News Fiji: cancelling democracy
Jul
18
2008
| Fiji: cancelling democracy |
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| Written by norightturn.blogspot.com | |
| Saturday, 19 July 2008 | |
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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
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