Talks aimed at restoring democracy to military-ruled Fiji are making progress but no election date has been set, says ousted leader Laisenia Qarase.
Today is the anniversary of the first time Indo-Fijians set foot in Fiji, back on May 14, 1879. Not without coincidence, it is also the date that marks the first South Pacific coup against a democratically-elected majority Indian government back in 1987. I was too young to remember the horrors inflicted on the Indian population at the time, but with that one act, this day was forever tarnished in our imaginations as a ?new beginning? for us. Instead of calling Fiji a ?coup culture? and ?banana
dating free millionaire online site for Fijians. FIJI TENSIONS TIMELINE 2000: Brief coup put down by army chief Bainimarama July 2005: Bainimarama warns he will topple government if it pardons jailed coup plotters May 2006: PM Laisenia Qarase wins re-election 31 Oct: Qarase tries - and fails - to replace Bainimarama November: Qarase says he will change law offering clemency to coup plotters - Bainimarama warns of coup 5 Dec: Military declares coup Fiji voices: Coup impact
Fiji?s military ruler says he plans to call elections in 2010, restoring parliamentary democracy to the coup-hit country. Commodore Frank Bainimarama said he hoped to improve Fiji?s economy and put in place all the necessary measures for a free and fair election by then. Cmdr Bainimarama ousted the elected government of Laisenia Qarase last December, claiming it was corrupt. The coup - Fiji?s fourth in two decades - was condemned internationally. Cmdr Bainimarama was speaking a d
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Fiji Court of Appeal Judge John Bryne today discussed the appeal brought by activist Angenette Heffernan against a stay order granted the Fiji military.
Fiji's interim prime minister said Tuesday that new elections in the South Pacific island nation will be held in 2010 ... Department spokesman reiterated a demand by the US that democracy in
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coup. Since then, Bainimarama has reportedly uncovered proof of corrupt
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New elections for post-coup Fiji will be held in 2010, the country's military ruler says.