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South Pacific foreign ministers will meet opposition politicians in Suva this morning following their inconclusive talks yesterday with Fiji's military leader about the country's return to democracy.

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

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 electoral system.  If a convicted career criminal had benefited from ill-gotten gains the courts would have ordered that his or

Fiji: The military government will hold its first talks with political parties next month in a step that could help push the coup-prone country back toward democracy.

Fiji: The military government will hold its first talks with political parties next month in a step that could help push the coup-prone country back toward democracy.

The decision to allow a Fijian politician into New Zealand has prompted calls for the Government-imposed sanctions to be clarified.

Fiji's former Leader of Opposition says that military-backed coups are to be blamed for stopping Fiji's progress and not politicians. Mick Beddoes was reacting to a comment this week by interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama.