Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says it is an enormous insult to people seriously affected by the 1987 coup to hear Sitiveni Rabuka say that they are grateful to those that received those that left Fiji after 1987 and gave them better opportunities.
Sayed-Khaiyum says people suffered a lot and it is a further insult to those affected as the National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad is saying nothing about it.
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The Attorney General says he witnessed people leaving in desperation due to the direct result of the 1987 coup, and he also says the rationale and motivation in the 1987 and 2000 coups was completely different to the 2006 coup.
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Rabuka had earlier said that they are grateful that Fiji had played a huge part in preparing those that left Fiji for greener pastures.
He says notably none returned to India and some have since returned to Fiji, more successful than when they left.
Rabuka says the indentured labourers programme for Fiji and other parts of the world was painful for those taken to the receiving countries but beneficial for all for the opportunities the displaced workers had in their new environment and the receiving States for the injected labour force to support their early colonial industries.
