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	Fiji HISTORY
		He and his majority party won elections in 1972, 1977, and 1982, but lost the April 1987 elections to a coalition of the Indian-based National Federation Party and the Labour Party.
		Elections were to be held within six months, and the council was to propose constitutional revisions that would safeguard the political dominance of indigenous Fijians.
		In 1999, parliamentary elections were held that resulted in a government led by Mahendra Chaudhry, leader of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP), who became the first Indian prime minister of Fiji.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Fiji-HISTORY.html (1145 words)

	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)

	Robertson, Robbie - The University of the South Pacific
		Fiji has been the focus for several studies, including the country's descent into military rule and its declaration of ethnocentrism as a model for indigenous sovereignty (Fiji: Shattered Coups, 1988).
		His 1998 study (Multiculturalism and Reconciliation in an Indulgent Republic) documented Fiji's subsequent retreat from exclusivity and dwelt on the importance of civil institutions and principles of citizenship for sustaining reconciliation in societies ravaged by intense social conflict.
		Professor Robertson's subsequent examination of Fiji's collapse into unconstitutional governance in and after 2000 (Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup, 2001) focused squarely on issues of indigenous rights and affirmative action, indigenousness and governance (especially the assumed dichotomy between tradition and democracy), and economic development and education.
	www.usp.ac.fj /index.php?id=786 (2891 words)

	Fijian general election, 1982 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fiji's fourth general election to the House of Representatives was held in 1982.
		However, it won only 28 seats, 8 fewer than at the previous election of September 1977.
		The Western United Front of Ratu Osea Gavidi won only two seats, but split the vote, allowing the National Federation party, with which it tactically allied itself, to pick up six seats for a total of 22.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiji_general_election,_1982 (176 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In legislative elections, the Soqosoqo ni Vakevulewa ni Taukei (SVT, Fiji Political Party) won 30 of 37 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and the National Federation Party (NFP) won 14 and the Fijian Labor Party (FLP) 13 of the seats reserved for East Indians.
		November 1996: The Fiji Nationalist United Front Party (FNP), Vanua Independent Party (VIP), and Taukei Movement have formed the Coalition Against the Reeves Report which is intended to act as an opposition force against the new constitution.
		Elections are to be held in early 1999.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/fijindchro.htm (3351 words)

	Stephanie Sienkiewicz Thesis: Chapter 3
		In the 1982 elections, for instance, as written in Islands Business News, the Alliance party said that a piece of NFP propaganda ridiculed Fijians "in a fashion never to be forgotten or forgiven" (Lawson 1996: 61).
		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.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/fiji99/sienkiewicz/ssind3.htm (11955 words)

	Fiji Stamps Collection
		Fiji's sole surviving owl is the barn owl Tyto alba or lulu as it is known throughout the islands with the exception of western Vitilevu, where its name is vevewa.
		Fiji water was born of one man’s love of the islands, and his affection and respect for the people of Fiji.
		The Fiji SPCA was formed nearly half-century ago when a group of concerned people in the Capital City, Suva, got together (in 1935) and raised the funds to build the still-existing headquarters on the fringe of the city.
	www.stampsfiji.com /menu.htm (4978 words)

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	Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online
		(3) The first elections to the central committee shall be held within three months of the commencement of this Order, and thereafter elections shall be held biennially on the anniversary of the first elections or as close thereto as may be, in the opinion of the central committee, expedient.
		such elections to be held in the manner hereinafter provided in the month of November in each second year, the first such election to be held in the month of November, 1972.
		The pay of all inspectorate and subordinate officers shall be as set forth in the approved annual estimates of Fiji and shall be paid at such intervals being not greater than one month as the Commissioner with the approval of the Minister may direct.
	www.itc.gov.fj /lawnet/fiji_act/cap85.html (12609 words)

	WomenWatch - Fiji National Plan
		The Fiji Law Reform Commission in 1997commissioned the review of laws relating to the family which includes the law on marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody, affiliation and a revamped institutional mechanism through which family grievances are dealt with by a specialised court to be known as the Family Court.
		Further improvements in national policies were adopted in 1993 by the Fiji Islands Cabinet to increase the participation of women on all public boards, committees and councils by 30% to 50% in the next five years.
		The Commonwealth Secretariat in January 1999, approached the Fiji Islands to pilot a project on analysing government expenditure in a gender disaggregated manner and that findings and considerations raised from this exercise be integrated in the formulation of the national budget.
	www.un.org /womenwatch/confer/beijing/national/fiji.html (19059 words)

	NFP has 4 leaders in 2 years
		The decision to change the leader was made by the NFP yesterday when it launched its manifesto and announced 35 candidates for the next election.
		In 1982, it again split into two factions, one led by the temporarily united party's General Secretary and another by its President.
		In 1999, the then leader Jai Ram Reddy had stated that though he was the leader of the party, he did not like to become the Prime Minister.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no944.htm (430 words)

	AnthroGlobe Bibliography: Fijian Society
		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'.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /Biblio/biblio_fiji1.html (5314 words)

	Sri Lankan election chief's heart not in it. 24/09/2005. ABC News Online
		In a country where the vote of the main Opposition presidential candidate Hector Kobbekaduwa was cast by another pretending to be him in 1982, impersonations are not uncommon.
		The elections chief is hamstrung because a fully fledged independent elections' commission set up under a constitutional amendment in 2001 has yet to be appointed.
		President Chandrika Kumaratunga has refused to name the three commissioners who are to replace Mr Dissanayake's election department and since he is not allowed to delegate his powers, he has no option but to continue in the job even though he is well past the mandatory retirement age of 60.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200509/s1467699.htm (426 words)

	Book Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In 1987 -- first in May and again in September -- Fiji, which had often been regarded as a model for racial co-existence, surprised the rest of the world by staging not one but two coups.
		Instead, he points out, the May coup was a strike against democratic government by elements associated with Fiji's traditional oligarchy seeking to hide behind a mask of populist communalism.
		From 1982 to 1987 he taught at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.
	www.escapeartist.com /fiji2/fiji2.htm (466 words)

	Fiji
		The ACP Summit in Fiji in July lent the weight of 78 States with 650 million people, to the anti-terrorism campaign.
		Fiji reaffirms its willingness to continue its participation in United Nations and international peacekeeping operations.
		Fiji reiterates its support for Japan as a permanent member of the Security Council along with China.
	www.un.org /webcast/ga/57/statements/020919fijiE.htm (2541 words)

	Fiji Parliament salutes Vakatora Fijilive - Fiji news breaking fiji news elections 2006 fiji government news fiji coup ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Fiji Parliament today paid tribute to former Speaker and draftsman of its Constitution, Tomasi Vakatora, who has passed away.
		Labour party leader Mahendra Chaudhry said Vakatora's election as Speaker in 1982 saw the successful crowning of a civil and political career in which he had emerged as a trusted member of the inner circle of Ratu Mara's Alliance Party.
		Perhaps his most distinguished and invaluable service to the nation was as one of the three commissioners of the Reeves Commission Report of 1996 that laid the foundations for Fiji's widely acclaimed 1997 multi-racial Constitution.
	www.fijilive.com /news/show/news/2006/06/14/06Fijilive1423.html (277 words)

	CountryWatch - Global News Update
		The Political Intelligence Briefing is written by CountryWatch's editor on a weekly basis and it is intended to inform CountryWatch users of important political events evolving in the world.
		Yet another rationale centered on the possibility that the poisoning was carried out for the purpose of implicating the Russian government, presumably to discredit it.
		Now, four years later, incumbent President Marc Ravalomanana said that he anticipated winning a second term in office. He was being challenged by 13 other presidential candidates, including Roland Ratsiraka, the nephew of the former president.
	www.countrywatch.com /(5s3lgr55k12fzd55a5tzaznr)/gnu_default.aspx (1161 words)

	Confronting Fiji Futures Oceania - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		All twelve were written before, or just after, the 1999 general election, and before the Speight coup.
		He proceeds to show how the current one could in fact be compromised in practice by the electoral system itself, by multi-party government, or by the current provisions for accountability.
		They include a mis-match between the high educational achievements of many ethnic Fijian women and their relatively modest professional achievements; an increased rate of violence against Indo-Fijian women; how traditional attitudes in the two main ethnic communities bolster gender labour stereotypes which, in the indigenous case, are further reinforced by Christianity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3654/is_200203/ai_n9030760 (760 words)

	Election boosts trust in US voting systems \| csmonitor.com
		But the consensus among election observers is that the problems - while still too numerous for comfort and difficult to track with some electronic voting technologies - appeared to be isolated and not systemic.
		The idea: to bring attention to voting problems even in elections where the winning margin was large enough that they would normally receive little attention.
		Ultimately, perceptions of progress in election reform may rest on the orderly resolution of the Senate race in Virginia.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/1110/p03s03-ussc.html?s=hns (1248 words)

	ABC News: Report Details Bias at Voting Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Feb 21, 2006 (AP)— Unfair tactics and confusing rules still make it tough for many minorities to cast election ballots, and the barriers are so common that the federal safeguards for voters must be renewed, a detailed new report from a civil rights group says.
		Election officials were found to have illegally purged voter lists and refused to translate election materials for citizens who are not fluent in English.
		Voters and advocates complained to federal officials about unfair election practices more often between 1982 and 2004 than between 1965 and 1982, data compiled from Department of Justice records show.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1643454 (433 words)

	Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online
		Provided that in the case of the first elections held under the provisions of this Order the mode of election shall, subject as aforesaid, be as determined by the Controller.
		The pay of all junior and subordinate officers shall be as set forth in the approved annual estimates of Fiji and shall be paid at intervals of not greater than one month as the Controller with the approval of the Minister may direct.
		Subject to the provisions of regulation 14, the procedure for the granting of annual increments of pay to junior and subordinate officers shall be in accordance with the directions of the Controller.
	www.itc.gov.fj /lawnet/fiji_act/cap86.html (12033 words)

	KEYNOTE SPEECH AT 22ND AGM
		The call was to inform me that the Alliance Party had lost the recent general election, the second since independence and I was to go and stand in the next one.
		In the 1992 election SVT picked up the 37 seats for native Fijians and in coalition with the 1 Rotuman and 5 Others, formed the Government.The 27 Indo-Fijians made up the opposition.
		The election in 1999 under the new Constitution saw the SVT humiliated with 7 seats out of a possible 48.
	www.pacificislandsuk.org /dewaspeech.htm (3220 words)

	AnthroGlobe Bibliography: Fijian Society O-Z
		This is a Takeover!" Fiji: Countdown to a Coup.
		Suva, Fiji: Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma.
		Fiji and the Fijians, the islands and inhabitants: mission history ed.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /Biblio/biblio_fiji2.html (3211 words)

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	electionresources.org /south.america.html (57 words)

	Scoop: NEWSFLASH: Fiji Army Confirms Arms In Play
		An Amnesty to be granted to George Speight and his fellow hostage takers is not due to take force till all arms have been handed over to the Military.
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	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0007/S00074.htm (825 words)

	Fiji: Qarase's visit to India with love
		I have already outlined some of the lessons he will be able to bring back with him in nation building, hopefully.
		The Prime Minister’s visit might take the indigenous/immigrant rights debate over leadership out of the debate in the 2006 election.
		For one reason or another, while the national anthem ‘Blessing grant oh God of Nations’ has been translated into Fijian, ‘Meda Dau Doka’, it has NEVER been translated into Fiji Hindi or Indian Hindi, for that matter.
	www.saag.org /papers16/paper1532.html (2328 words)

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		Costa Rica Announces Preliminary Results Of Presidential Election
	www.electionguide.org /country-links.php?ID=53 (53 words)

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