Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has stressed that any insurrection will be crushed.
While opening the Tavua Multipurpose Sports Facility yesterday, he said that there is no need for the public to be alarmed after more than 50 people have now been charged with sedition and urging political violence.
He has stressed that there will be no so-called independent States established in Fiji.
Bainimarama said anyone who swears an illegal oath will face the full force of the law.
He added anyone who encourages political violence will face the full force of the law and this needs to be understood by every Fijian.
Bainimarama said the kind of instability certain people are currently trying to provoke will not and should not be tolerated.
He added it is not in the interests of the Fijian people as a whole, who are sick and tired of a tiny minority trying to sow division, insecurity and holding our nation back.
Bainimarama said he has an important message for the whole nation and that is “Do not be swayed by those who seek to divide us and do not listen to their lies and false promises because if you do break the law, you will be punished”.
He also said that it is a lie to say that the iTaukei way of life in Fiji is threatened as it is protected in our Constitution for all time.
He said that it is a lie to say that Christianity is under threat as every person’s right to be a Christian is protected in our Constitution for all time.
According to Bainimarama, theirs is the mindset of the past, the misguided thinking that led to the events of 1987 and 2000 and tore our nation apart.
He added that thinking was wrong then and it is wrong now.
He has asked every Fijian to turn their backs on these messages of division and hatred and embrace the new era of opportunity that they have forged by working together as One Nation.
He has called on Fijians that if some people talk about division, if they spread lies, stand up to them, tell them they are wrong and tell them about the positive developments in Fiji and tell them to think about the future and also tell them to be patriotic.
