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Issue No: 1026; 21 August 2001
The Commonwealth of Nations will decide on the credibility of elections in Fiji. This was revealed by the head of the Commonwealth's 6 member observer group in Fiji. The head, Sir Henry Forde told a media conference in Suva yesterday: We are here to consider the factors impinging on the credibility of the electoral process as a whole, to assess whether, in our judgment, the conditions exist for a free expression of will by the electors". After the last election which the Fiji Labour Party won with a landslide majority, the defeated political parties claimed that the majority win was not acceptable to them. They later went on to organise the terrorists to overthrow the elected government. It is known that Fiji's future in the community of nations lies with the way the political parties, the politicians and the army and police behave during and after the elections. Many people, however, still believe that the key architects of
the terrorist activity last year are still lurking in the background and are
planning to strike the nation in a more violent and bloody manner. The key
persons behind the terrorists have been former military commander and coup
leader Sitiveni Rabuka, Police Commissioner Isikia Savua and numerous
businessmen, many being ethnic Indians. |
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