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1111:. Sivo countered that he had no intention of relinquishing his position, and said that he could be only removed if the party judged him unfit for the post. He reiterated on 16 September that he would not stand aside for Dimuri. Responding to a letter that Cakobau had sent to Dimuri reinstating him, Sivo said that Cakobau had no such powers. He accused him of taking advantage of the famous
1319:- the areas where the party has the most support. The party executive called on all indigenous-led parties to follow their lead and unite under the banner of the SDL, in order to present the electorate with a united front to guarantee continued indigenous national leadership. Lalabalavu said that the party was concerned about continued imprisonment of persons convicted of the
1551:, he said, adding that many who disagreed with the merger were remaining silent only because of their traditional obligation to Lalabalavu as a Paramount Chief. He made a strong attack on Prime Minister Qarase, calling on him to resign, and mooted the establishment of a new party under the old CAMV label.
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criticized the merger as a sign of increasing ethno-nationalism, which it described as a threat to the country's long-term stability. For the SDL to accept the CAMV members into its ranks was a betrayal of the trust the
Military had invested in Qarase when appointing him Prime Minister in 2000 and
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The public disagreement between
Cakobau and Sivo appeared to be related to a wider debate about the policies and effectiveness of the party as a member of the ruling coalition. Without naming particular individuals, Sivo criticized certain colleagues on the CAMV executive on 17 September of being
1158:
Despite its strongly nationalist image, reinforced by the arrest and conviction of many of its members for participation in the 2000 coup, the CAMV claims to espouse nonracial policies. The party
President, Ratu Tanoa Cakobau, said on 8 June 2005 that anybody respected by the population could be
1592:(2 March) quoted Dimuri as saying that the meeting to dissolve the party had been attended by over four hundred cadres and that the decision to join the SDL had been nearly unanimous. He rejected Sivo's claims about the origins of the party, saying that he personally had registered the party in
1007:
In 2004, a number of high-profile members of the
Conservative Alliance were arrested and charged with treason for their roles in the 2000 coup. On 6 August 2004, Vice-President Seniloli and Deputy Speaker Vakalalabure were convicted and sentenced to terms of four and six years' imprisonment
1255:, had said that CAMV parliamentarians could not legally remain in office if their political party was dissolved. Official deregistration, therefore, would likely have to await the end of the current parliamentary session, a stance he reiterated on 3 March. Sivo, for his part, told
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region, in which
Seniloli is an influential chief, Prime Minister Qarase said that he was "dismayed by the severity of the sentences" handed down. His government indicated, however, that it would not interfere with the due process of law. On 29 November 2004, however,
1239:"We had to reconsider everything, in the beginning we were all out for everything, but then we realised that there’s something called the law that we had to respect, we had to follow. And through that process most of my party members, except myself, went to jail,"
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to discuss the matter. On 20 February, however, Prime
Minister Qarase said that there was no question of the six CAMV parliamentarians being disqualified. Despite the dissolution of the party, they would continue to sit under the auspices of the CAMV, he said.
1581:(1 March) quoted him as saying. He accused Dimuri of failing to read a letter at the meeting held to dissolve the party; Dimuri countered by saying that no such letter had been received. Sivo affirmed his belief in the ideals articulated by the Speight-led
1575:"These people joined the bandwagon when it was up and running. That is why they don’t have the foresight to complete the work we have started, and that is to fulfill the aspirations of the Fijian people and the release of our brothers in jail,"
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scheduled for 2006. Sivo opposed the decision, and said that
Cakobau had acted without proper authority. Each subsequently called on the other to resign, and on 9 August, Cakobau said that he expected Sivo to be replaced by his predecessor,
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Drole told the meeting. He went on to claim that the CAMV had made the very difficult decision to refuse the offer; the prospect of freedom was tempting, he said, but the priority was to ensure that an ethnic Fijian government held office.
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forged a coalition agreement with the
Conservative Alliance. The party initially insisted on Speight's release from jail as the price of its participation in the government, but later dropped this demand. The then leader of the party,
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reported on 20 February that a letter alleged to have been written by Ratu Tanoa
Cakobau had requested that the six CAMV parliamentarians be endorsed, unopposed, as SDL candidates. The SDL confirmed having received letter, written in
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Opposition politicians charged that the release of
Seniloli, Lalabalavu, and Dimuri was for political reasons, as the six votes of the Conservative Alliance are needed to maintain the government's parliamentary majority. The
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The Prime Minister responded that all candidacies for the SDL were open, and that there would be no automatic endorsement of candidates, ex-CAMV or otherwise. All would have to go through the required selection procedure.
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and addressed to Prime Minister Qarase and to the SDL President, but Cakobau said that some portions of it were not authentic; his name had been written differently from the way he uses it official correspondence, he said.
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On 9 September 2008, former members of the Conservative Alliance applied to re-register the party with the Electoral Commission so it can contest the next election. The new incarnation of the party will be led by
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of meddling in politics, and the military in turn charging that Alliance politicians included many who had "created havoc" in the 2000 coup. In a strongly worded statement on 25 April 2005, army spokesman
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three years ago, Sivo said. The controversial legislation, promoted by the government in 2005, proposed to establish a commission empowered to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of the 2000
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said that the merger could misfire. He doubted that all CAMV supporters would transfer their allegiance to the SDL, thinking it more likely that some would move to other parties at election time.
1386:"In fact there’s a misconception that there’s a merger between the two parties. What has happened is that the CAMV has decided to wind up that party and for them to become members of the SDL party,"
1345:, was also quoted as telling opponents of the merger that their failure to contribute to the party's coffers had left it with insufficient funds to continue as a viable party. Party treasurer
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a combination of the initials of its English and Fijian names. At its annual general meeting on 17 February 2006, the party voted to dissolve itself and merge with its coalition partner, the
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A power struggle between the President and General Secretary of the party took place in September 2005. On 30 July 2005, Cakobau signed an agreement with four other parties to establish an
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as saying on 28 February that the party had sacrificed little in its merger with the SDL. The party had abandoned its goal of freeing all coup convicts as long ago as 2002, he claimed.
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report on 13 June 2006 as saying that Sivo had announced plans to revive the party, with a view to campaigning for the release of George Speight and other parties to the 2000 coup.
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Sivo reiterated his opposition to the merger on 27 February, saying that it breached the constitution of the party. Only the management board could authorize a dissolution, and
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887:, including Speight. (Unable to take his seat due to his imprisonment on treason charges, Speight was subsequently expelled from Parliament for nonattendance, and his brother,
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1596:. He also denied that George Speight had opposed the decision, saying that if he had objected to the dissolution of the party, he would have informed his brother and CAMV
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to pay the legal fees of prominent citizens, many of them CAMV supporters, who were implicated in the 2000 coup a point highlighted at the CAMV meeting. The party leader,
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said on 28 February that the party was seeking legal advice after questions had been raised concerning the legality of the merger; his successor as General Secretary,
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The decision to deregister the party was formalized at the party's annual general meeting the next day. Despite some dissent, the motion was passed on a voice vote.
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Rabukawaqa said. Rabukawaqa said that nationalism was a good thing when it was state based, but could only lead to hatred and instability if based on ethnicity.
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They wish to continue to keep the masses in abject poverty so that they can be beguiled by the continued lie of foreigners wanting to take their land from them,"
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news service claimed on 19 February that financial considerations may have played a role in the decision to disband the CAMV. The SDL had reportedly donated
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held to restore democracy in August 2001, the party fielded candidates in 36 of the 71 electorates. Six of their candidates were elected to the
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1082:"The RFMF would like to remind the CAMV that they were the very people who created the havoc from which the country is still trying to recover."
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1197:. In another development, however, it was announced on 16 February 2006 that the party would be deregistering, in order to merge with the
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as the two Vice-Presidents, thus representing at the apex of the party the leading chiefly clans from the three confederacies to which all
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1444:(SVT), from which the CAMV originally broke away, said on 23 February 2006 that not all CAMV members supported the merger with the SDL.
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688:
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quoted Rabukawaqa as saying that certain political elements would stop at nothing to pursue their personal political ambitions. '
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The CAMV contested the 2001 election on a platform calling for a greater emphasis on indigenous rights and the proclamation of
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also criticized their release. This led to a series of exchanged in April 2005, with the Conservative Alliance accusing the
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in prison (where they are serving for coup-related offences) and had been advised by them to pursue legal action, he said.
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revealed that in addition to the six parliamentarians, five other CAMV figures were seeking endorsement as SDL candidates.
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that he was seeking legal advice on whether the vote to dissolve the party had been conducted legally. He had visited
1373:. Travel, funeral expenses, advertising in newspapers, byelection campaigns, and meetings had accounted for the rest.
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1944:
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The merger was not quite finalized until 3 July 2006, when the party was officially deregistered. General Secretary
1155:, calling it "a workable document," but in practice many of its elected representatives have strongly criticised it.
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served as General Secretary. For legal reasons, Parliamentary members of the disbanded party maintained a separate
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1323:, many of them CAMV supporters, but considered that the SDL-led government was addressing that matter through its
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had made an offer to the CAMV after the 2001 election. All six CAMV parliamentarians, including coup frontsman
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222:
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1565:, and himself. On the contrary, Sivo claimed that the groundwork had been laid by Vakalalabure, his brother
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said that the CAMV had dissolved of its own accord and joined the SDL, not that the two parties had merged.
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2008:
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Trials of persons implicated in the 2000 coup, many of them Conservative Alliance members, are continuing.
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became Minister for Youth, Employment Opportunities, and sport. As part of a deal brokered between the
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Prime Minister, regardless of his or her race or status. He said this in response to a comment from
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accepted his defence that he had been coerced into taking an illegal oath of office during the coup.
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2003:
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quoted him on the 19th as saying that the merger could further polarize Fiji's ethnic communities.
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The SDL appeared to see the merger from a different point of view from the CAMV. According to a
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Anxious to retain the support of his coalition partner, and shore up his electoral base in the
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on 4 July that year, and were sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. They were released on
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held that year. As part of its founding ideology, the party emphasized that the offices of
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At the annual general meeting held to dissolve the party on 17 February 2006, coup-convict
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also criticized the merger, and said that the PNP was reconsidering its position in the
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respectively. Youth, Employment, and Sports Minister Leweniqila was acquitted; Justice
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1123:, the dominant partner in the ruling coalition. The party should have pushed for the
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that the party had begun in the north of the country and largely built by Lalabalvu,
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on 7 July by the SDL donation, but by February 2006 his had been depleted and only
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A similar scenario unfolded in the trial of Ratu Lalabalavu, the party leader, and
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1048:, also a party member. On 3 April 2005, Lalabalavu and Dimuri were convicted of
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1482:(23 February) reported the statement as saying. The 23 February edition of the
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985:"This information was relayed to us on Nukulau by CAMV lawyer Kitione Vuataki,"
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868:
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quoted him as claiming. The move was a private agreement between the SDL and
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1507:
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news service that the door was open for former CAMV members to join the SVT.
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for their role aiding and abetting the 2000 coup by visiting rebels at the
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in May 2000, joined the new party, as did many of his supporters. In the
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110:
1167:, that the country should be ready for a non-indigenous Prime Minister.
1151:), as the official religion of Fiji. Officially, the party accepts the
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733:(SDL). The President of the party at the time of its dissolution was
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789:, which had governed the country from 1992 to 1999, when it lost the
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as hailing the merger as "the way forward for the Fijian people."
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name to make unilateral decisions that were beyond his authority.
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1569:, and himself; Sivo had provided part of his own restaurant in
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765:, until the end of the parliamentary term, on 27 March 2006.
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about the procedures to follow for deregistering the party.
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CAMV members objecting to the merger with the SDL included
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Seniloli on health grounds, in return for his resignation.
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told the meeting that in accordance with Fijian protocol,
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reported on 10 March that CAMV parliamentarian and lawyer
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announced on 9 February 2006 that the party would contest
758:
in the House of Representatives, under the leadership of
511:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1307:
had been informed of the decision, as had the chiefs of
1529:
were also adamantly opposed to the merger, he claimed.
951:
in September 2000, following the end of the rebellion.
785:, on 15 June 2001 by defectors who broke away from the
921:, and two members of the caucus were appointed to the
947:, another party stalwart, had already been appointed
932:
became Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, and
1060:after serving just eleven days of their sentences.
891:, won the ensuing byelection to fill the vacancy).
773:The Conservative Alliance was publicly launched at
1585:on 19 May 2000, saying that they would never die.
1933:Parliamentary Organization for Indigenous Fijians
1285:
975:office; one of them would be offered the post of
817:. Among those attending the launch was the Rev.
2031:
1349:concurred, saying that the CAMV bank account of
1554:Sivo rejected claims made by General Secretary
1365:had gone in legal fees, Kauvesi said, with the
860:was appointed General Secretary of the party.
1680:
1433:similarly judged the decision to be unwise.
1380:report on 18 February, SDL campaign director
1031:announced that the government had decided to
836:, was appointed President of the party, with
682:
1131:, many of whom were supporters of the CAMV.
1089:
1687:
1673:
689:
675:
1502:, the former General Secretary. He told
1448:, General Secretary of the SVT, told the
1391:
1325:Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill
1125:Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill
1002:
995:rejected Drole's claims as "utter lies."
725:government. It was commonly known as the
2055:Political parties disestablished in 2006
1646:. Fiji Times. 2008-09-09. Archived from
2045:Indigenist political parties in Oceania
1644:"Former members form nationalist party"
1603:, who visited him regularly in prison.
1361:remained. The bulk of the fund - over
2032:
997:"Drole should have his head examined,"
894:To secure a legislative majority, the
2050:Political parties established in 2001
1668:
954:
863:
24:Conservative Alliance-Matanitu Vanua
1353:on 26 May 2004 had been boosted to
13:
1967:Social Liberal Multicultural Party
1786:Coalition of Independent Nationals
1170:
875:against the elected government of
14:
2081:
2040:Defunct political parties in Fiji
1897:Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party
1885:National Democratic Party (1960s)
1573:for a party office, he claimed.
1473:and released on 22 February, the
1415:, however, condemned the merger.
1409:Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party
768:
1979:Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
1962:Savusavu Ratepayers and Citizens
1891:National Democratic Party (2006)
1699:
1540:represented at the meeting, the
1464:Grand Coalition Initiative Group
1442:Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
787:Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
178:
1973:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
1741:Social Democratic Liberal Party
1588:Countering Sivo's version, the
1199:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
1121:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
1098:of parties supported mostly by
896:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
731:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
83:Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
1984:Sugar City Ratepayers Alliance
1636:
1493:
1286:Factors influencing the merger
1201:(SDL) ahead of the elections.
1:
2060:National conservative parties
1775:Christian Democratic Alliance
1629:
1478:supporting him subsequently,
813:established as the country's
721:, and a member of the ruling
1369:legal firm alone being paid
373:Post-independence elections
7:
2065:Social conservative parties
2014:NFP–Labour Coalition (1987)
1134:
16:Political party in Fiji
10:
2086:
1869:Lio 'On Famör Rotuma Party
1616:
1469:In a statement written in
1367:Abhay Singh and Associates
940:and the insurrectionists,
2009:People's Coalition (1999)
1996:
1939:People's Democratic Party
1880:National Congress of Fiji
1859:Justice and Freedom Party
1756:
1729:National Federation Party
1709:
1696:Political parties in Fiji
983:quoted Drole as saying.
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129:
88:
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70:
62:
52:
42:
30:
21:
2019:NFP–WUF Coalition (1982)
1957:Ratepayers' Associations
1832:Fijian Nationalist Party
1808:Fijian Association Party
1458:(PNP) General Secretary
1259:that he planned to meet
1090:Controversies, 2005-2006
919:House of Representatives
885:House of Representatives
596:House of Representatives
265:Leader of the Opposition
1945:People's National Party
1921:Party of National Unity
1874:National Alliance Party
1522:and the former leader,
1456:People's National Party
1280:Supervisor of Elections
1230:quoted Party President
1163:, Deputy Leader of the
1119:too subservient to the
871:, who led the civilian
838:Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
801:should be reserved for
630:Great Council of Chiefs
131:Political position
2004:Grand Coalition (2006)
1903:New Labour Unity Party
1769:All Nationals Congress
1392:Reaction to the merger
1003:Arrest of CAMV members
881:parliamentary election
530:Diplomatic missions of
1997:Historical coalitions
1909:New Nationalist Party
1844:Girmit Heritage Party
1820:Fiji Democratic Party
1814:Fijian National Party
1792:Conservative Alliance
1147:, but relatively few
846:Ro Alivereti Tuisawau
703:Conservative Alliance
116:National conservatism
1838:General Voters Party
1527:Rakuita Vakalalabure
1427:United Peoples Party
1278:had inquired of the
1249:Rakuita Vakalalabure
1054:Sukanaivalu Barracks
911:Rakuita Vakalalabure
827:Ratu Epenisa Cakobau
1781:Citizens Federation
1601:Samisoni Tikoinasau
1191:open constituencies
1143:(the faith of most
1096:electoral coalition
889:Samisoni Tikoinasau
821:, President of the
713:) was a right-wing
625:Legislative Council
564:Former and informal
121:Social conservatism
98:Christian democracy
2070:Right-wing parties
1927:Party of the Truth
1757:Historical parties
1710:Registered parties
1563:Isireli Leweniqila
1549:Naiqama Lalabalavu
1411:general secretary
1343:Naiqama Lalabalavu
1295:Naiqama Lalabalavu
1109:Ratu Josefa Dimuri
1100:indigenous Fijians
934:Isireli Leweniqila
930:Naiqama Lalabalavu
858:Ratu Josefa Dimuri
803:indigenous Fijians
763:Naiqama Lalabalavu
296:Naiqama Lalabalavu
229:Wiliame Katonivere
37:Naiqama Lalabalavu
2027:
2026:
1951:Protector of Fiji
1735:People's Alliance
1717:Fiji Labour Party
1516:Viliame Sousouwai
1423:Mahendra Chaudhry
1419:Fiji Labour Party
1378:Radio New Zealand
1321:Fiji coup of 2000
1264:Mahendra Chaudhry
1261:Opposition Leader
1228:Radio New Zealand
1195:upcoming election
1165:Fiji Labour Party
1153:1997 Constitution
1050:unlawful assembly
993:Mahendra Chaudhry
971:, would be given
965:Fiji Labour Party
963:claimed that the
955:Alleged FLP offer
877:Mahendra Chaudhry
864:The 2001 election
815:official religion
791:general elections
699:
698:
591:Executive Council
547:Visa requirements
504:Foreign relations
369:Political parties
164:
163:
151:Political parties
53:General Secretary
2077:
1803:Federation Party
1798:Dodonu ni Taukei
1747:Unity Fiji Party
1723:Freedom Alliance
1704:
1703:
1689:
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1675:
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1598:Cabinet Minister
1175:Party President
1104:general election
1026:Attorney General
913:, was appointed
823:Methodist Church
819:Tomasi Kanailagi
811:constitutionally
691:
684:
677:
581:Governor-General
465:Local government
357:Electoral system
253:Attorney-General
182:
171:Politics of Fiji
166:
165:
146:Politics of Fiji
79:Merged into
74:17 February 2006
19:
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1171:Merger with SDL
1137:
1102:to contest the
1092:
1005:
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