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A. D. Patel
Ambalal Dahyabhai Patel, better known as A.D. Patel (also sometimes referred to as AD) (1905–1969), was a Fiji Indian politician, farmers' leader and founder and leader of the National Federation Party.
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Alliance Party (Fiji)
The Alliance Party, was the ruling political party in Fiji from 1966 to 1987.
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Amnesty
Amnesty (from the Greek ἀμνηστία amnestia, "forgetfulness, passing over") is defined as: "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of people who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted." It includes more than pardon, inasmuch as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.
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Apisai Tora
Mohammad Apisai Vuniyayawa Tora (born January 1934) is a former Fijian politician, soldier, and trade unionist.
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Ba (town)
Ba is a town in Fiji, 37 kilometres from Lautoka and 62 kilometres from Nadi, inland from the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.
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Ba District, Fiji
Ba is a district situated on the north western part of the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.
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Balwant Singh Rakkha
Balwant Singh Rakkha (born 1941) was a Fiji Indian medical doctor and a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji representing the National Federation Party (NFP), but he is best known for his strong support for the former leader of the NFP, Sidiq Koya and the split caused within the NFP when he was rewarded by Koya for his loyalty by being given a seat in a constituency where he was a virtual unknown.
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Biman Prasad
Biman Chand Prasad is a Fiji politician of Fiji Indian descent.
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Cabinet of Fiji
Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.
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Caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
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Centre-left politics
Centre-left politics or center-left politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-left politics, is an adherence to views leaning to the left-wing, but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other left-wing variants.
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Centrism
In politics, centrism—the centre (British English/Canadian English/Australian English) or the center (American English/Philippine English)—is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy, while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right.
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Chief Minister of Fiji
The office of Chief Minister of Fiji was established by the British colonial authorities on 20 September 1967, along with the Cabinet system of government.
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Chinese in Fiji
The Chinese diaspora in Fiji is a small but influential community in the multiracial society that makes up modern-day Fiji.
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Citizens Federation
The Citizens Federation was the political expression of a predominantly Indo-Fijian trade union movement, and was a forerunner of the present day National Federation Party.
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Coalition
The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.
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Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji)
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) began operations in Fiji in 1880 and until it ceased operations in 1973, had a considerable influence on the political and economic life of Fiji.
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Communal constituencies
Communal constituencies were the most durable feature of the Fijian electoral system.
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Davendra Singh
Davendra Singh (born 1950) was a Fiji Indian small businessman and politician who came into prominence when he challenged and defeated the official National Federation Party (NFP) candidate in a by-election in March 1985.
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Dorsami Naidu
Dorsami Naidu is a Fijian lawyer and former politician.
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Federalism
Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system.
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Federation Party
The Federation Party was Fiji's first formal political party.
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Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party (FLP) is a political party in Fiji.
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Fiji Village
Fijivillage is an online news website in Fiji which is fully owned and operated by Communications Fiji Limited.
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Fijian by-elections, 1968
After the 1966 election, Fiji adopted a Ministerial type of Government with Ratu Kamisese Mara, of the Alliance Party, as Chief Minister and A. D. Patel, of the Federation Party, as Leader of the Opposition.
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Fijian general election, 1966
The general election to the Legislative Council of Fiji in 1966 was the last to be held before independence from the United Kingdom was granted in 1970.
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Fijian general election, 1972
General elections were held in Fiji between 15 and 29 April 1972, the first since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
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Fijian general election, 1982
General elections were held in Fiji between 10 and 17 July 1982.
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Fijian general election, 1987
General elections were held in Fiji between 4 and 11 April 1987.
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Fijian general election, 1999
General elections were held in Fiji between 8 and 15 May 1999.
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Fijian general election, 2001
The Constitution of Fiji was restored by a High Court decision on 15 November 2000, following the failure of the political upheaval in which the government had been deposed and the constitution suspended in May that year.
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Fijian general election, 2006
The Constitution of Fiji requires general elections for the House of Representatives to be held at least once every five years.
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Fijian general election, 2014
General elections were held in Fiji on 17 September 2014,, Fiji government website, 1 July 2009 to select the 50 members of the Fijian parliament.
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Fijian general election, March 1977
General elections were held in Fiji between 19 March and 2 April 1977.
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Fijian general election, September 1977
Early general elections were held in Fiji between 17 and 24 September 1977, following the impasse of an earlier election that had been held in March.
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Fijian language
Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language.
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Fijian municipal election, 2002
Fiji's municipal elections of October 2002 produced results that allowed three major political parties, the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL), the Fiji Labour Party (FLP), and the National Federation Party (NFP) to claim a victory of sorts.
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Fijian municipal election, 2005
Municipal elections were held for 11 of Fiji's twelve city and town councils on 22 October 2005.
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Fijian Nationalist Party
The Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP) was a political party in Fiji, founded in 1975 by Sakeasi Butadroka, a parliamentarian who defected from the then-ruling Alliance Party, on a "Fiji for the Fijians!" platform.
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Fijians
Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.
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General electors
"General Electors" is the term formerly used in Fiji to identify citizens of voting age who belonged, in most cases, to ethnic minorities.
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George Cakobau
Ratu Sir George Kadavulevu Cakobau (6 November 1912 – 25 November 1989) was Governor General of Fiji from 1973 to 1983.
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Governor-General of Fiji
Fiji became a British Crown Colony in 1874, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth in 1970.
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Great Council of Chiefs
The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian, ग्रेट काउंसिल ऑफ चीफ्स in Fiji Hindi) was a constitutional body in the Republic of the Fiji Islands from 1876 to March 2012.
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Harish Sharma
Harish Chandra Sharma was a Fiji Indian politician who became the leader of the National Federation Party in 1987.
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Hindustani language
Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, ||lit.
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House of Representatives of Fiji
The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006.
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Indians in Fiji
Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.
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Jai Ram Reddy
Jai Ram Reddy, CF (born 12 May 1937) is an Indo-Fijian politician, who has had a distinguished career in both the legislative and judicial branches of the Fijian government.
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Kamisese Mara
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji.
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Laisenia Qarase
Laisenia Qarase (pronounced; born 4 February 1941) is a Fijian political figure.
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Lau Islands
The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea.
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Lautoka
Lautoka is the second largest city of Fiji.
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Legislative Council of Fiji
The Fijian Legislative Council was the colonial precursor to the present-day Parliament, which came into existence when Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Lord mayor
The lord mayor is the title of the mayor of a major city in the United Kingdom or Commonwealth realm, with special recognition bestowed by the sovereign.
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Mahendra Chaudhry
The Rt. Hon. Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (Fiji Hindi: महेन्द्र पाल चौधरी PBS, MP; born 9 February 1942) is an Indo-Fijian and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party.
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Manikam Pillai
Manikam Vasagam Pillai MBE (last name sometimes spelt Pillay) was a Fiji Indian lawyer, football administrator, and politician.
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Nadi
Nadi (pronounced) is the third-largest conurbation in Fiji.
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National constituencies
National constituencies are a former feature of the Fijian electoral system.
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National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s)
The National Democratic Party (NDP) was a Fijian political party formed in the early 1960s through a merger of Apisai Tora's Western Democratic Party with Isikeli Nadalo's Fijian National Party.
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National Federation Party - Dove faction
The Dove Faction was one of the factions of the National Federation Party (NFP) to contest the September 1977 elections in Fiji.
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National Federation Party - Flower faction
The Flower Faction was one of the factions of the National Federation Party (NFP) to contest the September 1977 elections in Fiji.
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Nausori
Nausori is a town in Fiji.
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Opposition (politics)
The political party that has the majority is called ruling party and all other parties or their members are called the Opposition.
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Parliament of Fiji
The Parliament of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of the Fiji.
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Pramod Rae
Pramod Kumar Rae (born 27 October 1951) is a Fijian trade unionist and political organizer of Indian descent.
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President of Fiji
The President of the Republic of Fiji is the head of state of Fiji.
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Prime Minister of Fiji
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji is the head of government of Fiji.
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R. D. Patel
Raojibhai Dahyabhai Patel was an Indo-Fijian lawyer and politician, who was better known as the younger brother of A. D. Patel.
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Raman Pratap Singh
Raman Pratap Singh is a Fijian lawyer and former politician of Indian descent.
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Ranked voting
Ranked voting describes certain voting systems in which voters rank outcomes in a hierarchy on the ordinal scale (ordinal voting systems).
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Ratu
Ratu (raatuu) is an Austronesian title used by Fijians of chiefly rank.
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Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill
The Reconciliation and Unity Commission was a proposed government body to be set up if the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, which was introduced into the Fijian Parliament on 4 May 2005 was passed.
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Responsible government
Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
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Roko (title)
Roko is a title of chiefly rank, specifically from the Lau Islands of Fiji.
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Sakeasi Butadroka
Sakeasi Butadroka (died 1999 or 2000) was a Fijian politician noted for his strident ethnic nationalism.
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Sargam Fiji
Radio Sargam is a nationwide commercial Hindi FM radio station in Fiji.
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Shadow Cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet is a feature of the Westminster system of government.
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Sidiq Koya
Siddiq Moidin Koya (1924–1993) was a Fijian Indian politician, Statesman and Opposition leader.
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Sigatoka
Sigatoka (pronounced as Singatoka) is a town in Fiji.
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Sitiveni Rabuka
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, MSD, OStJ, (born 13 September 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.
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Social democracy
Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.
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Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua
The United Fiji Party (Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua, SDL) was a political party in Fiji.
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Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei
The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated politics in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999.
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Suva
Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.
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Third Way
The Third Way is a position akin to centrism that tries to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of centre-right economic and centre-left social policies.
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Timoci Bavadra
Timoci Uluivuda Bavadra (22 September 1934 – 3 November 1989) was a Fijian medical doctor who founded the Fiji Labour Party and served as the Prime Minister of Fiji for one month in 1987.
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Tupou Draunidalo
Roko Tupou Takaiwai Senirewa Draunidalo is a Fijian lawyer and politician.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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University of the South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific, or USP is an intergovernmental organisation and public research university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania.
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Value-added tax
A value-added tax (VAT), known in some countries as a goods and services tax (GST), is a type of tax that is assessed incrementally, based on the increase in value of a product or service at each stage of production or distribution.
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Western Division, Fiji
The Western Division of Fiji is one of Fiji's four divisions.
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Western United Front
Western United Front (WUF) was an ethnically Fijian political party formed prior to the 1982 elections and contested the election in coalition with the National Federation Party (NFP-WUF Coalition).
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1977 Fijian constitutional crisis
Fiji's parliamentary election of March 1977 precipitated a constitutional crisis, which was the first major challenge to the country's democratic institutions since independence in 1970.
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1987 Fijian coups d'état
The Fiji coups of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic.
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2000 Fijian coup d'état
The Fiji coup of 2000 was a complicated affair involving a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei nationalists against the elected government of a Fijian of Indian Descent Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000, the attempt by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to assert executive authority on 27 May, and his own resignation, possibly forced, on 29 May.
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2006 Fijian coup d'état
The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and 2005–06 Fijian political crisis.
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References
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