Fijian coups

He had also served as a chief executive officer of Nasinu Town Council and was also one of the leading officers in the Fiji Trade and Investment Board for six years. "It is the shortfall in the political space over the past few decades, a growing coup culture, dictatorship, militarisation of civil service, lack of ...

"When our party is in power, we will make sure that we bring in more international investors so that our youths can have good and quality jobs. "For election this year, I hope that people vote for change. We need change in Fiji. About three-quarters of my life, I have spent under coups. We want to free people ...

It has also donated computers to the Fijian military and anti-riot equipment to Fijian police forces in the lead-up to an election. China is now the largest foreign aid donor to Fiji, followed by Australia, and unlike Canberra has maintained ties with the government in Suva following the coup in 2006. Fijian ...

That is why after the genocides, invasions, conquests, coups, colonialism, we're today approaching almost eight billion human souls, not to mention how the ... For example, we can say the monster we created in the first Fijian coup of 1987: its message is that it devours its creator first and its grandchildren a ...

Nukulau was where George Speight was originally held after his conviction of treason in the wake of the 2000 coup. Makuluva is the island close to it. We imagined the smoke bombs falling. On the opposite side of estuary of the Rewa River, opening up to the sea, stood a solid concrete tower. We used to ...

He urged Mr Sayed-Khaiyum to conduct some review of some ministries and departments including the Fiji Police Force. ... to the statement, Opposition Whip Salote Radrodro said the civil service reform was an initiative of the Laisenia Qarase led government, but was cut short during the 2006 coup.

For the first two of those games they were not members of the Commonwealth following the military coup and declaration of a republic in 1987, and for the third they were suspended. Fiji has won 14 Commonwealth medals across six sports. * The country was suspended from the Commonwealth, and was ...

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said under the bill a person could face 10 years in jail for biting, spitting or throwing body fluids or faeces at an officer, pretending or actually threatening police with a dangerous weapon, or causing harm. Fiji Village said the current maximum imprisonment for assaulting a police officer is ...

The latest evidence on Earhart meant quite a lot to me since I had speculated 20 years ago that her bones had indeed found their way to Fiji. I had been researching a poignant .... I was back in Suva in 2000, covering what proved to be the preliminaries to Fiji's third military coup. Among those predicting a ...

“That Prime Minister Bainimarama had the keys to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces armoury in 2000 and people should question where George Speight got guns from, implying that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama backed Speight in the coup of 2000. “And that if FijiFirst is voted in again, there will be ...

“That Prime Minister Bainimarama had the keys to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces armoury in 2000 and people should question where George Speight got guns from, implying that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama backed Speight in the coup of 2000. “And that if FijiFirst is voted in again, there will be ...

Mr Bainimarama said for an Indo-Fijian-based party, he was surprised about the alleged comments. ... the keys to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces armoury in 2000 and people should question where George Speight got the guns from, implying Mr Bainimarama backed the George Speight coup of 2000.

"That belief and commitment has given everything Fiji has achieved under my leadership. "In the very preamble to the 2013 Fijian Constitution, it states clearly that we are all Fijians united by common and equal citizenry, because of our Constitution, for the first time in our history, we are all equal in the eyes ...

Maciu Navakasuasua, one of the key people, who was directly involved in the 2000 coup, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama had nothing to do with that coup. He dismissed National Federation Party MP Parmod Chand's claim that Mr Bainimarama had the keys to the armoury of the Republic of Fiji ...

That Prime Minister Bainimarama had the keys to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces armoury in 2000 and people should question where George Speight got guns from, implying that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama backed Speight in the coup of 2000. And that if FijiFirst is voted in again, there will be ...

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama stresses that there is no need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Fiji because today the people of Fiji ... MP Niko Nawaikula then asked Bainimarama what is the alternative to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure that Fiji stops future coups.

THE National Federation Party says no one in Fiji wants a coup because it would mean instability. Party leader ... In response, Prof Prasad said no one wanted a coup in Fiji. He said people should ... "FijiFirst party fought the election on the basis that everybody is a Fijian and everybody is equal. If that's the ...

“He allegedly made comments such as FijiFirst Party is run by Muslims and South Indians and, also that if FijiFirst wins again a coup would be executed ... He said the people of Labasa were one of the worst affected places in Fiji in the 2000 and 1987 coups and people should realise that all over the world ...

Mr Soko had spent twenty years in the Fiji military, from the 1960s to the 1980s, just after the Rabuka coup of 1987. In his younger years he was a guardsman at Laucala Bay. The Fiji military, still an arm of a British ruled groups of islands, was enlisted to maintain the camp's security. He spoke of exercising ...

Fijian opposition MP Mosese Bulitavu has lost his seat in parliament after being convicted on sedition charges. Bulitavu had been charged along with Fiji United Freedom Party President and former businessman Jagath Karunaratne over graffiti, which was spray painted on billboards in August 2011.