SODELPA parliamentarian Mosese Bulitavu has today said that he does not know the source of a video which he shared on facebook, that shows a doctored interview of Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
The video has been clearly edited and it is different from the original interview that was broadcast on Fiji One back in 2014.
It has parts where Bainimarama talks about the politics of fear and then certain parts are removed resulting in him only saying that if FijiFirst wins, after the elections you won’t be able to pray to Jesus.
The same is being done when he says that they will get rid of the chiefs and forget about the rights of the Itaukei.
Bainimarama has continued to stress that the constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the state will not favour one religion over another, the chiefs continue to be chiefs in their villages and there are no changes and the land rights of the Itaukei are fully protected under the constitution.
The screenshot of the video
When questioned by Fijivillage on the issue of sharing the doctored video, Bulitavu says he did not know that it was a fake video.
He says he is not a source of the video, he did not reproduce it and he is only part of the group that shared the video.
Bulitavu also says that people should not just pick on him as other people also shared the video.
We have asked the FijiFirst about this issue.
They are yet to comment.
