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Suspensions In recent years the Commonwealth has suspended several members "from the Councils of the Commonwealth" for failure to uphold democratic government. Suspended members are not represented at meetings of Commonwealth leaders and ministers, although they remain members of the organisation. Fiji, which was not a member of the Commonwealth between 1987 and 1997 as a result of a republican coup d'état, was suspended in 2000?2001 after a military coup, as was Pakistan from 1999 until 2004,

(Reuters) - The Commonwealth has threatened Pakistan with suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repeals emergency laws imposed on November 3 and takes other steps to restore democracy.