Sakiusa Tuisolia

Who is Sakiusa Tuisolia?

Ratu Sakiusa Tuisolia is a Fijian chief from the province of Naitasiri and a former civil servant when he served as Chief Policy Adviser to three successive Fijian Prime Ministers and was also Deputy CEO in the Office of the Prime Minister . He was dismissed in December 2006 as Chief Executive Officer of the government-owned Airports Fiji Limited, by the military administration that had seized power on 5 December. He resisted his dismissal: "If they are planning to terminate me from my post, they dont have the power to do so, they have no legitimacy since they have illegally removed the elected Qarase Government. Only the AFL Board has the powers to remove me subject to my performance or a serious breach of the terms of my contract but the Board is very happy with my good performance and intends to renew my contract he said. When the Military accused him of "financial discrepancies", however, he reacted angrily, saying that was "a total and blatant lie". They are making these wild and falsified allegations to justify the coup. He accused the Military of conducting a witch hunt against him because he was known to be anti-coup and anti-military. AFL is a well managed company and its financial accounts is always audited by the Auditor General. AFL is regarded as the model state enterprise in Fiji because of the success of its reform programme under Tuisolia's visionary and strong strategic leadership.