'Univesiti Fakafonua 'a Tonga -
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Ko e Mo’oni, Ko e Totonu mo e Tau’ataina - Truth, Justice, Freedom


Letters from Fiji, 1987-1990 : an on-the-spot record of what happened before, between, and after two military coups / Len Usher ; with a foreword by William Heseltine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Suva, Fiji : Fiji Times Ltd., 1992.Description: xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 996.11/002/02 21
Contents:
Chronology 1987-1990 -- The story in summary -- Brief honeymoon -- Coup no. 1 -- Governor-General resumes control -- Council of Advisers -- What comes next? -- Recovery feelers -- Economic aftermath -- Devaluation and discussion -- Constitutional review discussed -- The Newman Doctrine applied -- Taukei movement disruption -- Deuba Accord and second coup -- Hopes dashed -- Ties with the queen broken -- Confusion and contradictions -- Confused administration -- Interim government takes over -- Settling down -- Wage cuts -- Illegal arms -- Arms scare reaction -- Cabinet considers constitution revision -- Draft constitution published -- Methodist rift appears -- Methodist rift grows -- Methodists still divided -- Manueli constitution report produced -- Rabuka told to choose -- New Mara government -- Draft constitution approved -- New constitution promulgated -- Appendix 1: The Great Council of Chiefs -- Appendix 2: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara -- Appendix 3: The 1987 election -- Appendix 4: Governments of Fiji, 1987-1990.
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Includes index.

Chronology 1987-1990 -- The story in summary -- Brief honeymoon -- Coup no. 1 -- Governor-General resumes control -- Council of Advisers -- What comes next? -- Recovery feelers -- Economic aftermath -- Devaluation and discussion -- Constitutional review discussed -- The Newman Doctrine applied -- Taukei movement disruption -- Deuba Accord and second coup -- Hopes dashed -- Ties with the queen broken -- Confusion and contradictions -- Confused administration -- Interim government takes over -- Settling down -- Wage cuts -- Illegal arms -- Arms scare reaction -- Cabinet considers constitution revision -- Draft constitution published -- Methodist rift appears -- Methodist rift grows -- Methodists still divided -- Manueli constitution report produced -- Rabuka told to choose -- New Mara government -- Draft constitution approved -- New constitution promulgated -- Appendix 1: The Great Council of Chiefs -- Appendix 2: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara -- Appendix 3: The 1987 election -- Appendix 4: Governments of Fiji, 1987-1990.

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