uyghur and minority Muslims shows his desperation to become relevant.