Sunday, April 12, 2009

Fiji Virtually A Military Dictatorship: Rudd

Photo: In this file photo from Dec. 14, 2006, shown is Fiji's military commander Frank Bainimarama as he leaves the officers' mess at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in the capitol Suva. Fiji's president assumed control Friday April 10, 2009, and fired the judges who a day earlier had declared the military government illegal, deepening the troubled South Pacific country's political turmoil. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

From ABC News Australia:

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has condemned Commodore Frank Bainimarama's reappointment as Fiji's Prime Minister, saying the country is now "virtually a military dictatorship".

Commodore Frank Bainimarama was sworn in again as Prime Minister in Fiji, after the country's President abolished the constitution and sacked the country's judiciary over a court ruling which found the 2006 military coup was illegal.

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My Comment: So much for paradise.

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