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	Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Senate's absolute veto over constitutional amendments, however, reflects the view of the framers of the Constitution that safeguards were necessary to protect it from being lightly tampered with by putting a veto in the hands of a body less susceptible to electoral pressure.
		Senators are officially appointed by the President, but his role is a mere formality, as Section 64 requires him to ratify the nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs (14), the Prime Minister (9), the Leader of the Opposition (8), and the Council of Rotuma (1).
		As part of the compromise of 1970, agreed upon by the main political parties representing the two major communities, a Senate was established with 22 members, with 8 nominated by the Great Council of Chiefs, 7 by the Prime Minister, 6 by the Leader of the Opposition, and 1 by the Council of Rotuma.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_of_Fiji:_Chapter_6 (3473 words)

	Senate - Fiji Government Online
		The Senate is one of the two Houses of the Fiji Parliament.
		The Senate’s lawmaking powers are equal to those of the House of Representatives except that it cannot introduce or amend proposed laws that authorise expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the government or that impose taxation.
		The President of the Senate is the presiding officer in the Senate.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/senate.shtml (882 words)

	Senate (Fiji)
		The Senate's powers over financial bills are more restricted: it may veto them in their entirety, but may not amend them.
		Following the passage of a bill by the House of Representatives, the Senate has 21 days (7 days in the case of a bill classified as "urgent") to approve, amend, or reject it; if at the expiry of that period the Senate has done nothing about it, it is deemed to have passed the bill.
		Senators, like their fellow-parliamentarians from the House of Representatives, may be appointed to the Cabinet - the executive arm of government.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/senate__fiji_ (359 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Members of Fiji's Upper House, the Fiji Senate, have been cautioned not to be provocative in their speeches and to be sensitive to other ethnic communities.
		Senator Ravuvu claimed that democracy, equality and multi racialism were foreign ideas which clash with the cultural realities of the country.
		The senate president said it was out of order for members to use words which were likely to provoke feelings of ill-will and hostility between the different communities.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,64001-1-9,00.html (603 words)

	Tax -- Fiji
		Fiji Times,: The Maori, renowned for their own typical flair, beat Fiji in 1999 (57-20) and team mentor Matt Te Pou is determined for a win.
		Fiji Times,:...teachers, parents and students for leading the way and for showing their interest in celebrating the life and contribution of one of Fiji's great statesman...
		Fiji Times,: FIJI has called for the equal recognition of individual and collective rights and that they be embodied into the framework of international and national...
	bluegrouper.com /feb2004/Tax/Fiji.html (2337 words)

	Fiji News
		The regional WHO office in Honiara says no travel restrictions to or from Fiji now are in effect but, since more than 9,000 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been confirmed in Fiji since December, visitors should take all necessary precautions to prevent infection.
		Fiji's hotels have been badly hit by a drastic decline in visitor arrivals from Japan and South Korea, resulting in growing worker lay-offs.
		Last week, Fiji's military announced it would stop ocean patrols for the rest of the year, prompting fears that Fiji would be left vulnerable to illegal fishing and smuggling activities.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/Zainal2/fijinews.html (808 words)

	Laisenia Qarase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Qarase was appointed Prime Minister on July 4 2000, after the Fiji coup of 2000coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry/ was quashed by the military.
		On 18 July 2003, the Supreme Court of FijiSupreme Court ruled that the exclusion of the Labour Party was in breach of the Constitution, and demanded that the situation be rectified.
		Fiji's prime minister Laisenia Qarase is returning home from a trip to China aimed at strengthening bilateral economic ties.
	www.infothis.com /find/Laisenia_Qarase (948 words)

	Pacific Media Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Radio Fiji reported on 5 May 2000 that the acting president of the Senate, Jokapeci Koroi, had challenged Fiji news media to report factually while she condemned a photo showing her talking to Senator Atu Emberson-Bain which purported to have been taken on Thursday.
		Senator Koroi said the photograph and the caption had created the impression that she had attempted to undermine the impartiality of the Senate.
		Senator Koroi said that Senator Emberson-Bain had been wearing fl all week because she was mourning the death of a close Tongan relative.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/fiji2699.html (711 words)

	PM - Fiji founding father, Ratu Mara, dies
		He was Fiji's greatest leader in modern times, but Fijians have been kept in the dark about his death.
		Such is the strength of tradition, he says a complex system of protocols means the first Fijians will learn of the death of their revered leader is on tonight's TV news.
		Fiji TV will break protocol and broadcast the news for the first time for the nation at six o'clock.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1090520.htm (758 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		SENATOR A.V. TORA.- The honourable Senator is debating it.
		SENATOR P. LESAVUA.- Sir, my question is why the salaries of our soldiers in Fiji are low as compared to other soldiers from overseas or other countries.
		SENATOR Q.B. BALE.- Sir, assuming that the questions are in order and I leave that to the honourable Chair, if it is to seek clarification, the salaries of military officers are in accordance with our domestic law.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=39&viewtype=full (5351 words)

	Fiji Update
		After the Fiji Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the Lautoka High Court’s ruling on the validity of the 1997 constitution, the CRC was advised to stop its work.
		According to section 64 (1) (c) of the Constitution, eight senators are appointed by the President on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
		The Senate consists of 32 members of whom 14 are appointed by the BLV, 9 by the Prime Minister, 8 by the Leader of the Opposition and 1 by the Rotuma Council.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/fiji/20-9-01.html (10765 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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 Fiji, the Leader of the Opposition is formally appointed by the President.
		The appointment is not at the president's personal discretion, however, as he is required by the Constitution to appoint the person most acceptable to the majority of the Opposition (defined as members of the House of Representatives who belong to political parties not represented in the Cabinet).
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Fiji) (315 words)

	Australian High Commission - Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A Fiji Senate delegation will leave on Sunday 23 March for a week-long visit to Australia, as guests of the Parliament of Australia.
		Led by the President of the Senate, Hon.
		In Canberra, the Fiji delegation will meet with the Presiding Officers of the Parliament of Australia and attend Question Time in the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives.
	www.austhighcomm.org.fj /media/2003/fiji_senate.htm (195 words)

	Nuclear Free Seas Floatilla 2002 - Government Statements
		The Fiji Government has not been advised by the shipping states about the shipment but Greenpeace is claiming that there is an imminent shipment of the return of the MOX fuel from Japan to UK which was subject of the falsification of data by the UK reprocessing plant.
		The Fiji Government is firmly opposed to all shipments of MOX fuel through its EEZ and has always made this clear to shipping states.
		Fiji and Pacific Island Forum member states have a common position as per the Forum Communiqués of September 1997 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and October 1999, Koror, Republic of Palau.
	www.nuclearfreeflotilla.org /govt.htm (1599 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| September 30, 2003 - Zwire: Fiji RPCV Stefan Pakulksi challenges Savage in state senate race
		ROCKLAND, MAINE - Democrat Stefan Pakulski of Rockland said he was inspired to run for state Senate in part by his experiences living under a military dictatorship in Indonesia.
		Pakulski said he has worked with people in other parts of the world who would be willing to die for the rights he enjoys, including the right to seek public office.
		The candidate, who was raised in Wayne, Maine, has worked in the Peace Corps in Fiji and in economic and community development overseas in places including Indonesia and Egypt.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2016737.html (1054 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Fiji
		Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British colony.
		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, 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.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/fj.html (942 words)

	Pacific Media Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Meanwhile, Fiji Government senator Mitieli Bulanauca, not to be outdone, recently labelled local journalists "mad crazy loonies and stupid people" who need "to be trained, guided and directed".
		His comments in the Fiji Senate that the media are "Satan's agents" and that editors, publishers, reporters and announcers are racist and naive amateurs who are breaking down the fabric of life in Fiji, may some day even find their way into a book.
		There is broad consensus, however, that the situation in Fiji should not be allowed to continue, not the least because of the racial and political make-up of the country.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/fiji3822.html (1604 words)

	Transcript: McCain Demands Return of Fiji Government to Its People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Unfortunately, this scenario is playing out as we speak in Australia's neighbor Fiji, an island nation in the South Pacific that is home to some of the warmest, most gentle people I have had the pleasure of meeting.
		If Speight has his way, democratic rule, racial harmony, and basic justice in Fiji have no future, and nearly half of Fiji's people, disenfranchised by the coup, will have been relegated to the status of second-class citizens and unwitting hostages of a government that abhors them for the color of their skin.
		In Fiji, we see, again, ethnic unrest that is harmful not only to the country, but the people who are most affected first will be the poorest people in Fiji, many of them the ethnic Fijians whose livelihood is gained from the now disappearing tourist industry.
	japan.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-r050.html (969 words)

	Overseas Parliamentary publications in the Barr Smith Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In 1910 the province became part of the Union of South Africa, and from 1961 of the Republic of South Africa.
		Fiji was a British colony from 1874 until 11 October 1970 when it became an independent parliamentary democracy.
		Legislative power is vested in the Congress which comprises two Houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /gen/parl/overseas.html (702 words)

	Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
		Fiji is counting the cost of a tropical storm that claimed the lives of at least seven people and left nine others missing.
	www.world-news-watch.com /world/062004/Fiji.html (12909 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Fiji hears calls for stoning of sex offenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Calls have been made in the Fiji Senate for sex offenders to be stoned to death.
		The calls came after the Fijian Government proposed an increase penalties for sex offences, suggesting jail terms be increased from 10 to 20 years in an attempt to curb the rising number of rapes, abuse of children and incest.
		Veteran politician Senator Apisai Tora says the communities in Fiji must consider creating an environment in which people can live without fear.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_865148.htm (138 words)

	Pacific Media Watch
		Kadavu senator and a minister in the former Rabuka government, Jim Ah Koy, says Ratu Joni is a man who will brook no nonsense and who will not sell his integrity to the highest bidder.
		Senator Ah Koy said Ratu Joni’s appointment will restore to some degree the lost credibility of a country which has become the laughing stock of the international community.
		Senator Ah Koy said for far too long Fiji has been bedevilled by wrong legal advice the result of which has been to plunge Fiji into a continuous state of confusion.
	www.pmw.c2o.org /2004/fiji4595.html (636 words)

	Rotuma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Conflicts between the two groups, fueled by previous political rivalries among the chiefs of Rotuma's seven districts, resulted in hostilities that led the local chiefs in 1879 to ask United KingdomBritain to annex the island group.
		On May 13, 1881, seven years after Fiji became a colony, Rotuma was officially ceded to the United Kingdom.
		Fijian citizens of Rotuman descent elect one representative to the Fijian House of Representatives (Fiji)House of Representatives, and the Rotuman Islands Council nominates one representative to the Senate (Fiji)Fijian Senate/.
	www.infothis.com /find/Rotuma (375 words)

	Parliament - Fiji Government Online
		As a sovereign State, Fiji has a bicameral Parliament, consisting of an elected House of Representatives and a nominated Senate.
		The basic function of Parliament is to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Fiji.
		Whilst the Senate has limited powers in respect to Money Bills, it can guide opinion and clarify issues in general debate and by motions, petitions and adjournment speeches.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/cat_parliament.shtml (146 words)

	U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Nominations > Nominations Confirmed (Civilian)
		Nominations flagged with an asterisk were approved subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
		PN796 FOREIGN SERVICE Nomination for Robert S. Connan, which nomination was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 29, 2005.
		Noel Anketell Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
	www.senate.gov /pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm (6488 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		The national flag, introduced on Oct. 10, 1970, is a modified version of Fiji's colonial flag.
		Local symbols (sugar cane, coconuts, bananas, and the Fiji dove) are also shown.
		Form of government: republic with two legislative houses (Senate [34]; House of Representatives [70]).
	www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?fiji (110 words)

	Australian High Commission - Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Government of Australia Assistance to Fiji's Ministry of Education
		Fiji Arts Council Secretary On Cultural Tour of Australia
		In addition to being posted on this Website, Media Releases will be available electronically to those requesting the service.
	www.austhighcomm.org.fj /media/release.html (224 words)

	Newsbrief: Marijuana Crops Defended in Fiji Senate Hearing
		While pot production in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji may not be a big deal in the global scheme of things -- neither the US State Department nor the International Narcotics Control Board even mentions Fijian marijuana cultivation -- it remains a controversial topic at home.
		As DRCNet has previously noted, police and marijuana farmers in the Navosa highlands clashed last fall during eradication campaigns, and the topic has led to much public hand-wringing by politicians since then.
		Now, the Fiji Times reported, a Fijian senate ad-hoc committee on drugs and vice has held a public hearing on pot growing in the heart of the Navosa region, and they got an earful from local residents.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/380/fijihearing.shtml (694 words)

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		Fiji: Marijuana Crops Defended in Fiji Senate Hearing
		Now, the Fiji Times reported, a Fijian senate ad-hoc committee on drugs and
	www.ukcia.org /news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=10043 (401 words)

	PACIFIC PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS VISIT NAURU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A Parliamentary delegation from Pacific Islands Forum countries comprising the President of the Fiji Senate, and Parliament Speakers from Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu will visit Nauru this week from 16-19 July.
		The delegation is due to meet with Nauru’s President Ludwig Scotty, Cabinet Ministers, the Speaker and members of Nauru Parliament, and representatives from the private sector and civil society to get a firsthand view of a range of issues facing Nauru.
		President Senate of Fiji, Hon Senator Taito Waqavakatoga, member
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/2004/July/July_06.htm (217 words)

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