| | PEIBlogs.com: the definitive Prince Edward Island blogroll: News_and_Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Indians, despite their legal disabilities, had come to dominate commerce and the professions, and were the mainstay of a rural economy which depended on the sugar cane industry, but they took a back seat when it came to exercising power. |
 | | A new democratic constitution was promulgated in 1997 and in the 1999 general election, the revived Labour Party emerged with an absolute majority. |
 | | New parliamentary elections were held in 2001 and Qarase?s Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) or United Fiji Party emerged victorious, with 32 of the 71 seats in the House of Representatives, five more than Labour?s 27. |
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