Richard Naidu

[11] He condemned the detention and beating of six pro-democracy activists by the military on Christmas eve at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks, and called on the Fiji Human Rights Commission to take a stand against such violations.

[12] On 16 January, Naidu dismissed the announcement that the Military had restored Ratu Josefa Iloilo to the Presidency, saying that it did not legitimize the State of Emergency or the interim government.

[13] On 23 January Naidu gave an interview to Radio New Zealand in which he attacked President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo as a puppet of the Military and the "illegal" interim government.

In July 2010 he was detained by the military under the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 over an article claiming the Fiji police commissioner had been suspended.

[26][27] In 2015 he briefly served on the Constitutional Offices Commission as the leader of the opposition's nominee,[28][circular reference] resigning in November after claiming it was a rubber-stamp for the regime.