After two false starts, Fiji’s rival former prime ministers finally get together for vital talks over the country’s future. David Robie assesses their chances.
After a few weeks of optimism over reports that Fiji’s former prime ministers were burying their hatchets and agreeing to discuss a government of national unity to take over from the military-backed regime, the hopes have been dampened.
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, architect of Fijian independemnce and leader of the country for 17 years, and the man who ousted him in the April 1987 general election, Dr Timocy Bavadra, are still expected to have talks today.
- Read the full report at Academia.edu. First publlshed by The Dominion on 4 September 1987.
