Use the People's Charter as firewood if the Interim Prime Minister cannot follow it.
These are the words of the Former Opposition Leader and UPP's Mick Beddoes in response to Commodore Frank Bainimarama this morning saying that this is the end of the road for the political parties excluded from the Forum adding decisions will go ahead and be made without them.
Beddoes said Bainimarama is constantly talking about the Charter as the way forward and the principal of inclusiveness however he always goes against this.
Meanwhile, before going into the meeting this morning, we asked Commodore Frank Bainimarama whether there is any hope for more dialogue with the SDL, NFP, UPP and the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo.
Bainimarama stressed that they will no longer be part of the process.
This is after the SDL, NFP, UPP and Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party had responded to the Interim Prime Minister's letter where he had asked for commitments from them by 4pm yesterday.
Bainimarama sought their commitment which include that they commit to electoral reforms which will do away with the communal representation and replace it with proportional representation, based on universally accepted principle of equal suffrage to ensure true parliamentary democracy.
The Interim Prime Minister also wanted them to commit that they will not undermine national efforts to meet the economic challenges that have been brought about by the global economic crisis.
They were also asked not to work with partisan media outlets and foreign countries to undermine national initiatives and efforts and for them to commit to expediting the political dialogue process with honesty.
Bainimarama said the responses from the SDL, NFP, UPP and Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo were unsatisfactory.
Beddoes rubbishes Bainimarama statements
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