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POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn:18/6/15 Draw num: 996 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:20/6/15 Draw num: 3539 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 23/6/15 Draw num: 1114 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 Political Commentary 2 Teariki Heather gets on his knees and begs - coup averted The unpopular Puna on notice, his days are numbered he element of surprise morning Puna, his Deputy Teariki There is no doubt this was the numbers he will not survive and a strategic execution Heather and Amuri MP Toa an accurate account of Puna’s the next coup attempt. The CIP Tare the key ingredients in Isamaela swooped on Nandi desperate intervention to hold trinity of Puna, Heather and political transactions, both these Glassie’s Nikao residence, at onto power, Isamaela was first to Brown can no longer take the elements failed at an eleventh the same time Mark Brown give his version in confidence but rest of his team for granted. hour attempt to over throw was knocking on the door it went viral almost immediately. To ignore them and the Prime Minister Henry Puna’s of another MP suspected of Both Puna and Heather knew if public’s concerns will just keep Cook Islands Party government being targeted by the Coalition the Opposition had access to the Opposition alert and more on the closing day of parliament partner negotiators. Present Treasury’s books it was curtains the wiser to any opportunity to last Friday (19 June 2015). at the Glassie household was for them in the most scandalous overturn Puna’s leadership. With RAPA MP Albert Nicholas Tupuna Rakanui who had a way. Corruption has become Dissatisfaction with Puna’s unexpectedly out of the country breakfast meeting with Glassie synonymous with the CIP under growing autocratic leadership the Coalition Partners were in the CIP camp has been primed to take advantage of his There is no doubt this was an brewing for sometime waiting absence. for something or someone to Despite the public denials, the accurate account of Puna’s trigger a reaction that would threat to Puna’s throne is real, he have the PM and his confidant is shocked and embarrassed the desperate intervention to hold Minister Mark Brown removed move to dump him was coming from their positions. Puna from within his own caucus, onto power, Isamaela was first to can no longer take his fellow Puna can no longer continue to cabinet Ministers for granted be dismissive for he is now on give his version in confidence but nor can he assume they are notice, his days are numbered there to make up the numbers and with the Celebration it went viral almost immediately. to guarantee his office. Public preparations clouding the pressure predominantly from political focus his detractors may Both Puna and Heather knew Rarotonga residents against the now have to wait for the CIP Puna administration has been conference to replace him. if the Opposition had access to mounting at an alarming rate to Possibly the glitch in the Treasury’s books it was curtains for the point a second petition was Coalition’s coup de tet was too presented to Parliament and many people were in the loop them in the most scandalous way. there have been regular public at some level, while a few knew protests to attract the politician’s a fragment, only three people over Atiu business related to the Puna, Heather and Brown’s attention to the concerns of the knew the big picture details Celebrations. leadership and if ousted before people. making secrecy high risk. Some Puna and company had been the shredding machines could In the outer Islands there is little of the details changed by the told Glassie was going to defect be engaged they risk a criminal resistance to the government hour but between late Thursday and form a government of investigation. because they are out of sight out night and the early hours national unity. Whether it was One thing is certain, the CIP of mind and easily appeased with of Friday morning someone rehearsed or not is unclear but caucus isn’t tight, and neither political gifts but on Rarotonga contacted Puna and divulged Heather literally shaking with is it united. If Puna hasn’t now the minority CIP government is what they knew prompting fear got on his knees before got the message loud and clear scrutinised and examined in the him to orchestrate a counter Glassie and clutching his legs the rest of the government context of the principles of good response. and repeatedly begged him not MP’s are not superfluous, they governance and sadly it is found At about 8am on Friday to go! are not there to just make up continued next page PB Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 Political Commentary 3 wanting on many issues. The pain threshold of the wider demographic has reached its limit thus the public reaction to the arrogance style of the Puna government and members of the CIP. Jobs for the boys have flourished under Puna, most recently his attraction to the Henry brothers with the recommendation and endorsement of Brown. Aitutaki based Mike Henry has free reign despite contributing nothing to the election campaign, a matter not lost to the Party faithful who still are waiting for a call up job wise. On Rarotonga show boat Puna won’t win any popularity contests, he in fact is resented by Rarotonga residents who threw their lot in with the Demos at the last elections; Puna polled a miserly 74 votes with a slim majority indicating in his own PM Henry Puna Nandi Glassie DPM Teariki Heather electorate his popularity is marginal. Having polled only Brown getting an extra $20,000. Friday’s execution was hurried being sharpened, his informants 38% of the vote Puna must Had the coup plan, to have and premature, Puna must limit have been identified and the accept he is the prime minister the CIP defectors absent from his overseas travel and attend to next mutiny execution will be by default of a dysfunctional Parliament the government the sprouting weeds that if left fatal that is if he doesn’t radically electoral system and at best his would of not had the numbers unattended will choke him. The modify his political modus is a minority government. required to pass the 2015/2016 knives from his own draw are operandi. - George Pitt Neither does Henry Puna or Budget, but with too many the Cook Islands Party have a self appointed negotiators SWITCH ON WITH mandate to arrogantly govern and all the undisciplined talk as they wish; with 95% of by the Demo Party gossipers government revenues extracted telegraphing every move three Te Aponga Uira from Rarotonga and the vast weeks before the convening majority not voting for the CIP of Parliament there was going he needs to tread a lot more to be a change of government 5 ways to pay respectfully. Puna’s prodigal even naming those who were spending, abuse of power going to defect, the CIP had your power and the village politicking he ample time to prepare a reprisal gets away with in the distant strategy. backdrops of the country Had the government been are simply not acceptable or short of numbers to pass the tolerated in Rarotonga, residents Budget they simply would have on the main land are vocally walked out of the House forcing opinionated and tiresome of the the Speaker to adjourn the cavalier manner in which Puna Parliament sitting. If attempts to and his side kicks waste public unify the CIP parliamentarians funds. failed over the weekend With the national treasury Puna would have headed to scraping the bottom of the barrel the Queen’s Representative in short supply and government Tom Marsters and dissolved refusing to pay their bills on Parliament and set a date for a time to the private sector, snap election. 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