Articles Tagged: democracy

Thakur Ranjit Singh, Auckland, New Zealand Every man and his dog, and their leaders in New Zealand, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, EU and other corners of the Pacific and the world are crying for elections in Fiji. It appears ... is panacea and solutions to all problems in Fiji. As Father Kelvin Barr, a learned commentator

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Hopes of democracy being restored to Fiji early next year are completely shattered after the country's interim leader announced election delays and that he would boycott a leaders' forum this week.

An exceptionally honest opinion article from New Zealand based writer regarding Fiji's political landscape, which was published in a Fiji Times article. The excerpt: Are we ready for elections THAKUR RANJIT SINGH Wednesday, July 30, 2008 What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history. I have said this before and reiterate that in the case of Fiji our leaders and politicians have short memories. What we should have learnt from the 2000 attempted coup is that no political

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Fiji's military-led government Saturday to keep its promise to restore democracy early next year, during a rare visit by America's top diplomat to the far-flung South Pacific. Rice held talks with counterparts from 16 island nations from the region, which is struggling with a range of issues from rising sea levels to rampant poverty, instability and ...

Sun, Jul 27, 2008 (12:03 a.m.) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Fiji's military-led government Saturday to keep its promise to restore democracy early next year, during a rare visit by America's top diplomat to the far-flung South Pacific.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Fiji's military-led government Saturday to keep its promise to restore democracy early next year, during a rare visit by America's top diplomat to the far-flung South Pacific.

So it's official: Fiji's military dictator Voreqe Bainimarama has cancelled the elections he had promised to hold by March, ending any pretence of a return to democracy. His reason? Well, it's not because Fiji's electoral officials aren't up to it - a visit from the Pacific Forum last week showed they would be able to run an election next year if there was the political will. And it's that which is lacking - the dictatorship simply doesn't want elections unless it can dictate the outcome and ma

Fiji's military ruler postponed elections promised for March 2009 to return the island to democracy after ousting the government in a bloodless coup 20 months ago, a news report said Friday.

Fiji's military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama says there will be no election in the South Pacific nation next March after earlier citing the date to South Pacific and European Union officials.

Fiji's military ruler postponed elections promised for March 2009 to return the island to democracy after ousting the government in a bloodless coup 20 months ago, a news report said Friday.

Fiji's military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama says there will be no election in the South Pacific nation next March after earlier citing the date to South Pacific and European Union officials.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ Fiji could hold elections to return to democracy within months if there was the political will to do so. That's what New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said after meeting with Fiji's coup leader and election officials.