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	Tevita Momoedonu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Momoedonu served as Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the midst of the upheaval that followed the coup.
		Momoedonu's second appointment as Prime Minister, on 14 March 2001, came in the wake of an Appeals Court verdict that the interim government of President Josefa Iloilo and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, both of whom had taken office when the coup had been put down, was unconstitutional, and ordered that the previous government be reinstated.
		Momoedonu, however, stood as a candidate for the House of Representatives on the Bei Kei Viti Party ticket, but was defeated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tevita_Momoedonu (818 words)

	Ratu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank.
		Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau; Fijian Monarch who ceded the islands to the United Kingdom
		Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna; Soldier, scholar, and statesman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ratu (570 words)

	Ratu
		Ratu is a title inherited by Fijians of chiefly rank.
		In all other capacities, they compete on an equal footing with "commoners." In the years following independence, almost all ethnic Fijian members of the House of Representatives, which is elected by universal suffrage, were Ratus; in recent elections this has diminished and fewer than half of the Fijian Representatives are currently of chiefly rank.
		The distinction between Ratus and commoners is slowly narrowing, as commoners are becoming better educated and have begun to work their way into the power structure.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/r/ra/ratu.html (542 words)

	CNN.com - Iloilo names new Fiji prime minister - March 14, 2001
		Momoedonu, labor ministry in both Chaudhry's government and the interim administration that followed, may swear in a new cabinet on Thursday.
		Fiji Radio reported in a midday news flash that Momoedonu was installed at a ceremony near the sugar farming town of Lautoka, citing Colonel Jeremiah Waqanisau, Iloilo's permanent secretary, as its source.
		Momoedonu was the labor minister in the administration of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, installed after Speight's coup attempt last year.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/14/fiji.newpm3 (577 words)

	Appointment of Qarase
		It is clear that Ratu Josefa and his advisers never had any intention of acting within the bounds of the constitution or the rule of law.
		Ratu Josefa’s assertion that he did not heed my advice for dissolution of the House because he believes I did not have the confidence of the members is pure conjecture.
		It is not proper for Ratu Josefa to assume that he could not appoint a caretaker prime minister from the elected members of the House of Representatives because of the split among political parties.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/press_rel/pm_qarase_appointment.htm (581 words)

	CTV.ca \| Fiji president names surprise candidate as PM
		Ratu Tevita Momoedonu was inaugurated in by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo during a ceremony convened hastily at Lautoka, on the northwest of Fiji's main island Viti Levu.
		Momoedonu was labour minister in the post-coup government -- which has since been declared illegal -- and was also a minister in the multi-racial pre-coup government of Mahendra Chaudhry.
		Momoedonu's appointment is a surprise move by Iloilo, who had been expected to name interim Prime Minister Qarase as caretaker premier leading to fresh elections later in 2001.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1027382596018_22791796 (546 words)

	Momoedonu appointment called patronage, nepotism
		The appointment of Ratu Tevita Momoedonu as "Prime Minister" of Fiji by the then Acting President Ratu Josefa Iloilo last week, has been called patronage and nepotism.
		Ratu Tevita is the nephew of Ratu Josefa Iloilo; Ratu Tevita's mother is Ratu Josefa's sister.
		Momoedonu's purported appointment, which was unconstitutional, is expected to be the subject of a court case now.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no603.htm (287 words)

	Moral Archive 16
		Ratu Tevita was sworn in as prime minister yesterday at 3.00pm.
		Momoedonu is expected to be the PM the 1997 Constitution requires to be consulted before a President is appointed.
		Ratu Epeli was nominated by the Burebasaga Confederacy.
	members.fortunecity.com /omegatimes/moral_16.htm (16470 words)

	Scoop: Baba says new interim govt 'unconstitutional' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ratu Tu'akitau was a rebel backbench member of the government and he repeatedly tried to oust deputy prime minister Adi Kuini Speed as FAP leader.
		Ratu Tevita, who retains the labour portfolio, told the Fiji Times rebel leader George Speight should be "behind bars for the rest of his life".
		Ratu Tevita denied that his decision to join the interim cabinet was a betrayal of the people's coalition.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0007/S00161.htm (1567 words)

	The Hindu : Chaudhry 'sacked'; Momoedonu sworn in
		Ratu Tevita Momoedonu, Labour Minister in the interim civilian administration, was sworn in today as the new Prime Minister of Fiji shortly after Mr.
		``The purported appointment of Ratu Tevita Momedonu as Prime Minister is unconstitutional and unlawful because, firstly, I have not vacated the office of the Prime Minister.
		Secondly, Ratu Tevita has not been nominated by the People's Coalition nor has his entitlement to the position been tested on the floor of the House of Representatives,'' Mr.
	www.hindu.com /2001/03/15/stories/03150003.htm (456 words)

	Untitled Document
		Ratu Sir Kimisese Mara was the prime minister.
		So Ratu Tevita Momoedonu was appointed prime minister of a caretaker government in March 2001.
		In June, 2004, Ratu Jope Seniloli, who is the vice president, went on trial for treason.
	www.swms.ocps.net /fijihistorymw.htm (572 words)

	Fiji Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ratu Tevita Momedonu claims he's caretaker PM Although FVN has been informed that a new Prime Minister will be sworn in this evening, interim Labour minister Ratu Tevita Momedonu claims that he was sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister today.
		Ratu Tevita says he was sworn at 3pm in the Lautoka Presidential bure and present were newly endorsed President Ratu Josefa Iloilo and his permanent secretary Jeremiah Waqanisau.
		Ratu Tevita says he will be in Suva tomorrow morning when he will name his caretaker cabinet.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/fiji/14-3-01.html (1703 words)

	Laisenia Qarase info here at en.88of100d.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In a tier of shifts that forensic professionals have writing to be of unsure constitutionality, Qarase resigned on March 14, in favour of Ratu Tevita Momoedonu (who had obsolescent a Minister in the Chaudhry Cabinet) so that Momoedonu could advise President Josefa Iloilo to dissolve the Parliament 'n attraction an maiden general election.
		National Alliance Party leader Ratu Epeli Ganilau, the son of Fiji's elemental President 'n the scion of a high-ranked chiefly family, ridiculed Qarase's speech, motto that Fiji's political 'n judicial institutions were firmly radicled in western democracy.
		Even Ratu Ovini Bokini, Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, expressed firm on 18 May that the Great Council obsolescent consulted 'n was "in the dark" about the bill.
	en.88of100d.info /Laisenia_Qarase (3921 words)

	PM - Acting Fiji leader wants Speight jailed for life
		RATU TEVITA MOMOEDONU: That's not a unanimous view, but that's my political, you know, that's my position.
		RATU TEVITA MOMOEDONU: Well the only peaceful solution to the crisis right now is to try and get through it.
		COMPERE: Ratu Tevita Momoedonu, who's standing in for Mahendra Chaudhry, Acting Leader of the Coalition while the government is - well, in the extraordinary position that it's in.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s130722.htm (421 words)

	Alternative Government in Exile Planned
		However, Momoedonu had also been named by caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase for the industrial relations portfolio in the interim cabinet which was not sworn in yesterday after threats by rebel leader George Speight.
		Momoedonu was also reported to have presented names from the former elected coalition government to form a government of national unity.
		Momoedonu said Fiji was already starting to bear the full brunt of sanctions from the international community.
	www.converge.org.nz /pma/fijiagov.htm (378 words)

	Qarase returns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The appointment of Mr Qarase follows the resignation of Ratu Tevita Momoedonu, who was appointed caretaker prime minister on Wednesday after the dismissal of Mahendra Chaudhry.
		Ratu Josefa yesterday pleaded for understanding on the steps he had taken, saying he attached "the highest importance to the welfare of the people'' when considering the best way to return Fiji to parliamentary rule.
		Ratu Josefa said the new Parliament would have to deal with expiring ALTA leases but in the meantime, policies for assisting with resettlement and incoming tenants would remain in place.
	www.ccf.org.fj /news/2001/march/160301a.html (467 words)

	CNN.com - Fiji's president 'swears in new PM' - March 14, 2001
		The apparent installation of Momoedonu appeared designed to ensure Iloilo is formally accepted as president for a five-year term, as mandated Tuesday by the South Pacific nation's Great Council of Chiefs.
		Fiji Radio reported in a news flash that Momoedonu was installed at a ceremony near the sugar farming town of Lautoka.
		Momoedonu was the labor minister in the military backed interim administration of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, installed after a coup attempt last year by George Speight and armed supporters.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/14/fiji.newpm2 (516 words)

	rediff.com: Chaudhry sacked; Momoedonu is new Fiji PM
		Ratu Tevita Momoedonu was sworn in as Fiji's prime minister by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo at Lautoka on Wednesday.
		Momoedonu was minister for labour and industrial relations in the interim government, besides being prime minister for a day during last year's political crisis and is a member of Fiji's Labour Party.
		Iloilo, 80, had taken over from Ratu Kamisese Mara after the military assumed executive powers at the height of the crisis that followed the May 19 coup.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/mar/14fiji.htm (168 words)

	Ratu
		In a departure from the generally-followed British constitutional model (which banned Peers from election to the House of Commons prior to the constitutional reform of 1999), in post-independence Fiji Ratus have always competed for parliamentary seats on an equal footing with commoners.
		In the years following independence, this favoured the chiefly class, as the common people looked to them as their leaders and generally voted for them.
		For several elections, almost all ethnic Fijian members of the House, which is elected by universal suffrage, were Ratus; in recent elections this has diminished and fewer than half of the Fijian Representatives are currently of chiefly rank.
	www.keywordmage.net /ra/ratu.html (587 words)

	Moral Archive 17
		He said Ratu Tevita should have sought the mandate of Parliament and should not opt or be given the privilege.
		Ratu Tevita said he believed he deserved the pension this time because he accepted to do it again at a crucial time.
		Ratu Tevita was appointed prime minister for about five minutes by former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara during the hostage crisis after the May 19 coup.
	members.fortunecity.com /omegatimes/moral_17.htm (17358 words)

	Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. Regrets Apparent Violation of Fiji's Constitution
		Boucher also repeated U.S. concerns over the constitutionality of the earlier dismissal of Fiji's Prime Minister Chaudhry and the appointment of Tevita Momoedonu to that position, stating that the moves appeared to be an exercise to appear to observe constitutional formalities while avoiding reconvening the elected Parliament.
		Momoedonu held the position for only a day before he resigned and President Iloilo reappointed Qarase as prime minister.
		The apparent purpose of this exercise was to avoid reconvening the elected Parliament, whose consent to the appointment of a new Prime Minister is required by Fiji's constitution.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/2001/0320/epf204.htm (421 words)

	Fiji: History
		Qarase's government was subsequently ruled illegal by the courts, and Ratu Tevita Momoedonu was appointed prime minister of a caretaker government in Mar., 2001.
		Also in 2004, Ratu Jope Seniloli, the vice president, was convicted on charges stemming from his appointment as president by George Speight during the attempted coup in 2000; he subsequently resigned after serving a shortened sentence.
		A government proposal in mid-2005 to offer amnesty to persons involved in the coup sparked protests from the opposition and from the army, whose commander threatened to intervene if such a law was passed.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858109.html (542 words)

	CNN.com - Fiji PM resigns after one day - March 14, 2001
		SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's caretaker Prime Minister Ratu Tevita Momoedonu has resigned after only one day in office as the racially split nation muddles its way towards a new post-coup administration and fresh elections.
		The appointment was seen merely as a tool to allow Iloilo to follow the formal mechanism required to recall and then dissolve parliament, finally leading to elections after the May 2000 coup.
		Momoedonu was labour minister in the military-backed interim administration put in place after the coup by nationalist rebels that toppled Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian leader.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/14/fiji.pm.resign (230 words)

	Pacific Journalism Online: Taukei takeover
		Ratu Sir Kamisese said he hoped the rebels would now review their position and release the hostages as they were now no longer ministers and government MPs.
		Yesterday, Ratu Sir Kamisese invoked section 106 of the 1997 constitution and appointed the Labour Minister in the elected government, Ratu Tevita Momoedonu, as acting prime minister in place of the captive Chaudhry and was advised to:
		Ratu Sir Kamisese said Parliament had been prorogued for six months to allow the President to take action to resolve the crisis.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/news/coup67.html (952 words)

	Pasifik Nius
		The Fiji Sun quoted Chaudhry as saying that Iloilo's appointment as President and Ratu Jope Seniloli as Vice-President were unconstitutional because the Great Council of Chiefs had not consulted him as the constitutionally elected prime minister.
		Ratu Tevita Momoedonu's appointment as prime minister for a day was unlawful and "made a mockery of the constitution".
		Chaudhry said the reappointment of Qarase as caretaker prime minister contravened Section 98 of the Constitution as he was not a member of the elected House of Representatives.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/usp/journ/nius/docs/mar01/3267.html (859 words)

	Fiji Islands - Yabaki v The President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands - Pacific Law Materials
		It also declared that the State of Emergency proclaimed by Ratu Sir Kamisese, though not "strictly" within the terms of the Constitution was validated ab initio under the doctrine of necessity, that Ratu Kamisese remained President and that Parliament should be recalled by him as soon as possible.
		The affidavit of Ratu Meli Bainimarama, the Permanent Secretary for Fijian Affairs is in a similar vein.
		It is ironic to say the least, that the Applicants argue, as has been seen in Ratu Meli Vesikula's affidavit that law and order can be maintained in Fiji by the firm implementation of an Emergency Decree which, on their own case is plainly unconstitutional.
	www.law.mq.edu.au /Units/law314/Fiji_Prasad/Yabaki_v_President.html (6665 words)

	CNN.com - Fiji, the key events - February 18, 2001
		Ratu Mara returns as Prime Minister of the interim government.
		Ratu Jope Seniloli sworn in by rebels as "president".
		Ratu Mara appoints Labor, Industrial & Immigration Minister Ratu Tevita Momoedonu (who was not in the parliament building when the hostages were taken) as Prime Minister for a matter of minutes so that the parliamentary session can legally be brought to an end.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/18/fiji.timeline/index.html (449 words)

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