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	Leader of the Opposition (Fiji) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It did not originate in Fiji but has a long tradition; in British constitutional theory, the Leader of the Opposition must pose a formal alternative to the government, ready to form a government himself should the Prime Minister lose the confidence of the House of Representatives.
		In addition, the Leader of the Opposition chooses 8 of the 32 members of the Senate, Fiji's upper house of Parliament, and has the right to be consulted about the appointment of the Chief Justice.
		In Fiji, the Leader of the Opposition is formally appointed by the President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Fiji) (276 words)

	Government - Fiji - Oceania: court supreme, leader opposition, head state, fiji government, fiji police
		From 1970 until 1987 Fiji was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of political entities that pledge actual or symbolic allegiance to the British crown.
		Fiji has a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature consisting of a Senate (upper house) and a House of Representatives (lower house).
		The 32 members of the Senate are appointed by the president on the basis of nominations by the Great Council of Chiefs (14 members), the prime minister (9), the leader of the opposition (8), and the Council of Rotuma (1).
	www.countriesquest.com /oceania/fiji/government.htm (455 words)

	Chaudhry rejects Opposition Leader's post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chaudhry on 15 October appointing him Leader of the Opposition: “Acting in my own deliberate judgement, I have this day appointed you to be the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Fiji”.
		FLP’s cabinet case has been pending since the Fiji Court of Appeal, ruling on the issue in February this year, declared that the Qarase government was unconstitutional and that the FLP had a right to proportional representation in his cabinet.
		Fiji’s recently appointed chief justice Daniel Fatiaki has repeatedly maintained since taking office that he was in no hurry to constitute the Supreme Court to hear the case.
	www.flp.org.fj /n021024.htm (561 words)

	Fiji Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Fiji Times reports that Ratu Inoke is already facing three charges in the magistrates court of conspiring to aid an act of mutiny which are due to be heard on August 1.
		Fiji’s opposition leader, Mick Beddoes, has called on all cabinet ministers to resign if the Supreme Court rules in favour of the Labour Party’s inclusion in the government.
		Radio Fiji reports that Ratu Inoke Takiveikata, the paramount chief of Naitasiri province, was named in the police statement given by the two soldiers who have pleaded guilty to the mutiny.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/fiji/23-7-03.html (3483 words)

	Fiji opposition leader meets military - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Fiji's opposition leader has defied the government by meeting the country's military chief to discuss revelations about the 2000 coup.
		Chaudhry rejected Fiji government assertions he should go through the Home Affairs Ministry rather than directly meeting Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who has differed publicly with the government in the wake of the coup.
		"As leader of the opposition, I'm entitled to be briefed about the national security situation, particularly at a time like this when new evidence is surfacing with regard to investigations of some very prominent people," he said.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Fiji-opposition-leader-meets-military/2005/09/26/1127586790034.html (474 words)

	Mounting opposition in Fiji to racialist coup
		Amid numerous signs of mounting popular opposition to the racialist coup headed by disgruntled businessman George Speight—as well as international pressure to keep Speight out of office—Fiji's martial law administration has suspended talks with Speight and his group and demanded the release of their 31 hostages.
		Of mutual concern to Speight, the military and the capitalist powers is the danger that rising opposition to the coup could spark wider discontent among the increasingly impoverished Fijian population.
		One journalist who drove from the capital Suva to Nadi, the commercial, tourism and sugar centre on the west of the main island, reported road signs such as “George [Speight] is a terrorist and belongs in prison, not in the position of Prime Minister”.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/jun2000/fiji-j08.shtml (1949 words)

	Pacific Beat - Fiji Labor leader calls for no opp'n leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The head of the Fiji Labour Party, Mahendra Chaudhry, says the office of leader of the opposition in Fiji's parliament should remain vacant.
		Mr Prasad was able to claim the seat when the High Court opted to count the votes of over a thousand people who had failed to number the boxes on the ballot.
		CHAUDHRY: "Well the Leader of Opposition is appointed by the President.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s663334.htm (584 words)

	Herald Sun: Fiji gives Ratu Mara state funeral (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His vision of Fiji as a peaceful, multiracial island nation was shattered by two military coups led by then army colonel Sitiveni Rabuka in 1987.
		He worked tirelessly to make a unified nation from different communities; a nation to stand tall as a model of progress and harmony." Fiji's political leaders were united in their grief at the death of Ratu Sir Kamisese, the hereditary Paramount chief of the Lau Islands of eastern Fiji.
		Fiji's opposition leader Mick Beddoes said: "This is a really sad day in Fiji's life." Ratu Sir Kamisese was instrumental in founding the organisation which became the South Pacific Forum, the association of Pacific nations now known as the Pacific Islands Forum.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,9326938^401,00.html (647 words)

	Fiji opposition party boycotts Parliament - NDTV.com - News on Fiji opposition party boycotts Parliament
		Fiji's opposition Labour Party lawmakers marched out of parliament today to protest against a legislation that could free key conspirators in the 2000 nationalist coup from prison.
		Fiji coup leader George Speight and followers imprisoned for ousting the democratically elected government could be freed under the law.
		As feelings mounted in the South Pacific republic, police and army troops were on alert for possible trouble from "some fractures and division" caused by the bill, said police commissioner Andrew Hughes.
	www.ndtv.com /morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Fiji+opposition+party+boycotts+Parliament&id=73904 (133 words)

	Articles - Cabinet (Fiji) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		This continued to stall negotiations, until late November 2004, when Chaudhry announced that the Labour Party had decided to remain in opposition for the remainder of the present parliamentary term, which is due to expire on 11 September 2006 at the latest.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Cabinet_(Fiji) (909 words)

	Former NFP leader hits out at NFP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A former National Federation Party leader, Noor Dean, has hit out at NFP's current leader Harish Sharma for his comments against democracy at the Party's AGM on Sunday.
		Sharma is one of the few politicians in the land with the dubious honour not having done anything for FIJI despite his having been elevated to Leader of Opposition, Fiji's first Indian Deputy Prime Minister and a Cabinet Minister.
		Many were also upset by Sharma not responding to the baseless criticism of Fiji's ethnic Indian leaders by Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi at the Party's meeting.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no919.htm (325 words)

	CNN.com - Fiji government calls on deposed PM to end international trips - August 14, 2000
		Chaudhry, Fiji's first prime minister of ethnic Indian descent, has already asked Australia and New Zealand to do the same and plans to take his message to Britain and the United Nations.
		Kubuabola, who was leader of the opposition before Chaudhry's government was toppled, said the deposed leader would be better off talking to Fijians.
		In return, he received guarantees that Fiji's multiracial constitution would be redrawn to curtail the power of the country's large ethnic Indian minority and guarantee top government jobs to indigenous Fijians.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/australasia/08/14/fiji.unrest.ap (527 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Fiji opposition leader urges compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fiji's opposition leader, Mick Beddoes has accused the Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader of posturing, rather than trying to solve the country's political deadlock.
		Earlier this month, Fiji's Supreme Court upheld the constitution, and ordered the government to form a new cabinet, which includes its Labour rivals.
		Mick Beddoes, who's leader of the United General Party, says both men need to compromise for the good of the country.
	www.goasiapacific.com /news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_913005.htm (175 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		The 1997 Constitution states that the Leader of the Opposition will be appointed by the President and if it is the opinion of the President that this appointment is acceptable to the majority of the members of opposition party or parties in the House.
		In broad terms, the Leader of the House is responsible for the arrangement and management of government business in the House of Representatives.
		The majority of formal or general procedural motions are moved on behalf of the Government and the House by the Leader of the House.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /mp/hr.aspx (461 words)

	Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector.
		Fiji Times, Fiji -:...was the one of the conclusions of a recent poll by Tebbutt Research which surveyed over 1011 individuals aged between 18 and 45 plus in Fiji's main centres...
		FIJI secondary schools rugby officials have called on teachers from the various schools to be vigilant at the seven-a-side finals at the National Stadium.
	www.world-news-watch.com /world/062004/Fiji.html (12909 words)

	List of Fiji-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eastern Division - Economy of Fiji - Elections in Fiji (List); also separate articles: 1966 - 1972 - March 1977 - September 1977 - 1982 - 1987 - 1992 - 1994 - 1999 - 2001 - 2006 - Electoral system of Fiji
		Sir Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON - High Court (Fiji) - {History of Fiji (main article) - History of Fiji:Discovery - History of Fiji:The rise and fall of Cakobau - History of Fiji:Colonial Fiji - History of Fiji:The modern nation} - A.M. House of Chiefs - House of Representatives (Fiji) - Sir Cecil HUNTER-RODWELL - Sir Eyre HUTSON
		Uluilakeba I - Chandu UMARIA - United Fiji Party (Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua) - University of Fiji - University of the South Pacific
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Fiji-related_topics (374 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Fiji opposition protests new bill
		Fiji's opposition Labour party has walked out of parliament in protest at proposed legislation which could free key conspirators of the 2000 coup.
		Coup leader George Speight, who is serving a life sentence for treason, is among those who could be freed.
		The head of the Labour Party, Mahendra Choudhry, was ousted as Fiji's first Indian prime minister during the coup.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4602569.stm (324 words)

	Pakistan News PakTribune.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He said incumbent government believes in democratic norms and appointment of opposition leader in a democratic way is the manifestation of the fact.
		Talking after his nomination as opposition leader in NA Fazl said that Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) should not get embarrassed with this appointment and should admit the numerical strength of MMA in the assembly, the sole criteria for the appointment of opposition leader, with open heart.
		In reply to a question regarding delay in appointment of the Opposite Leader of the House he termed study of precedence and deliberation on the matter cause of the delay.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=65970 (1134 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In addition, the Leader of the Opposition chooses 8 of the 32 members of the Senate, Fiji's upper house of Parliament.
		Until he reversed his position late in 2004 (following the collapse of negotiations with Prime Minister Qarase, this has forced the President to appoint Millis Beddoes, the sole parliamentary representative of the United General Party, as Leader of the Opposition.
		Note: The office of Leader of the Opposition was vacant from 1987 to 1992, and from 2000 to 2001.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Fiji) (315 words)

	Australian And Asia: New Partnerships, New Directions - Speech by Simon Crean, Leader of the Opposition [April 22, 2002] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is the text of a speech by the Leader of the Opposition, Simon Crean, as part of The Baker and McKenzie Australia In Asia Series.
		In the five months since becoming the Opposition Leader I have delivered a number of speeches setting out Labor directions on issues such as modernizing the parliament, modernizing the Labor Party, developing a comprehensive immigration, population and refugee policy, and supporting paid maternity leave and improvements to the living wage for working families.
		In addition to the traditional security agenda of nation-states, Asian leaders are increasingly defining security by reference to a broader range of concerns that include terrorism alongside trans-national crime, disease and ethnic or religious violence.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/04/02-04-22.shtml (3885 words)

	The World Factbook 2000 -- Fiji
		Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century).
		Fiji has been a major contributor to UN peacekeeping missions in various parts of the world.
		Fiji's growth slowed in 1997 because the sugar industry suffered from low world prices and rent disputes between farmers and landowners.
	www.exportinfo.org /worldfactbook/fiji_WFB.html (1145 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Fiji Opposition calls on government to abandon draft media legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Fiji Opposition leader has called on the government to abandon its pursuit of draft media legislation.
		The Fiji government has proposed legislation that would give the Information Minister the authority to make key appointments to the Fiji Media Council.
		But Fiji Opposition leader Mick Beddoes says the Council already has adequate powers to monitor and address media complaints without government interference.
	www.goasiapacific.com /news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_866896.htm (211 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Fiji opposition leader questions release of vice-president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fiji's opposition leader says he does not believe official explanations for the release of jailed vice-president, Ratu Jope Seniloli.
		Ratu Jope was found guilty of treason over his involvement in the May 2000 coup attempt, and sentenced to four years jail.
		Fiji's Opposition leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, says the reasons cited for his are difficult to believe.
	www.abc.gov.au /ra/news/stories/s1254049.htm (295 words)

	Fiji opposition calls for further coup arrests
		Fiji's opposition leader Mick Bedoes says the planners and financiers of the 2000 coup in Fiji should be hunted down.
		Mr Bedoes comment follows the arrest of Fiji's vice president, Ratu Jopi Seniloli, and four other people for involvement in the coup.
		Mr Bedoes says the authorities are charging people who appeared to have joined coup leader George Speight at a later stage, and are failing to find those who plotted and financed the civilian coup.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_850282.htm (233 words)

	Opposition leader sacked, plans to join government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		NBC reports that earlier in the week, the main opposition party, the PNG Party, announced its decision to join government saying the party will not support any vote of no confidence against Sir Michael.
		PNG Party leader, Sir Mekere Morauta said a number of his shadow ministers have been sacked.
		Paias Wingti, the governor of Western Highlands, claims that he has been given the mandate to be the opposition's candidate for the job if the vote of no confidence against Sir Michael is moved.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2004/05/06/06reg1.html (240 words)

	Viewpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Opposition Leader Bill Skate and Central MP Ted Diro said separately that the coups, past and present, were caused by unfair laws and policies which the indigenous Melanesian Fijians felt strongly about.
		He said that unless policies and rules were made to satisfy the inner-most feelings of people, then the government there was working in isolation.
		Mr Skate said the Fiji coups should be a lesson for everyone in the Pacific, especially in the Melanesian society.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20000524/news02.htm (336 words)

	Fiji attempts to eliminate Diwali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the face of overwhelming opposition from the Indian community, the following day the government backed down.
		The acting Prime Minister, Militoni Leweniqila, 'clarified' that there was no intention to abolish the two religious holidays or to lump them into one.
		It would be equivalent in the USA to abolishing Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday in recognition of the country's Black heritage and replacing it with "Slave Day" set on the date the first slave ship arrived in America.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu_home/1994/msg00666.html (256 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Fiji to seek Interpol assistance in job recruitment scam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fiji's Opposition Leader warns chiefs to be wary of Unity Bill > [18/07/2005]
		Fiji military dismisses threat of mercenary force > [15/07/2005]
		Fiji's Labour Ministry is awaiting approval from the Home Affairs Ministry to involve Interpol in finding Kuwait jobs recruiter Timoci Lolohea.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1416200.htm (245 words)

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