Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama stressed that a revolution was needed in December 2006 due to extreme discriminatory practices in Fiji.
While speaking at the welcome banquet for NZ Prime Minister John Key at Grand Pacific Hotel, Bainimarama said decisive and radical action was needed in the country in 2006.
Bainimarama also raised the issue about some countries opposing the revolution.
The Prime Minister said he is not standing as a dictator but as a leader chosen by the people of Fiji after free and fair elections in 2014.
He also said many in the NZ media seem to be stuck in the past and continue to mislead people through their biased reports.
He said no‑one who reports on events in Fiji fairly and in a balanced manner is excluded and that any journalist is free to criticise the government or him in an opinion piece or report criticism made by others in their news stories.
Bainimarama added that they cannot allow the willful propagation of false information that damages the national interest and undermines our vulnerable economy.
He said that is what has happened in the case of certain New Zealand journalists and others from Australia.
Bainimarama said no journalist from any other country has been banned from Fiji.
He cited New Zealand television footage of military tanks in the streets of Suva, even though Fiji had no tanks, and a claim that Fijian children were starving and eating grass.
He also stressed that Fiji is focused on having common and equal citizenry.
Bainimarama also raised the issue on Tupou Draunidalo’s actions in parliament last week.
Bainimarama said he believes in a genuine spirit of engagement and letting by-gones be by-gones.
He said John Key has said that what has happened in the past is ancient history and he welcomes this.
Bainimarama also said that Fiji seeks a relationship which is more equal.
He said that there should be genuine cooperation and understanding.
The Fijian Prime Minister also appealed to Key to work with Fiji to build strong institutions without political bias.
