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Fiji Islands Government
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Fiji Islands Government The Fiji government is based on an intricate and somewhat debatable constitution which was drafted in the mid 1990's after the coups of 1987 declared Fiji's past Constitution nullified. The 1997 Constitution came into effect in 1997 and declares that he government be based on a parliament with a 71 seat House of Representatives - 25 seats are voted for from multi-racial elections, 23 seats are reserved for indigenous Fijians, 19 for Indo-Fijians, 3 for General electors (Europeans, part-Fijians, Chinese) and 1 for Rotumans. The leader of the largest party in government becomes the prime minister. In 1999, the Indian domainated Fiji Labour Party, headed by Mahendra Chaundry, won the general elections and became the first Indian led party to govern Fiji. But not for long. The third coup in Fiji's short history since Independance (1970), saw the commoner Gearge Speight overtake Parliament with in a vicious attack with guns. After long negotiations, the parliamentarian hostages were released and Speight ended up in jail on the beautiful sandy island off Suva. An interim governement was appointed in 2001 and headed by a Fijian chief named Qarase and thanks to the persistant efforts of Fiji Commander in Chief Bainamara, most of those implemented in the coup have been sent to jail including several prominant high chiefs, although early release made mockery of their sever sentances of treason. Fiji still suffers from blatant corruption by high chiefs and bickering over such sensitive issues as land rights and Indian domainace in the economy. General Elections in 2006 were won marginally by Qarase and his Fijian party but such is the oddity of Fiji poliutics that he had to offer almost half of his seats and several of his minister portfolios to the Indian run Fiji Labour Party in what has become a shared parliament. Fiji also has a 32 member Senate with 14 members appointed by the Great Council of Chiefs, 9 by the prime minister, 8 by the leader of the opposition and 1 by the Council of Rotuma. The Great Council of Chiefs also appoint Fiji's head of state, the President. The House of Representatives, the Senate and the title of President are all for a five year term. Book your Holiday with the Specialists  Fiji Holidays & Hotels
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