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• Title: Behind the Fiji Crisis: Politics of Labour in an Ethnically Divided Society.
• Author : Arena Journal
• Release Date : January 01, 2000
• Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 205 KB

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On May 19 2000, George Speight and a group of armed men entered Fiji's Parliament, held members of the democratically-elected, Labour-led Coalition Government hostage and declared themselves the new 'indigenous' rulers of the small island nation. After the immediate shock of the coup, academics, journalists and those with access to media outlets began formulating explanations for the terrorists' action, the military's response and the ensuing political crisis. Some argue that the violent events that have occurred are simply about a crazed man ('Mad King George') and his armed thugs hell-bent on seizing power. (1) Others blame the abrasive leadership style of ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, whose confrontational behaviour, typically attributed to his years as one of the nation's most influential trade unionists, is highlighted as being insensitive to indigenous Fijian cultural protocols. (2) Others have identified the strained ethnic relations and high levels of mistrust between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, the nation's two dominant ethnic groups, as the major catalyst for Speight's actions and for his subsequent support among indigenous Fijians. (3) In opposition to this, some have suggested that the term 'ethnic conflict' is a misnomer leading to a false perception of the situation. Despite Speight's nationalist and racist rhetoric, it is argued, his actions stem from the erosion of indigenous Fijian social order and the fragmentation of indigenous Fijian leadership. Power struggles between Fiji's leading clans are identified as the primary motives behind Speight's criminal action. (4) There may be elements of truth in each of these various positions. Speight has certainly proved egotistical and unstable, and Chaudhry arguably did not pay sufficient attention to the warning signs coming from certain sections of the indigenous community. It is difficult, however, to see how Chaudhry--a democratically elected prime minister who suffered beatings and had his life threatened at gunpoint on the lawn of the Parliament complex--is anything other than a victim.

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