Draunidalo condemned the military coup that took place on 5 December 2006, and threatened a possible court challenge to the legitimacy of the interim Cabinet sworn in on 8–9 January 2007.

[2] On 30 January 2007 Draunidalo was arrested by soldiers along with Pacific Centre for Public Integrity Director Angie Heffernan and questioned on charges of sedition.

[5][6] In July 2007 she was charged with contempt of court after stating in an interview with ABC that Fijian lawyers had lost faith in the judiciary.

[12] In June 2016, she made remarks against the Fijian Minister for Education, Mahendra Reddy asking him if he thought the opposition side were "dumb natives".

[13][14] In January 2017 she resigned from the NFP and from parliament to avoid working with Sitiveni Rabuka who had resumed leadership of the main opposition party.