Budgetary constraints hit RFMF

The dire situation regarding the state of the Treasury finances in Fiji has hit even the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.

The current armory maintained by the RFMF has been deemed by the Interim Minister for Finance Mahendra Chaudhry as too expensive to maintain. He said "We need to find alternative weapons to the current ones because they are a drain on a tight budget". He clarified the budgetary strain as being entirely the fault of the ousted SDL government of Laisenia Qarase.

Fiji Nub News has learned that the Interim Government has engaged in a private tender process to obtain firearms from the Lego Corporation. The 'Rubber Band Pistol' (shown above) will be exclusively produced in Fiji by a new company called Motibhai-Lodhia Arms Incorporated which has been given a generous government grant and tax breaks.

Interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has hailed the new Fijian built pistol as a step in moving Fiji and her armed forces forward. He said "This new pistol will show to Fiji and the world that we can move forward ourselves and use state-of-the-art technology. Our neighbours in New Zealand and Australia may have their frigates and destroyers but we have our new pistols". Bainimarama also mentioned that any opposition in Fiji will be met with the full force of the higher caliber Lego round which will ensures that his clean up campaign succeeds.

It has been revealed that the enlisted men of the RFMF have been unhappy with the performance of the new 'Rubber Band Pistol' saying that it does not perform as well as the M-16 rifle. Two insider sources have also said that the new pistol is not as durable as previous weapons and this decision is as bad as the actions during the coup when Commander Bainimarama told his troops to patrol with no ammunition and magazines in their rifles.