Tag: Fiji coups
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji's 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist
Chiefs are to serve people and not to be served,...
Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
History unfolded live at the Vodafone Arena at Laucala Bay in Suva yesterday when the Methodist Church of Fiji and...
Lice Movono: Hopes for the return of press freedom in Fiji
ABC Pacific
Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when suddenly a Molotov cocktail went crashing through their...
Fiji’s new politics – forging consensus in a nation renowned for...
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
Fiji’s 14 December 2022 election will go down as a momentous occasion in the nation’s history -- including for...
Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks...
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji's military commander stirred a wave of anxiety today with an extraordinary statement claiming concern over the "ambition and speed" of...
‘Merry Christmas Fiji – free at last’ as Sodelpa confirms joining...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
"Merry Christmas Fiji!"
This was the message to Fiji from kingmakers Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) management board member and MP...
A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a...
ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...
Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy
By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva
It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don't...
An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...
As Fiji prepares to vote, democracy could already be the loser
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
When Fijians elect a new parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...
Fijians face polls in December in one of the country’s most...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fijians will go to the polls to choose their next government on December 14.
In a statement yesterday,...
Wadan Narsey: Shameful silences over another unfolding tragedy in Fiji
COMMENTARY: By Wadan Narsey
There is a shameful public tragedy unfolding day by day as the Bainimarama government tries to stop a potential political candidate,...
Fiji elections: ‘Smooth transition’ vital for both country and Pacific, says...
NZ Pacific
A Pacific media academic says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup --...
Fiji’s dilemma – how its military has become so deeply mired...
ANALYSIS: By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes
The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia was imposing sanctions against Fiji...
Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific
In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the...
Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has questioned the motive of the FijiFirst government to continuously highlight the...
History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Fiji’s police chief Sitiveni Qiliho looks to have dug out an old playbook that was used over a...
Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar
OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad
Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy...
Wadan Narsey: Between a rock and a not so hard place...
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva
The opinion polls about voting intentions for Fiji's 2022 General Election suggests that voters face the horrible challenge of...
Graham Davis: In the stars? It’s in the polls, Rabuka’s final...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
"So many detractors were saying, 'no you won’t get it, the Supervisor of Elections won’t allow it'. I said, 'well let...
Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Former Fiji opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka has submitted his application to register his newly proposed political party -- the "People's...