Friday, January 19, 2007

Latest news on the coup

This information is entirely taken from the BBC news website, because I haven't heard from my friends in Fiji for a while. I hope everything is fine, and assume that they probably have more pressing concerns than trying to contact me
Early in January members of the new government were officially sworn in. The leader of the coup, Commander Bainimarama, took up the position of "temporary" Prime Minister and promised that his administration would return the country to democracy, but did not set any date for new elections
The deposed Fijian President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, was recently returned to office, but his position is mostly ceremonial, with the actual governmental ministers, many of whom are ex-military, being selected by the Prime Minister
A major goal of this new government is to restore links with neighbouring countries, who have condemned the actions of Commander Bainimarama and called for sanctions
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much coverage of this, so that's all I can say for now

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