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Fiji should make electoral changes after election - Clark Submitted by Whaleoil on Thu, 2008-08-21 21:07 in electoral law Fiji Fiji Frank Bainimarama Frank Bainimarama Helen Clark Helen Clark New Zealand Fiji should make electoral changes after election - Clark - Prime Minister Helen Clark says Fiji?s military government is not the right body to implement electoral and constitutional change in the country [3 News Politics] Clark should just STFU when it comes to Fiji. She has the temer

Wellington - Fiji military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, who ousted the elected government 19 months ago is protracting the rule he established at the barrel of a gun in breaking a promise to hold fresh elections next year, New Zealand Prime Minist...

WELLINGTON - Fiji's interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on Friday ruled out holding polls next March, telling Radio Fiji the timetable was unachievable because of the need for electoral reforms.

Fiji's military government has came under pressure from six Pacific nations, including Australia and New Zealand, to keep a promise to hold free elections next year amid signs of wavering.

The EU has expressed doubt that Fiji will meet a February 2009 deadline for democratic elections and said the "absence of democratic rule" was a cause for deep concern.

The European Union expressed doubt Saturday that Fiji will meet a February 2009 deadline for democratic elections and said the "absence of democratic rule" was a cause for deep concern.

SUVA, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union expressed doubt Saturday that Fiji will meet a February 2009 deadline for democratic elections and said the "absence of democratic rule" was a cause for deep concern.

Wellington - Foreign ministers of six Pacific countries will go to Fiji next week for talks on the prospect of a new election, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced on Thursday. Fiji has been ruled by the military since a bloodless co...

A free and fair election is the best possible way of screening who takes the political leadership of our country. While general elections may not be the perfect solution, it is the best yet developed by men. In the process, the cream does indeed rise to the top. Take for example, our Fiji Experience. Laisenia?s SDL had been in power from 2001 until they were forced out with a gun pointed over their head in November 2006. Back-tracking a bit, from 2001 till 2006 Mahendra Chaudary and later on

South Pacific states are trying to reopen dialogue with Fiji about returning to democracy.

South Pacific states are trying to reopen dialogue with Fiji about returning to democracy. The move comes just days after the coup-prone nation withdrew from a regional bloc that is pressing for elections early next year.