The deposed Prime Minister shocked the entire nation this morning by announcing that he will be filing for a divorce from the military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
In a statement released through his lawyer, Tevita Fa, the divorce application would be filed with the court registry this morning and cited non-commitment, lack of communication and Bainimarama's lack of respect and love for him.
The relationship, which began soon after the 2000 coup, was always under media scrutiny and on rough road too many a time.
When approached for comment by local news media this morning, Mr. Qarase sounded quite devastated but said that it's the best option in the current circumstances. “Well you can only take the horse to the well but can't make him fall in love with the water,” a philosophical Qarase explained.
Mr. Qarase also spoke of the reasons, which made him file for the divorce. “Well we don't talk anymore but I was really committed to make this work. I was waiting for Valentines Day as I thought it was the perfect opportunity to rekindle the spark. I called him so many times and sent more then a 100 SMS but either his phone was diverted or engaged and even if it rang no one answered. I also left many messages in his voice bank but sadly there was no reply. Well atleast I know that I did my part,” Mr. Qarase stated.
Laisenia Qarase also revealed that what really saddened him more was when he checked the mobile phone balance after the calls he realized that they were no longer on family phone package. “I know I didn't cancel the family phone deal but one of us definitely did it. Plus its just not that, I made many attempts to travel to Suva to meet Frank but he under the guise of national security has confined me to this island. The very fabric of a good and healthy relationship has been lost,” Laisenia Qarase further explained.
However when approached for comment, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said that it's a total lie that Laisenia Qarase had called him or sent him SMS. “Even if he did call or sent the SMS as he claims, it's not my fault that I didn't receive it. Why does he not ask Vodafone because I know from our intelligence officers that Vodafone was conspiring to prevent us from communicating like it did with so many other lovers today,” Commodore Bainimarama explained.
But according to a source who had close ties to the two parties the rift in their relationship came because of Laisenia Qarase's exorbitant lifestyle. “Frank is a very neat and tidy person and he always asked Qarase to cleanup the house regularly and do things within budget but Qarase always ignored it. He was damn exorbitant especially when he went on his shopping excursions. Qarase should have seen it coming and I think he has accepted it that its his fault which is the reason he is filing for the divorce,” the source revealed.
Meanwhile according to Professor Richard Clark of USP who has done research and studies in love and marriage relationships, the relationship between the two was always bound to fail right from day one. “Our studies show that the chances of long-term relationship is only possible if both of them have mustache or are clean shaved. The option that should have always been taken was for either Mr. Bainimarama to grow a mustache or for Mr. Qarase to shave his. Well I guess eventually the two men's ego got the better of them and the result has been made evident today,” Professor Clark explained referring to the divorce application filed by Laisenia Qarase.
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