Fiji: Stifling Opposition - An Analysis Of The Approach Of The Fiji Government After The 2006 Coup

Fiji: Stifling Opposition - An Analysis Of The Approach Of The Fiji Government After The 2006 Coup   Mosmi Bhim, 2012   A day after the military takeover of the Fiji government on 5 December 2006, Commodore Bainimarama proclaimed a nationwide state of emergency that gave wide-ranging powers to the military to enforce the new regime’s agenda. These repressive powers were entrenched in the Public Emergency Regulations (PER) imposed after the 10 April 2009 abrogation of the 1997...

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