FIJI - RABUKA SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER

Year: 1992
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Year: 1992
Reference: 9178
Media type: Audio

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Sitiveni Rabuka, the former army commander who toppled Fiji's newly-
elected government in a 1987 military coup, has been sworn in as the
country's new Prime Minister. Mr Rabuka heads the Fijian Political
Party, and will lead a coalition government. The President, Ratu Sir
Penaia Ganilau, appointed Mr Rabuka after the inconclusive general
election. Cushla Managh i/vs political scientist Rod Alley, New Zealand
Prime Minister Jim Bolger, and Auckland lawyer Richard Naidu. Mr Naidu
was a Fiji government employee before the coup, and is a member of the
Coalition for Democracy in Fiji. Live material from Fijian Prime
Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, speaking on Fiji Radio. Janice Rodenburg
talks to New Zealand's Prime Minister at the time of the coup, David
Lange.