Carnegie, Paul J. and Naidu, Vijay and Tarte, Sandra (2020) Elections and the chain of democratic choice. [Book, Journal, Proceedings Edited]
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This special issue of The Journal of Pacific Studies covers the 2018 general elections
in the Republic of Fiji Islands and the 2019 general elections in Solomon Islands. In
2000, the two countries experienced the overthrow of democratically elected
governments. On 19th May 2000, nine armed soldiers of the Counter Revolutionary
Warfare Unit of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces led by failed business executive
George Speight entered the Fiji parliament and held the Prime Minister Mahendra
Chaudhry and his government hostage. A little over two weeks later on 5th June,
Andrew Nori and the Malaita Eagle Force, a faction in the armed conflict in the
Solomon Islands held elected Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa’alo hostage at
gunpoint, and forced him to resign. These martial acts ruptured the constitutional
rule of law and impaired democratic institutions and mechanisms in both countries.
| Item Type: | Book, Journal, Proceedings Edited |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Divisions: | School of Law and Social Sciences (SoLaSS) |
| Depositing User: | Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2021 03:24 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2023 02:44 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12799 |
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