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Terms for Fiji poll

WELLINGTON: Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has been reported as saying there will be no election next year if politicians do not support the proposed People’s Charter.

The Fiji Times newspaper on Friday quoted him as saying the formulation of the charter would go ahead, despite mounting opposition from most provinces in Fiji. He said the military would like to see everyone in Fiji supported the charter.

The document is expected to alter the country’s communal voting system, which Commodore Bainimarama has criticised for giving too much power to indigenous Fijians at the expense of other ethnic groups.— Xinhua

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