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In political news (something which I keep a rather safe distance from in this blog most of the time), the prime minister formerly known as Laisenia Qarase has won a rather important court case against the current prime minister and entourage. The court case decided that the unlawful removal of the Qarase and his squad during the most relaxing coup ever a.k.a. the 2006 coup was illegal, and has basically directed the President to start the process of election all over again. Queue the victory lap. Unfortunately, Qarase’s lawyers request that Qarase be reinstated as Prime Minister was barred, so no fun there.
Bainimarama addressed the nation in a televised spot, saying that as of now, Fiji has no government in place, as the court ruling has basically dissolved the current regime. We all have to wait now on what the President will decide next. In the meantime, Bainimarama has assured the public that there will be no “disruption to law and order”. I quickly banished thoughts of looting the local shopping mall during the imaginary riots. To be honest though, I’m actually glad there wasn’t anything in the way of disturbance to the peace happening after the court ruling since I don’t really like police or army checkpoints. They interrupt my driving speed/flow.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens next, given the current state of things.
For more articles on the ruling, check out Stuck in Fiji M.U.D.
UPDATE: Oh. After coming back from a trip to the beach, I’ve found out that the Constitution has been given the heave ho, Fiji is now under Emergency Rule, the election date has been set to 2014 at the latest, and the old interim government is now the new interim government again. Okay. I guess everything old is new again.
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