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Issue No: 859; 18 June 2001
A leading businessman in Fiji stated that it will cost $1m to get rid of the Chaudhry government. This was revealed by elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry at a Fiji Labour Party meeting in Lautoka City on Saturday. Chaudhry stated that after the meeting of a statutory body board, the businessman, who was not named, and two other bureaucrats, were discussing how to get rid of the Chaudhry government when the businessman stated that it will cost only $1m. Reliable sources indicate that the businessman was Hari Punja. The other two persons at the discussion were Laisenia Qarase and Sitiveni Waleilakeba. After this meeting, Qarase had begun a scathing attack on the elected government through the Senate. Most of the contents of Qarase's speech were without any factual foundation. Qarase was also on George Speight's list of cabinet members. |
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