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	Fiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of the Fiji Islands, or Fiji, is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu.
		Fiji's membership of the Commonwealth of Nations was suspended due to the anti-democratic activities connected with the 2000 coup.
		The population of Fiji is divided between native Fijians, a people of mixed Polynesian and Melanesian ancestory (54.3%), and Indo-Fijians (38.1%), descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiji (1992 words)

	Fiji - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fiji is a Sovereign Democratic Republic and its Parliament may legislate for the peace, welfare and good government of the State in all matters.
		Fiji has a bicameral Parliament, consisting of His Excellency the President, an elected House of Representatives and a nominated Senate.
		Fiji returned to parliamentary democracy on the 29 June, 1992 when His Excellency the President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, opened the First Session of the new Parliament House.
	www.appf.org.pe /countries/fiji/history.htm (608 words)

	CNN.com - Fiji parliament sworn in - October 1, 2001
		Notably absent at the two-hour ceremony was Speight who was elected a member of parliament for the hardliner Conservative Alliance party after winning his seat in the general elections in August.
		Fiji's president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, will officially open the parliamentary sitting proper on Tuesday in a ceremony that will include invited guests, the judiciary and members of the diplomatic corps.
		Fiji has been disrupted by three armed coups since 1987, and many see this as the country's last chance for stability.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/10/01/fiji.parliament (528 words)

	Fiji Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Fiji has over 300 islands in its archipelago, each fringed with coral reefs and lapped by warm azure waters - the diving and snorkelling are superb.
		Fiji is an interesting blend of Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesian, Indian, Chinese and European influences.
		When To Go Its mild tropical climate means that Fiji can be enjoyed all year round and it is a popular escape from the winters in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/fiji (332 words)

	Series of EmergencyNet News Reports Concerning a Coup, Hostage Incident, and Continuing Conflict on Fiji: 19 May 2000 ...
		FIJI: Fiji's military leader appointed a temporary civilian government on Monday in defiance of hostage takers who had demanded a role in naming it, but said he would remain head of state until the hostages are released.
		Fiji's military said on Wednesday it would set up an interim civilian government after indigenous rebels defied an ultimatum to lay down their weapons and free 27 hostages or be excluded from a future administration.
		FIJI: Fiji's military rulers said they reopened negotiations on Wednesday with the rebel leader holding 31 hostages, despite his rejection of their plan to name a new civilian administration by the end of the week.
	www.emergency.com /2000/Fiji_series.htm (8118 words)

	Fiji Governance - 08/03/2001
		Fourth, the Parliament of Fiji is still in being; its incumbents on and prior to 19 May 2000 still hold office; the status quo is restored; and the Parliament should be summoned by the President at his discretion but as soon as practicable.
		Fiji's military manifestly lacked the resolve and commitment to uphold the Constitution, defend the elected Government or respond to the crisis as a hostage/terrorist situation.
		The decision of the Fiji Court of Appeal which was brought down on 1 March ruled that the 1997 Constitution remains the supreme law and that the interim Qarase Government ruled without the authority of the people of Fiji.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20010308007 (5190 words)

	The Militant - June 12, 2000 -- Fiji coup targets Labour government
		The May 19 takeover of parliament was led by George Speight, described in the press as a "part-Fijian" businessman who returned to Fiji from Australia four years ago.
		Ownership of the bulk of the land in Fiji was vested in the chiefs, and remains the source of their income and authority.
		Workers from the Indian subcontinent were brought to Fiji in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to work on the vast colonial sugar plantations, first as indentured laborers and later as tenant farmers.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6423/642352.html (1220 words)

	Café Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fiji's descrated Parliament has been dubbed the "house of evil" in a banner headline in the Daily Post and reporters say used condoms and women's undergarments have been strewn throughout its offices.
		SUVA: Fiji's Parliament has been dubbed the "house of evil" in a banner headline in the Daily Post today and reporters said used condoms and women's undergarments were strewn in almost all its offices.
		Secretary to Parliament Mary Chapman said she could not envisage future parliamentary business being held in Veiuto, as it had been reduced to a "house of sin" during the 60-day siege.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/fiji21.html (413 words)

	Articles - Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Westminster parliamentary model followed in Fiji affirms the distinction between the executive and legislative branches of government, but does not separate them to the same extent as the American model does; there is considerable overlap.
		Although the office of the President is a largely honorary one, modeled on the British Monarchy, the Cabinet officially exercises executive authority in his name, and the President's status as a part of the Parliament is the source of the power of the Cabinet to initiate legislation.
		When Fiji became a republic and replaced the Monarch with a President, no drastic changes were made to the institutions of the state, or to their functions.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Constitution_of_Fiji:_Chapter_6 (3545 words)

	Attractions \| Fiji Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Halfway between the main islands of Fiji and the Kingdom of Tonga is the Lau Group, popular with...
		Fiji's third-biggest town is set against a mountainous backdrop on the west coast of Viti Levu.
		Suva, Fiji's capital, is on the southeastern coast of the big island of Viti Levu.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/fiji/see?a=browse (351 words)

	ipedia.com: Fiji Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The political turmoil in Fiji has had a severe impact with the economy shrinking by 2.8% in 2000 and growing by only 1% in 2001.
		The only major skyscraper in all of Fiji is the Reserve Bank of Fiji Building in Suva.
		The population of Fiji is divided almost equally between native Fijians, a people of mixed Polynesian and Melanesian ancestory (51%), and Indo-Fijians (43.7%), descendent of Indian contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century.
	www.ipedia.com /fiji.html (1457 words)

	The Hindu : Chaudhry beaten up, collapses
		Koroi, who along with other Cabinet Ministers is being held hostage in the Parliament house, was allowed by gunmen to brief journalists at the gates of Parliament.
		Speight, son of a Fiji Opposition MP, declaring himself Prime Minister in a nine-member `cabinet' during a low-key ceremony broadcast on television from the parliament building.
		Fiji Television said the leaders of the legal Government handed over authority shortly before the swearing in, but only after a gun was held to Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/05/21/stories/01210003.htm (509 words)

	Thuggery in Fiji
		On May 19 George Speight, son of an opposition member stormed Fiji’s parliament while in session with an armed gang and took hostage of the elected prime minister of Indian origin Mahendra Choudhry and seven other ministers.
		It was just a year ago that the Fiji Labour Party headed by Mahendra Chaudhry was swept to power with seventy percent of the seats in a democratically conducted elections with the support of People’s Coalition consisting of the Fijian Association Party and the Party of National Unity.
		Fiji is not Maldives where India did intervene to prevent similar unscrupulous elements from ousting President Gayoom.
	www.saag.org /notes/note93.html (1225 words)

	CPA - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Directory of Parliaments and Legislatures Search - Parliament of Fiji ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Current constitution : The 1997 Constitution under which Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth, removed provisions of the 1990 Constitution designed to entrench the dominance of indigenous Fijians.
		Fiji left the Commonwealth and the CPA in 1987 following a military coup and the installation of a republican form of elected government which was biased in favour of Fijians of Polynesian-Melanesian descent and against Fijians of Indian descent.
		Fiji was re-admitted to the Commonwealth in July.
	www.cpahq.org /directory/default.aspx?orgid=66 (627 words)

	Moral Archive 15
		Parliament may be recalled by the President of Fiji acting on the advice of the Prime Minister.
		Parliament may be dissolved and fresh elections called by the President of Fiji only in accordance with the 1997 Constitution.
		Fiji citizens must deal with the court of appeal’s ruling in a mature way as the nation is now being watched closely by the rest of the world, says interim president Ratu Josefa Iloilo.
	members.fortunecity.com /omegatimes/moral_15.htm (16222 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Army activity near Fiji parliament
		Rebel leader George Speight and his armed gang seized the parliament building in May, with the aim of restoring power to the indigenous Fijian majority and reducing the influence of the islands' sizeable Indian minority.
		The activists had come to Fiji to express their support for the rebels, but were being deported to New Zealand.
		Most of the rebels' demands to disenfranchise Fiji's Indians have been met, including the firing of Mr Chaudhry and the scrapping of the country's 1997 multiracial constitution.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/811147.stm (480 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Deputy speaker of Fiji parliament disbarred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The deputy speaker of Fiji's Parliament, Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure, has been disbarred for life for his alleged involvement in the formation of an illegal goverment after the May 2000 coup.
		The decision was handed down in the capital, Suva, by a three member disciplinary committee of the Fiji Law Society.
		Mr Vakalalabure was sworn in as attorney-general and minister for justice in the George Speight-led government after the then-prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry was removed from office.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_840369.htm (118 words)

	East-West Center: News Release: Fiji Parliament Moves on Sugar Reform, Land Leases; Prime Minister Thanks East-West ...
		HONOLULU (May 2) -- Fiji's Parliament has moved to establish committees on the critical long-term issues of sugar-industry reform and agricultural land leases following recommendations of the Talanoa Dialogue, a forum for Fiji leaders facilitated by the East-West Center to promote national unity and stability.
		The Talanoa was convened by the Center as a way to bring Fiji's political leaders together after a May 2000 coup in which then Prime Minister Chaudhry and members of his government were taken hostage.
		Mara, known as modern Fiji's founding father and one of the great statesmen of the South Pacific, died last month.
	www.eastwestcenter.org /events-pr-detail.asp?press_ID=307 (381 words)

	7 gunmen storm Fiji's parliament, hold leaders
		SUVA, Fiji -- Declaring they're taking power in a coup, seven masked gunmen stormed Fiji's parliament today and seized the island's prime minister and seven cabinet ministers, Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio and local media reported.
		Fiji is a Pacific Ocean island group about 2,250 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia.
		Tension has been building for months in Fiji between minority ethnic Indians, who make up about 44 percent of the island nation's 813,000 people, and the majority Fijians, who account for 51 percent.
	www.freep.com /news/nw/fiji19_20000519.htm (274 words)

	NetGuruIndia news main page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		June 29: Crisis in Fiji neared the flashpoint today when putting the message across to the rebels that this time they mean business, military rulers ordered civilians and supporters of the 19 May coup to vacate the area around the Parliament compound.
		He, however, neither denied nor confirmed apprehension that this isolation of the Parliament was a preamble to a military action against the rebels.
		Fijian Army, that held extensive parleys with the rebels led by George Speight to solve the deadlock, on Tuesday adopted a tough stand and said there would be no more talks with the rebels since they were introducing new demands everyday and violating a negotiated deal regarding the release of the hostages.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jun00/30/NAT3.html (193 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Gun battle at Fiji's parliament
		Government troops in Fiji have shot and wounded five people including two rebel gunmen in an exchange of fire outside the parliament compound in the capital, Suva.
		The gun battle outside the parliament in Suva, where Mr Speight is holding 27 politicians hostage, occurred only hours after Fiji's new indigenous prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, was sworn in.
		The military, which plans to retain executive power until the hostages are released, has given the civilian administration the task of preparing a draft resolution for a new constitution and free elections within two years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/818101.stm (536 words)

	Elections in the Fiji Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fiji has a population of around 870,000 on 18,270 km².
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 4 and on civil rights with a 3, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
		Freedom House considers Fiji to be a partly free country.
	www.electionworld.org /fiji.htm (252 words)

	Searchalot Directory for Top/Society/Government/Parliaments_and_Legislatures
		The Parliament of the Republic of Estonia, elected by proportional representation with a 5% cutoff.
		The Parliament of Finland, a unicameral body of 200 members elected on a proportional basis.
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	www.searchalot.com /Top/Society/Government/ParliamentsandLegislatures (848 words)

	New Parliament Complex, Fiji - Fletcher Construction Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A new five-building complex to house the Fijian Parliament, arranged around three interconnected rara or landscaped courtyards linked together with continuous sheltered walkways, port cocheres and reception bures in Suva, Fiji.
		On the mezzanine floor at the rear of the chamber is a gallery to accommodate translation booths and facilities.
		The five buildings that comprise the new Fiji Parliament Complex were completed in 1992.
	www.fcc.co.nz /project/42 (214 words)

	FLP Parliament Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In view of rampantly rising levels of corruption in Fiji, adversely affecting every facet of peoples' lives in Fiji, this House calls upon the Government in the interest of good governance, to appoint a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to look into the laws relating to bribery and corruption in both public and private sectors.
		This House therefore proposes:(i) That an independent judicial inquiry be appointed to ascertain the root cause of the poor performance of the Fiji Police Force.
		An independent judicial inquiry be appointed to ascertain the root cause of the poor performance of the Fiji Police Force; the report of the Inquiry be submitted to this Honourable House within 3 months of its appointment.
	www.flp.org.fj /parliament_issues.htm (2885 words)

	Fiji Troubles
		The problem with prevailing analyses of the political situation in Fiji is the notion that the conflict is between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians.
		The late Dr Timoci Bavadra, Prime Minister in the predominantly Indo-Fijian Labour/National Federation Party coalition government, was consistently described in the media and literature as a “commoner” even though he came from a noble Fijian background in the chiefly village of Viseisei.
		The chiefs and church ministers stir their people but the simple truth is they do not control them: a group of alert and ambitious businessmen has used this feature of Fijian leadership to its advantage.
	www.lookinglassdesign.com /wansolwara/docs/52teresia.html (1331 words)

	FLP Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fiji army has warned it will not stand by and let "power hungry individuals manipulate the process of the law to suit their hidden agendas"...
		Fiji's Hindu community is sickened by a spate of attacks on Hindu temples and places of worship during Ram Navmi celebrations...
		Fiji Labour Party is deeply saddened by the sudden death of its MP and Party stalwart Latif Subedar, who died on Friday 17 July...
	www.flp.org.fj /news.htm (4688 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fiji went to the Polls for the first time under a new and third Constitution in May 1999.
		In Parliament they make laws while in their constituencies they are expected to provide services to their voters.
		Three resource persons from the Australian Parliament, Peter Keele, Claressa Surtees and Michael Ong were identified and tasked to prepare presentations and materials for the proposed Seminar.
	www.unifempacific.com /resources/publications/report_first (557 words)

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