He captured somebody at the barrel of a gun who was the democratically elected leader. I mean, how else can you regard him. But in Fiji, former prime minister and one-time coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka predicted that international perceptions would change. We have to be pragmatic about the situation we are in. But nobody wins a coup.
Nobody wins, the whole nation suffers.
Suspend naval visits and military exercises and review sporting contacts. Late yesterday in Fiji's formerly besieged parliamentary compound, the Speight rebels surrendered their weapons, as agreed in an accord with the former interim military government last weekend. Get used to it. I mean, it's a worldwide phenomenon. The Age Company Ltd 2000.