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![]() ![]() Fiji Government 1999
Country name:
Data code: FJ
Government type:
republic
Capital: Suva Administrative divisions: 4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*, Western Independence: 10 October 1970 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 10 October (1970) Constitution: 10 October 1970 (suspended 1 October 1987); a new constitution was proposed on 23 September 1988 and promulgated on 25 July 1990; amended 25 July 1997 to allow non-ethnic Fijians greater say in government and to make multi-party government mandatory; entered into force 28 July 1998; note the May 1999 election will be the first test of the amended constitution and will introduce open votingnot racially prescribedfor the first time at the national level Legal system: based on British system Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (34 seats; 24 reserved for
ethnic Fijians, 9 for Indians and others, and 1 for the island of Rotuma;
members appointed by the president to serve five-year terms) and the House
of Representatives (70 seats; 37 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 27 reserved
for ethnic Indians, and 6 for independents and others; members elected by
popular vote on a communal basis to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the president
Political parties and leaders:
Fijian Political Party or SVT (primarily Fijian) [leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini
RABUKA]; National Federation Party or NFP (primarily Indian) [Jai Ram
REDDY]; Fijian Nationalist Party or FNP [Sakeasi BUTADROKA]; Fiji Labor
Party or FLP [Mahendra CHAUDHRY]; General Voters Party or GVP [Leo SMITH];
Fiji Conservative Party or FCP [leader NA]; Conservative Party of Fiji or
CPF [leader NA]; Fiji Indian Liberal Party [leader NA]; Fiji Indian
Congress Party [leader NA]; Fiji Independent Labor (Muslim) [leader NA];
Four Corners Party [leader NA]; Fijian Association Party or FAP [Adi Kuini
SPEED]; General Electors' Association [David PICKERING]; National Unity
Party [Apisai TORA]; Veitokani ni Lewenivanua Vakarisito Party or VLV or
Christian Fellowship Party (primarily Methodist Fijian) [leader NA]
International organization participation: ACP, AsDB, C, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, OPCW, PCA, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in the US:
Diplomatic representation from the US:
Flag description: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove
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