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Some Fijians want to penalise the Indo-Fijian community for its perceived support of the present regime, says a former vice-president of the island nation.

Some Fijians want to penalise the Indo-Fijian community for its perceived support of the present regime, says a former vice-president of the island nation.

SUVA: The Fiji High Court ruled Thursday that the South Pacific nation's president acted lawfully in appointing a military-led regime following the December 2006 coup.

The Fiji High Court ruled Thursday that the South Pacific nation's president acted lawfully in appointing a military-led regime following the December 2006 coup.

Bloggers, Dutt has made serious allegations against Chodo, which has been backed up by 2 USP Professors. SV agrees with Kinivuwai that these allegations should be further investigated because if there is merit in these allegations, then its repercussions are mind boggling. For instance if true, then Chodo was working in cohorts with some ?shadowy figures? prior to the December 2006 coup, whilst the FLP was represented in the Qarase led Multi-Party Cabinet! Furthermore, who are these ?shadowy fig

Fiji's ousted prime minister Laisenia Qarase has lodged a treason complaint against dozens of people who played a role in the 2006 military coup that saw his government thrown out of office.

The Fijian Government complained about an interview with Michael Field on Nine to Noon on 7 March 2008. Radio NZ rejected the complaint so they went to the BSA. And they won. They?ve sent me a copy of the decision: bsa-decision-28-8-08 (large pdf) that upholds four complaints of inaccuracy. Now I have been a pretty strong critic of the Commodore and his Government myself. But there is no reason to make things sound worse than they really are there. The four items the BSA upheld were: Radio N

The New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld a complaint by Fiji's solicitor-general against Pacific Island affairs commentator Michael Field on Radio New Zealand .

[JURIST] Fiji's former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase [BBC profile] said Friday that police have failed to take his statement [FijiVillage report] regarding treason allegations he has made against the country's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama [BBC profile]. Earlier this month, Qarase charged that Bainimarama and others who participated in a December 2006 military coup [JURIST

BREAKING NEWS: Political turmoil is hitting Fiji this morning as coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama moves against Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry.

Politicians against current electoral system should be told to pay up for their time in Parliament July 10, 2008 by solivakasama Fiji Sun, 5 July 2008 By VICTOR LAL Those politicians who entered the House of Representatives and Senate on the current electoral system after the 1999, 2001 and 2006 general elections, and are now in the forefront of advocating its abolition following the 5 December 2006 coup, should be ordered to pay back all the salaries, perks and privileges they got from that