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party leader Laisenia Qarase and Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry to seize the opportunity and work together under the 1997 Constitution, says former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka.
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that he has indicated to President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu that it might be ...
Rabuka said Chaudhry's inclusion in government would have the majority support of both Indians and Fijians so it "would be mad" to stage another coup. The military, he said, would not support a coup.
The appearance comes the day before polling closes for Fiji's parliamentary elections in which the opposition leader who defeated Rabuka in 1999, Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry ...
On July 13, after 56 days as a prisoner of coup leader George Speight, Mahendra Chaudhry ... Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has described democracy as a foreign flower in Fiji. Chaudhry: I don’t ...
The answer was "no", Rabuka said, "he will not be drawn into it". Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry -- a former prime minister -- on Saturday repeated claims that the election had been ...
Calls continue for Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to release the Commission of Inquiry report into the appointment of FICAC ...
He was elected prime minister in 1992 and held power until he lost at the 1999 polls to Mr Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first Indo-Fijian premier. A devout Christian, Mr Rabuka married in 1975 ...
Rabuka later clarified during a visit to Australia that ... Fiji’s former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry last week warned the region to be wary of accepting financial assistance from Australia, lest ...
If Prime Minister Rabuka’s coalition government remains in office until then, it will exceed the longest term of any Fijian government that came into office through a peaceful transfer of power.
Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 17 other political hostages were freed today after being held for 56 days by nationalists demanding an end to ethnic Indian political power.
He was elected prime minister in 1992 and held power until he lost at the 1999 polls to Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first Indo-Fijian premier. A devout Christian, Rabuka married in 1975 but there ...