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  Fiji (04/07)
Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in October.
Fiji is one of the more developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
Fiji became the 127th member of the United Nations on October 13, 1970, and participates actively in the organization.
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 Election Resources on the Internet / Recursos Electorales en la Internet
The results of legislative elections held in Sweden from 1973 to 2006, as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Swedish legislature are available in Elections to the Swedish Riksdag.
The results of legislative elections held in Norway from 1985 to 2005, as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Norwegian legislature are available in Elections to the Norwegian Storting.
Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
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  Fiji election of 1977 (March) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fiji's election for the House of Representatives held in March 1977 was the second since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
Three days after the election, however, the party splintered in a leadership brawl, and the Governor General, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, called on the defeated Ratu Mara to form an interim government pending fresh elections.
Whatever the truth of the myriad allegations about the parties involved, Ratu Mara remained in office in an interim capacity despite his electoral defeat, and a fresh election was held to resolve the impasse in September.
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 Encyclopedia: Elections in Fiji
An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office.
Fiji elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
Fiji has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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 Fiji election of 1977 (September) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A general election to Fiji's House of Representatives was held in September 1977, to resolve the impasse of an earlier election that had been held in March.
The National Federation Party, the narrow winner of the election, had failed to form a government, owing to internal disputes, and the Governor-General, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, had called on the defeated Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, to form an interim government, pending fresh elections.
The new elections held in September resulted in a landslide win for Ratu Mara's Fijian Alliance Party, which won an unprecedented 36 seats out of 52.
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 Fiji election of 1992 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A (A national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies) general election was held to restore (An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands) Fiji to democracy in 1992.
It was the first election held since two (Click link for more info and facts about military coups) military coups in 1987 had severed Fiji's 113-year old constitutional links with the (The people of Great Britain) British Monarchy and ushered in a republic.
The 1992 (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) elections were the first to be held under the new electoral system, which was deliberately biased in favour of (Click link for more info and facts about ethnic Fijians) ethnic Fijians.
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 Fijian Political Party Online Research :: Information about Fijian Political Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The SVT won the Fiji election of 1992 of 1992, but the subsequent defection of six parliamentarians left it without a workable majority.
Despite this, it won a plurality in the Fiji election of 1994 that was called three years early, in 1994.
It contested the Fiji election of 2001 held to restore democracy in 2001 on a platform of supporting the 1997 constitution with amendments, free public transport for school children, an increase in government spending to alleviate poverty, and promotion of community initiatives to end domestic violence.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Fiji held a general election in 1994, three years earlier than scheduled.
The election produced little change among the 38 seats in the House of Representatives that were reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman Islanders.
The Fiji Labour Party lost 6 of its 13 seats, with the National Federation Party winning the remaining 20.
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 Fiji election of 1977 (March)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Fiji's election for the House of Representatives held in March 1977 was thesecond since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
This was the view articulated by Jai Ram Reddy, the leader of one of the dueling factions of the NFP, in a radiobroadcast during the crisis.
Whatever the truth of the myriad allegations about the partiesinvolved, Ratu Mara remained in office in an interim capacity despite his electoral defeat, and a fresh election was held to resolvethe impasse in September.
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 Historical Timeline - Fiji Government Online
Fiji had to have two general elections this year after the first, which was won by the National federation Party could not get started because of internal bickering amongst NFP members, notably Siddiq Koya and Karam Ramrakha.
The General Election was won by the Coalition NFP-FLP, and resulted in the relegation of former PM, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Alliance MP to the Opposition, while Dr Timoci Bavadra was sworn in as Prime Minister.
The first general elections under the new 1990 constitution was conducted and the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei took control of the polls.
www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/historical_timeline.shtml   (2616 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - East Asia and the Pacific
Fiji was expelled from the Commonwealth when it declared itself a republic in October 1987.
Fiji's contributions to peacekeeping in the Middle East and Africa are unique for a nation of its size.
Fiji maintains a 600-man battalion with the UN forces in Lebanon and a 400-man battalion in the Multinational Force of Observers in the Sinai.
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 Fiji election of 1999 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The (A national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies) general election to the (A native or inhabitant of Fiji) Fijian (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) House of Representatives, held in May 1999, was historic.
Many ethnic Fijians were unwilling to accept the result of the election, which was partly because their own votes had been so fragmented while those of Indo-Fijians had been much more united.
Although the (A brilliant and notable success) coup was eventually put down, the repercussions of it are still being felt as of 2004.
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 Articles - Cabinet (Fiji)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Fiji has the Westminster system - executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of Ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.
Then following the election of 2001, Mahendra Chaudhry, the leader of the Fiji Labour Party, was involved in litigation against the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, on the grounds that Qarase had unconstitutionally refused to include the Labour Party in the Cabinet.
On 18 July 2003, Fiji's Supreme Court ruled that the exclusion of the Labour Party was in breach of the Constitution, and demanded that the situation be rectified.
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 Stephanie Sienkiewicz Thesis: Chapter 3
But the Europeans in Fiji felt that they were racially superior to both Fijians and Indians and that it was their right to remain separated from the other two ethnic groups.
The ineffectiveness of the NFP in combating the Alliance party's political control in the 1982 elections led to the formation of the Fiji Labor Party in July of 1985; the president of the party was Dr. Timoci Uluivuda Bavadra.
Shortly after the election results were announced, Ratu Mara's eldest son led a protest in Suva while a chief on the western side of the mainland set up a road block on the main highway.
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 History of Fiji
This action, coupled with protests by the Government of India, led to Fiji's expulsion from the Commonwealth of Nations and official nonrecognition of the Rabuka regime from foreign governments, including Australia and New Zealand.
Rabuka's coalition was defeated by the Fiji Labor Party, which formed a coalition, led by Mahendra Chaudhry, with two small Fijian parties.
The 1997 Constitution states that any party receiving 10% or more of the seats in Parliament must be given an opportunity to be represented in the Cabinet in proportion to its numbers in the House of Representatives.
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 Colour, Class and Custom: References
'Fiji: the politics of a plural society', in Ahmed Ali and Ron Crocombe (eds), Politics of Melanesia.
Gillion, K. Fiji's Indian Migrants: A History to the End of Indenture in 1920.
Introduction to 'As the dust settles: impact and implications of the Fiji coups', The Contemporary Pacific 2 (Spring): 1-10.
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 Personal Profiles, September-October 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Joaquín Balaguer y Ricardo was born in Villa Bisonó in the province of Santiago, Dominican Republic, on September 1, 1907.
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka was born in Nakobo, Cakaudrove, Fiji, on September 13, 1948.
Silvio Berlusconi was born in Milan, Italy, on September 29, 1936.
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 Fiji election of 2001 - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Constitution of Fiji was restored by a High Court decision on 15 November 2000, following the failure of the political upheaval in which the government had been deposed and the constitution suspended in May that year.
Controversy has continued since the 2001 election, with Prime Minister Qarase finding reasons, which many consider to be pretexts, for not implementing the power-sharing provisions of the Constitution, which require that every political party with more than 8 seats in the House of Representatives must be proportionally represented in the Cabinet.
On 18 July 2003, the Supreme Court of Fiji ruled that Qarase's exclusion of the Labour Party from the Cabinet was unconstitutional, and demanded that the situation be rectified.
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 Profile of France - French Institutions - Ministère des Affaires étrangères
The Constitutional Council, composed of nine members, is responsible in particular for overseeing the proper functioning of elections and for ruling on the constitutionality of organic laws and legislation submitted to it.
The Head of State is elected for a five-year term by direct universal suffrage (establishment of the five-year term following the referendum of 24 September 2000).
The most recent general election was held in June 2007.
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 TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
The pattern of colonialism in Fiji during the following century was similar to that in many other British possessions: the pacification of the countryside, the spread of plantation agriculture, and the introduction of Indian indentured labor.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the validity of the Constitution and ordered the Chaudhry government returned to power in March 2001, after which the President dissolved the Parliament elected in 2000 and appointed Qarase head of a caretaker government until elections could be held in August.
The 1997 Constitution states that any party receiving 10% or more of the seats in Parliament must be given an opportunity to be represented in the Cabinet in proportion to its numbers in the House of Representatives.
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Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance, signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the JVP to seal the agreement under which the latter is to offer outside support to the Government for one year.
George Speight, accused of treason for leading the May 2000 coup in Fiji, is elected to the Parliament from jail.
Bangladesh's former military ruler, Gen. H.M. Irshad, is formally barred from election due to his conviction on corruption charges by a Dhaka criminal court.
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 Peace Corps Online | The Peace Corps in Fiji
October 10, 2004: Headlines: COS- Fiji: PJ Star: Sam Singh was born on the South Pacific island of Fiji, the home of his father, who met Sam's mother there when she was serving in the Peace Corps
September 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Fiji: Writing - Fiji: Infinity Plus: Jeff VanderMeer was born in Pennsylvania, U.S., in 1968, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps
September 26, 2004: Headlines: COS - Fiji: Politics: Election2004 - Younkin: Great Falls Tribune: Cindy Younkin served in the Peace Corps in the Fiji Islands and as a state legislator since 1999, holding spots in the Republican House leadership
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 Articles - Fijian Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The rule of the Alliance Party was briefly challenged in the election of March 1977, when a split in the ethnic Fijian vote resulted in the loss of nine seats.
A constitutional crisis developed when, three days after the election, the NFP splintered in a leadership brawl, and the Governor General of Fiji, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, asked the Mara government to remain in power in a caretaker capacity.
A second election was held in September that year to resolve the impasse; the Alliance was returned with an unprecedented 36 seats out of 52.
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 Fiji - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Fiji is an island group located in the South Pacific Ocean approximately 2,730 km (1,700 miles) northeast of Sydney, Australia and 1,770 km (1,110 miles) north of Auckland, New Zealand.
Rabuka won the general elections and became Prime Minister as leader of the Fijian Political Party which continued to reaffirm the interests of indigenous Fijians.
In Dec. 1992 Prime Minister Rabuka called for a government of national unity with the objective of improving the growing political and ethnic divisions, although little progress was made.
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 Fiji Election Of 1972 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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 AnthroGlobe Bibliography: Fijian Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Campbell, I. 1987 The Fiji Coup: Harbinger or Aberration?
Larmour, Peter 1991 Legitimacy and Sovereignty in the South Pacific: the Fiji Coups and the Bougainville Rebellion.
MacNaught, Timothy J 1971 'The Subjugation of the Highlands of Viti Levu, Fiji'.
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 Country Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general
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 George is proud of company - Fiji Times Online
He started there on September 7, 1977, when the office was located along Vitogo Parade in Lautoka's central business district.
Fiji soccer rep Viliame Toma moves upfield against the New Zealand XI at Churchill Park.
Fiji won 1-0 to draw the Football for Life Series 1-all.
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 Kresge Law Library Acquisitions
Election law : cases and materials / Daniel Hays Lowenstein, Richard L. Hasen.
Suva, Fiji : Institute of Justice and Applied Legal Studies, University of the South Pacific, 2001.
The law of asylum and refugees : present tendencies and future perspectives : proceedings of the sixteenth Colloquy on European Law, Lund, 15-17 September 1986.
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