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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Coup leader invokes Whitlam sacking

Malcolm Brown in Suva and agencies, Sydney Morning Herald News, December 6, 2006

FIJI'S military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has declared himself head of state, sacked the Qarase Government and justified his actions with references to the dismissal of Gough Whitlam.

Commodore Bainimarama said the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, had refused to accept the military's demands, as Fiji fell into its fourth coup in 20 years.
Citing a 1975 precedent, the dismissal of the Whitlam government by Australia's governor-general, John Kerr, Commodore Bainimarama invoked a part of Fiji's constitution allowing the president in "exceptional circumstances" to dismiss a government.

But when the President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, refused to back him, the military chief appointed himself president. Commodore Bainimarama said he was breaking a "stalemate" after Ratu Iloilo's afternoon statement saying he was "neither supporting nor condoning" the military actions.

Commodore Bainimarama said an interim government would be appointed and that in time elections would follow a proper census, which had not been conducted before the May election. The commodore's announcement at Suva's Queen Elizabeth barracks at 6pm came after soldiers surrounded the home of Mr Qarase, who conceded he was under house arrest.

Mr Qarase said it was "a sad day for democracy and the rule of law" and pledged to hold a caucus meeting today. When asked at the weekend whether he would seek foreign help, Mr Qarase said: "Out of the question." Yesterday Mr Howard said he had refused Mr Qarase's request for Australia to send troops. "I did not think it was in Australia's national interest to become involved," Mr Howard said, although he condemned the coup leaders. "The possibility of Australian and Fijian troops firing on each other and in the streets of Suva is not a prospect that I for a moment thought desirable." But Mr Qarase said suggestions he had asked for military intervention were only an interpretation.

Commodore Bainimarama said he had appointed an interim prime minister, Jona Senilagakali, the military force's senior medical officer. Dr Senilagakali has been head of the Fiji military hospital and served as a peacekeeper in the Middle East. He posed for a photo last night but made no comment.

The military's spokesman, Major Neumi Leweni, deflected questions on Dr Senilagakali's government experience, saying "ask him". The military had seized senior government ministers' vehicles yesterday, including two of Mr Qarase's. Commodore Bainimarama said the Government had "undermined the constitution by engaging in bribery and corruption" and proposing bills that would seriously disadvantage Fiji and its future.

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