|
Fiji Islands Government
Fiji Islands  Fiji Island Hotel Pictures Fiji Islands Map ; Viti Levu ; Nadi Airport ; Coral Coast ; Suva City ; Nananu-i-Ra ; Mamanuca Islands ; Malolo Island ; Mana Island ; Yasawa Map ; Southern Fiji ; Lomaiviti Group ; Levuka Town ; Northern Fiji ; Savusavu ; Taveuni ; Rotuma Fiji Accommodation Guide ; Fiji Travel Guide ; Fiji Tourist Information ; Fiji Pictures Travel Agents ; International Flights ; Getting Around ; Tours and Sightseeing ; Festivals & Events ; Wedding Requirements ; Shopping Services ; Weather ; Money and Insurance ; The Economy ; Fiji Governenment ; Obtaining Work Visas ; History ; Culture ; The Arts ; Real Estate ; News & Classified ; Sports Clubs ; Religious Groups cook islands ; tahiti islands ; samoa islands ; tonga islands ; vanuatu islands ; new caledonia islands australia accommodation ; hawaii accommodation |
|||||
|
Fiji Islands Government 2006 to 2009 - the 4th Coup - Frank Bainimarama Fiji's current government is run by a dictator, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who took over the government of the day forcibly and illegally during a military coup in December 2006. Since that date, a government has been formed of mostly indigenous Fijian individuals, several from within the military hierarchy with neither social nor educational skills and the country has spiralled downhill into bankruptcy, with broken relationships between its two closest neighbours, New Zealand and Australia as well as with other Pacific neighbours. Oddly, the coup of 2006 was declared as a coup to end all coups. In its forty years of Independence from British rule, the country has been plagued by a succession of four military takeovers - and what has shamefully become known as "Fiji's Coup Culture". One of the main intentions of the 2006 coup was to weed out corruption, as well as to prevent two highly contentious Bills from being passed - the Qoliqoli Bill which would have given absolute sea rights to the indigenous landowners (and effectively bankrupted the tourism industry) = Fijians who by law own 80% of the land in Fiji yet contribute under 10% of its GDP. More importantly and galantly, the military coup aimed to create a more democratic electoral system focing a change on one of the most contentious and disrespectful issuesof the 1997 Constitution - racial politics with a government elected entirely on racial circumstances. Fijians voted for Fijian parliamentarians whilst Indians voted for Indian parliamentarians, and the end result had to be a Fijian dominated government and a racilaly divided country. Bainimarama set about re-writing the Constitution by way of the People's Charter, a representation of what the people of Fiji wanted for the country. Commendable as this may appear, the manner in which this has been brought about is far from democratic. In the course of two years, Bainimarama expelled three expatriate newspaper publishers for speaking out against the government and human rights violations have become an increasing concern. Race remains a serious thorn of everyday life in Fiji whilsst the Fijian civil service weighrs heavily on sociaty whilsty prodicing nothing effective in return. 2002 - 2006 - The Qarase Governement The Qarase Government was put in place in 2002 after the Civilian Coup of 2000 had been stamped out by the Military, led by Frank Bainimarama who would subsequently lead his own coup aginst this newly installed Fijian dominated government. During its first term Qarase enjoyed a period of economic growth although blatant corruption by high chiefs and bickering over such sensitive issues as land rights and Indian domainace effected the country internally. General Elections in 2006 were won marginally by Qarase and his Fijian party but such is the oddity of Fiji politics 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 became a shared parliament. 2000 to 2001 - the 3rd Coup - George Speight 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. 1999 - The Chaundry Government In 1999, the Indian dominated Fiji Labour Party, lead 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 Independence (1970), saw the commoner George Speight overtake Parliament with a vicious attack which resulted in 50 government workers including Chaundry being held hostage at Parliamnet House. After almost two months of negotiations, the hostages were released and Speight, found guilty of Treason, ended up in jail on the beautiful sandy island of Nukulau off Suva being . Fiji's Constitution - 1997 The current constitution was drafted in the mid 1990's after the two 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. 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
|
|||||
|
Thank you for visiting our website and we hope you have found it inspiring and useful. This Accommodation Guide is brought to you by South Pacific Pictures, the photographic division of South Pacific Travel Guides. This leading independent travel publisher is based in Fiji and aims to provide unbiased travel information to help potential holiday-makers plan their trip to the South Pacific. We do not sell individual hotels, tours or packages - we simply provide an overview to help you make the decision and provide links for you to make further enquiries and bookings. All the pictures in this website have been taken by us and try to show a true representation of our destinations. No picture has been staged - all were taken as presented. Our energetic team of researchers and photographers travel around the south pacific on a regular basis to update our guides and to ensure their accuracy. Please feel free to contribute your own travel experiences to pass on to fellow travellers. If you haven't been able to find what you're looking for in our website, you might want to try South Pacific Travel Guides - the regions most comprehensive travel guide for the islands: Fiji Travel ; Cook Islands Travel ; Samoa Travel ; Tonga Travel ; Tahiti Travel ; Hawaii Travel ; Oahu Travel ; Kauai Travel ; Maui Travel ; Big Island Hawaii Travel Alternatively, if you're simply after accommodation, search South Pacific Resorts the largest directory of hotels in the South Pacific with thousands of unique photographs, location maps and unbiased write ups: Cook Islands Resorts ; Fiji Resorts ; Samoa Resorts ; Tonga Resorts ; Tahiti Resorts ; Vanuatu Resorts ; New Caledonia Resorts ; Hawaii Resorts. Beautiful Holidays - specialist travel agent based in Australia offering personalized booking assistance South Pacific Travel Resources - other accredited websites Last Updated by  Pacific Travel Guides PO Box 10146, Nadi Airport, Fiji Contact Us |
|||||
|
|
|||||