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	Sitiveni Rabuka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabuka was trained initially in New Zealand army schools, from which he graduated in 1973, and later did postgraduate work at the Indian Defence Services Staff College in 1979, and at the Australian Joint Services Staff College in 1982.
		Bainimarama also accused Rabuka of having "politicized" the Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW) unit, which he had founded as a bodyguard in 1987, to favour both the mutiny and the earlier takeover of parliament in May. Members of the CRW were involved in both the May coup and the November mutiny.
		Rabuka has taken a measured position in relation to the government's proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, which will be empowered to recommend amnesty for perpetrators of the 2000 coup and compensation for its victims.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sitiveni_Rabuka (1827 words)

	Mahendra Chaudhry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the post electoral negotiations of 1992, he made the controversial decision to support Sitiveni Rabuka in Parliament, in exchange for a promise to review the 1990 Constitution, which Fiji-indians generally regarded as discriminating against them.
		Rabuka did not follow through on the deal, and Chaudhry and the Labour Party were punished at the parliamentary election of 1994, losing 6 of their 13 seats.
		In the mid-1990s, after Rabuka finally did agree to a constitutional review, Chaudhry led campaign to change the electoral system from one based on "communal roles" (with parliamentary seats reserved by ethnicity, elected by voters enrolled as members of particular ethnic groups), to one based on universal suffrage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahendra_Chaudhry (2225 words)

	Rabuka, Sitiveni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born in Nakobo, Rabuka joined the Fijian army at an early age and was trained in New Zealand, Australia, and at the Sandhurst military academy, England.
		In July 1987 Rabuka introduced a new constitution that favoured the ethnic Fijian community and in September 1987 he staged a second coup, in which Fiji was proclaimed a republic and withdrew from the British Commonwealth.
		Rabuka founded the Fijian Political Party (FPP) in 1991, which secured victory in the 1992 general election, enabling him to become prime minister in May 1992.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023910.html (340 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sitiveni Rabuka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sitiveni Rabuka File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
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		Rabuka denied these allegations, both then and since, but his denials have not ended the controversy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sitiveni-Rabuka (4078 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> World -> Rabuka favors multiracial Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabuka stressed the 1997 Constitution was blessed by both "God and the highest Fijian Institution, the Great Council of Chiefs," and had all features of attempting to constitutionalize multiracial cooperation in governance by introducing the "multi- party government" concept.
		Rabuka, one of the architects of that Constitution, said the charter had been internationally acclaimed and perceived to be a model for the world's multi-racial societies.
		Rabuka recommended the convening of a National Political Summit where all political parties that contested the 1999 general election participate in accordance with the vote percentages they obtained in their candidates' first preference votes.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2001/01/19/19constitution.html (436 words)

	Sitiveni Rabuka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka (born September 13, 1948) is a former Prime Minister of Fiji.
		Rabuka was later elected PrimeMinister of Fiji in 1992, when his Fijian PoliticalParty won the general election.
		He was forced torelinquish this post in 2001, however, in the wake of allegations made against him by former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara of complicity in the Fiji coup of 2000, which deposed both Mara and the Indo-Fijian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on May 19, 2000.
	www.therfcc.org /sitiveni-rabuka-252857.html (334 words)

	The Hindu : Rabuka too behind mutiny, says daily
		Sitiveni Rabuka, a former Army commander responsible for two coups in Fiji in 1987, was behind the mutiny and attempted takeover of the Queen Elizabeth barracks in Suva earlier this month, Fiji's Daily Post reported today.
		Rabuka for the November 2 mutiny, in which eight soldiers were killed and 20 injured in bloody fighting.
		Rabuka, a former Prime Minister and Army commander, denied the report that he was behind the attempted takeover of the Queen Elizabeth barracks.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/11/14/stories/0314000b.htm (565 words)

	Café Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Fiji
		Sitiveni Rabuka is still haunted by his military coups of 12 years ago and, Gemini News Service reports, his appointment as peacemaker was controversial within the Commonwealth.
		Back home Rabuka is not quite the hero that he is seen as abroad: his role as the Commonwealth special envoy to the Solomon Islands has come under bitter attack from the new government, some traditional chiefs and community elders more concerned about his domestic blunders.
		Rabuka smoothed the way for a pact between the Solomon Islands government, the premiers of Guadalcanal and Malaita provinces and militants, ending months of ethnic unrest over land ownership and political and economic power in that country.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/rabuka.html (864 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Multimedia - Sitiveni Rabuka
		Sitiveni Rabuka earned worldwide opprobrium in 1987 when, as a young army officer, he overthrew the democratically elected government of Fiji, in which ethnic Indians (who make up some 45 per cent of the population) were strongly represented.
		In 1990 he instituted a new, racially based constitution that formally excluded non ethnic-Fijians from political power, and he later became prime minister.
		In 1997, however, he allowed a new constitution to be adopted that broadened the political power base in Fiji, and in 1999 he was voted out of power.
	au.encarta.msn.com /media_121632481/Sitiveni_Rabuka.html (89 words)

	Asia Times: From coup maker to coup breaker
		Rabuka is known to be a close friend of Sam Speight, the coup leader's father.
		Rabuka said that he had assured the president that as the chairman of GCC he was mediating between the armed group and the president's office.
		Rabuka has called for an emergency meeting of the GCC Tuesday to discuss the crisis and recommend measures to the president to help solve the impasse, but, Speight has demanded that Rabuka step down as chairman first.
	www.atimes.com /oceania/BE23Ah01.html (1276 words)

	CNN.com - Former Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka denies involvement in mutiny - November 4, 2000
		Rabuka, leader of a coup in 1987 and former head of the South Pacific nation's armed forces, acted as a negotiator with rebel special forces soldiers during bloody gun battles at Fiji's military headquarters which left eight soldiers dead.
		Rabuka was caught in gunfire at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks as he tried to convince the rebels to lay down their arms.
		The military says Rabuka was stopped at a checkpoint after he left the barracks and one of the alleged ringleaders of the mutiny, Warrant Officer Apaitia Waqaniboro, was found in his government-issued four-wheel drive vehicle.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/australasia/11/04/fiji.rabuka.reut (701 words)

	Wansolwara Online: News (USP)
		Rabuka told the Daily Post: "The idea of a multi-party cabinet was to include those parties that have the support of a good percentage of the population.
		Rabuka said Indians had every right to feel insecure about their future and may be left with no option but to migrate.
		Rabuka, who staged the first two coups, said Qarase's government was unconstitutional because it had failed to uphold the spirit of the constitution.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/news/wansolnews/wansol1509011.html (568 words)

	Rabuka defends terrorist financier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabuka has proposed to the Qarase regime that it should consider treating the company's debt as a grant from the government to the company, and allow the state owned Fiji Development Bank to write off the loan.
		Rabuka cited the cases of Emperor Gold Mining and Fiji Forest Industries where his regime had intervened.
		Rabuka's intervention exposes the Rabuka modus operandi: seek funds and assistance for toppling elected governments from private companies whose operations are less than transparent, and fund them back through taxpayer money when in power.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no800.htm (318 words)

	PM - Rabuka believes Chaudhry won't be reinstated as Fijian PM
		SITIVENI RABUKA: I think the big winner is Fiji because we have demonstrated that we went right down into the pit of anarchy and we have come up.
		SITIVENI RABUKA: No. I think he's got his own internal problems within the Labour Party and it will be.
		SITIVENI RABUKA: They may not be very happy with it but I'm sure they will accept it because, as I said earlier, it's in line with the resolution of.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s253454.htm (732 words)

	Sitiveni Rabuka in town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PNG Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, Foreign Affairs Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu, a former PNG PM, former Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka and former Speaker of the PNG Parliament, Bernard Narakobi, met and discussed pressing regional issues.
		Mr Rabuka is in PNG at the invitation of Mr Narakobi.
		Mr Rabuka said PNG "has a very unique case" because five former prime ministers - Paias Wingti, Sir Rabbie, Mr Skate, and Sir Mekere Morauta, are current Members of Parliament and Sir Michael, as the founding father of the nation, is again the Prime Minister.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/05/02/e.html (196 words)

	FLP History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sitiveni Rabuka claimed he had carried out the coup to safeguard Fijian paramountcy.
		Sitiveni Rabuka struck again staging a second coup on 25 September, 1987.
		The failure of the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka to honour his part of the post-election accord and his rather offensive and arrogant statements about his agreement and intentions prompted Labour Leader, Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, to lead a workout of the parliament by Labour MPs, withdrawing its support for the government.
	www.flp.org.fj /history.htm (2498 words)

	Growing support in Fiji for return of Rabuka to leadership
		Rabuka effectively quit politics then as Chaudhry became the country’s first Indian prime minister only to fall in a coup a year later led by now convicted traitor George Speight.
		Rabuka told Fiji TV that since the elections people had the chance to see what they had voted for, and had ended up with a warring prime minister and ex-prime minister.
		Rabuka’s personal star was tarnished in a confusing military mutiny in November 2000 in which rebel soldiers associated with Speight tried to assassinate military commander Voreqe Bainimarama.
	203.97.34.63 /fiji24.htm (701 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Fiji coup Crisis -Rabuka -- coup leader to peace negotiator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sitiveni Rabuka - the Peace Negotiator dealing with the current strife in Fiji and the Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs was an Army Lieutenant Colonel when he staged two bloodless coups in Fiji during a period of civil strife in 1987.
		Colonel Rabuka was named prime minister after the first elections under the new constitution in 1992.
		Rabuka took initiative for the new constitution which guarantee indigenous Fijians more than half of all seats in the parliament and banned the Indians from the post of prime minister.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /spotlight/fiji/rabuka.html (174 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Rabuka 'suspect' in Fiji mutiny
		Fiji's former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka is reported to be under investigation for alleged involvement in the mutiny at a military barracks on Thursday.
		Sitiveni Rabuka, prime minister until last year, acted as a negotiator with rebel special forces soldiers during bloody gunbattles on Thursday.
		The military says he was stopped at a checkpoint after he left the Queen Elizabeth Barracks and one of the alleged ringleaders of the mutiny was found in his car.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/world/asia-pacific/1007930.stm (252 words)

	Rabuka proposed to be PM or Army Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Former Prime Minister and military commander, Sitiveni Rabuka wanted to become the Prime Minister, or failing that, the Commander of the military after the terrorists took the government hostage.
		Rabuka is alleged to also be behind the 2 November failed mutiny and attempted coup.
		It is believed that Rabuka was ready to take over as Commander if the mutineers had succeeded in killing the Commander that afternoon.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no755.htm (177 words)

	Book Review: Rabuka of Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I was not surprised by the 1987 coup d'etat in Fiji.
		In 1974 the then Captain Sitiveni Rabuka told me about his village and his tribe, and the traditional role of his tribe, and various other tribes, in the affairs of indigenous Fiji.
		In this biography Sitiveni Rabuka publicly reveals for the first time that he had some support from the Fijian Great Council of Chiefs, and that he had the support of the then Prime Minister and High Chief, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
	maorinews.com /writings/books/rabuka.htm (965 words)

	[Fwd: 2736 POLITICS: Chaudhry government did not fail Fijians: Rabuka]
		Badgered by reporters questioning Rabuka about claims that he had said the government of Chaudhry, the Pacific country's first Indo-Fijian prime minister, had not served Fijians well, he denied this.
		As he stood up to leave, he added strongly: "I don't think it has failed indigenous Fijians." Chaudhry was detained by Rabuka's troops in the first coup on 14 May 1987 when he was finance minister in Dr Timoci Bavadra's deposed Labour-led government.
		Asked about the land tenure issue, he replied: "Why [has Rabuka's] Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei party (SVT) not resolved this problem while they were in power for seven years?" "Because they found that it was not an easy thing and there should be a balanced approach to it.
	www.mail-archive.com /pen-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu/msg24753.html (645 words)

	rediff.com: Rabuka for United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fiji coup leader Rabuka tipped as ambassador to US Fiji's military backed government wants to name former coup leader and prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka as its ambassador to the United States but Washington is resisting, informed sources told AFP on Tuesday.
		Rabuka said he has not been approached but another source said Washington was being tardy about accepting the nomination.
		It is understood, however, that high level approaches on Rabuka's nomination have been made at an unofficial level through the embassy in Suva but have not been favourably received.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/sep/26fiji.htm (201 words)

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