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Fiji's Coup Cycle

In the past 20 years there have been three coups in Fiji...

 

...The events of 14 May 1987 had been preceded by a “coup” within the Methodist Church whereby the conservative “old guard” had been replaced by a stridently pro-Fijian (anti-Indian) charismatic evangelical element...

 

...Instead of incremental constitutional changes being formulated and validated by referendum the country was forced to endure the elaborate facade of a constitutional commission led by a former Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand. The commission proceeded to tour the country and then formulate proposals for a grand scheme of constitutional changes. So blessed and sanctified how could it not succeed...

 
Does Fiji Have An Independent Press?
Fiji Press

Newspaper men often express the view that "freedom of the press" must be zealously safeguarded.  The means for preservation of democracy is said to depend upon this freedom.

The corollary is the that when  freedom of the press does not exist within a  country democracy does not and cannot survive. 

 
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