| ID | 117514 |
| Title Proper | Frank Bainimarama's Tiger and Fiji election prospects in 2014 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lal, Victor ; Hunter, Russell |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Riding the tiger is a hazardous sport. To fall off it or to attempt to dismount it, even, is to be eaten; and it is precisely this predicament that the South Pacific region's first and only military strongman finds himself in Fiji.
On 5 December 2006 Commodore Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama deposed a lawfully elected multi-party SDL-FLP government by force of arms. This was, as he and his inner circle are well aware, nothing short of treason for which the penalty is life imprisonment. So he now seeks to be somehow spirited from the tiger's back by a promise of elections in 2014 and the construction of yet another constitution under the chairmanship of Kenyan professor Yash Ghai. |
| `In' analytical Note | Round Table Vol. 101, No.422; Oct 2012: p.463-465 |
| Journal Source | Round Table Vol. 101, No.422; Oct 2012: p.463-465 |
| Key Words | South Asian Region ; Fiji ; Bainimarama ; Fiji Military Forces ; Media Freedom |