In 2004 during the Qarase reign, Senator Adi Litia Cakoubau expressed some disgustingly racist sentiments in parliament. In her contribution to the Senate in the form of an adjournment motion the Bau chief said the use of the expression ‘Indo-Fijian’ should be criminalised because it was diluting the word “Fijian”. She said Indians who were born in Fiji had their registered ethnicity at birth as Indian. “They are identified as Indians in all census counts,” she said. “They are Indians in the Electoral Act. They have social, economic, political and ideological contact with India. Their political party receives cash and other forms of help from India. “They listen, speak, read, write and worship in Hindi. They eat Indian food, watch Indian movies and listen to Hindi music” This was part of Adi Litia’s speech as part of her adjournment motion in 2004. Adi Litia said “the constant usage of this ‘Indo-Fijian’ coinage, bullies the mind of the unsuspecting and unwary Fijian into accepting it without question. Thus a blatant lie is being subtly injected into the collective Fijian, national and international consciousness”. She said her motives in making the statement were not racial or political.”
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 07:34:28 +0000
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