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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Coup that overthrew Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .desktop-float-right{box-sizing:border-box;float:right;clear:right}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.vevent .status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">2000 Fijian coup d'état</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a 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of Fiji">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Fiji" title="List of heads of state of Fiji">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Naiqama_Lalabalavu" title="Naiqama Lalabalavu">Naiqama Lalabalavu</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Fiji" title="Prime Minister of Fiji">Prime Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Sitiveni_Rabuka" title="Sitiveni Rabuka">Sitiveni Rabuka</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Fiji" title="Cabinet of Fiji">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_of_Fiji" title="Attorney-General of Fiji">Attorney-General</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Siromi_Turaga" title="Siromi Turaga">Siromi Turaga</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Fiji)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)">Leader of the Opposition</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Inia_Seruiratu" title="Inia Seruiratu">Inia Seruiratu</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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election">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Fijian_general_election" title="2018 Fijian general election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Fijian_general_election" title="2022 Fijian general election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Fijian_general_election" title="Next Fijian general election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Fiji" title="Local government in Fiji">Local government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li>Recent <a href="/wiki/Local_elections_in_Fiji" title="Local elections in Fiji">local elections</a> <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Fijian_local_elections" title="2002 Fijian local elections">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Fijian_local_elections" 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title="Cyclone Winston">Cyclone Winston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference">COP23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Fiji" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Yasa" title="Cyclone Yasa">Cyclone Yasa</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">General elections</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Fijian_general_election" title="2014 Fijian general election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Fijian_general_election" title="2018 Fijian general election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Fijian_general_election" title="2022 Fijian general election">2022</a></li></ul> <hr /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg/40px-Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg/80px-Coat_of_arms_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Frank_Bainimarama_series" title="Template:Frank Bainimarama series"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Frank_Bainimarama_series" title="Template talk:Frank Bainimarama series"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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This was followed by an attempt on 27 May by President Ratu Sir <a href="/wiki/Kamisese_Mara" title="Kamisese Mara">Kamisese Mara</a> to assert executive authority, and then by a military coup on 29 May by <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Fiji_Military_Forces" title="Republic of Fiji Military Forces">Republic of Fiji Military Forces</a> Commander Commodore <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bainimarama" title="Frank Bainimarama">Frank Bainimarama</a>. </p><p>The coups resulted in the removal of the elected government and its replacement by an interim regime headed by <a href="/wiki/Josefa_Iloilo" title="Josefa Iloilo">Josefa Iloilo</a>. In March 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Fiji" title="Court of Appeal of Fiji">Court of Appeal of Fiji</a> ruled that the coups and interim regime were illegal. An elected government was finally restored by the <a href="/wiki/2001_Fijian_general_election" title="2001 Fijian general election">2001 Fijian general election</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Speight" title="George Speight">George Speight</a>, the leader of the coup, was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1999_Fijian_general_election" title="1999 Fijian general election">1999 Fijian general election</a> saw a resounding victory for the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Coalition_(Fiji)" title="People's Coalition (Fiji)">People's Coalition</a>, a multiracial grouping of the <a href="/wiki/Fiji_Labour_Party" title="Fiji Labour Party">Fiji Labour Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fijian_Association_Party" title="Fijian Association Party">Fijian Association Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Party_of_National_Unity_(Fiji)" title="Party of National Unity (Fiji)">National Unity Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Alliance_(Fiji)" title="Christian Democratic Alliance (Fiji)">Christian Democratic Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JPS2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPS2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coalition won 54 of 71 seats, while the <a href="/wiki/Soqosoqo_ni_Vakavulewa_ni_Taukei" title="Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei">Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sitiveni_Rabuka" title="Sitiveni Rabuka">Sitiveni Rabuka</a> (who had come to power in the <a href="/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Fijian coups d'état">1987 Fijian coups d'état</a>) was reduced to 8 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-JPS2001_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPS2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Chaudhry" title="Mahendra Chaudhry">Mahendra Chaudhry</a> became the country's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chaudhry's election angered hardline i-Taukei nationalists, as did his government's moves to renew agricultural leases and compensate farmers whose leases had expired. In September 1999, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Council_of_Chiefs" title="Great Council of Chiefs">Great Council of Chiefs</a> rejected the government's plan to renew leases.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66">: 66 </span></sup> Later that month, meetings were held around the country seeking the removal of the government, and former PANU leader <a href="/wiki/Apisai_Tora" title="Apisai Tora">Apisai Tora</a> threatened to topple the government through protest marches and <a href="/wiki/Civil_disobedience" title="Civil disobedience">civil disobedience</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66–67">: 66–67 </span></sup> A series of protest marches followed in April 2000, and a large march led by <a href="/wiki/Iliesa_Duvuloco" title="Iliesa Duvuloco">Iliesa Duvuloco</a> was scheduled by 19 May.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 69–70">: 69–70 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seizure_of_Parliament">Seizure of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Seizure of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 19 May 2000, the first anniversary of Chaudhry's election, a group of armed men led by businessman <a href="/wiki/George_Speight" title="George Speight">George Speight</a> stormed the Fijian Parliament and took the government hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2000a_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2000a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LATimes1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coup was backed by Fiji's <a href="/wiki/Counter_Revolutionary_Warfare_Unit" title="Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit">Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit</a>, who provided soldiers and weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 76–77">: 76–77 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Field2010_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Field2010-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alley2001_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alley2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 223">: 223 </span></sup> Speight claimed to have seized power on behalf of ethnic <a href="/wiki/Fijians" title="Fijians">Fijians</a>, and purported to have revoked the <a href="/wiki/1997_Constitution_of_Fiji" title="1997 Constitution of Fiji">1997 constitution</a> and appointed himself interim president and opposition MP <a href="/wiki/Timoci_Silatolu" title="Timoci Silatolu">Timoci Silatolu</a> as interim prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2000b_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2000b-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the immediate aftermath of the takeover, participants in the protest march moved from Government House to surround parliament, while mobs of youths burned and looted Indo-Fijian-owned shops in <a href="/wiki/Suva" title="Suva">Suva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 85">: 85 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2000a_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2000a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Kamisese_Mara" title="Kamisese Mara">Kamisese Mara</a> responded by declaring a state of emergency and police imposed a curfew.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2000b_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2000b-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Prime Minister Rabuka initially acted as a negotiator attempting to free the hostages,<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 86">: 86 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ODT2012_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODT2012-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was later dismissed after Speight decided he could no longer trust him.<sup id="cite_ref-FC22MayA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC22MayA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 May, ten hostages were released after resigning from the government.<sup id="cite_ref-FC22MayA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC22MayA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a televised press conference Speight swore in <a href="/wiki/Jope_Seniloli" title="Jope Seniloli">Jope Seniloli</a> as interim president, and was then sworn in as prime minister, with Silatolu as his deputy and <a href="/wiki/Rakuita_Vakalalabure" title="Rakuita Vakalalabure">Rakuita Vakalalabure</a> as attorney-general.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 95">: 95 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC20MayA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20MayA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chaudhry was beaten after refusing to resign.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20MayA_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20MayA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian28MayA_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian28MayA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Police and the RFMF failed to control access to parliament, allowing people to come and go freely while negotiations continued.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 112">: 112 </span></sup> On 26 May, the RFMF finally attempted to establish a cordon, resulting in a confrontation with Speight in the presence of international media.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 126">: 126 </span></sup> The same day fifteen soldiers and two military officers defected to the rebels.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, 200 rebels confronted soldiers at the cordon, resulting in gunfire and two soldiers and a camera operator being wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day President Mara sacked Chaudhry for being unable to perform his functions and appointed <a href="/wiki/Tevita_Momoedonu" title="Tevita Momoedonu">Tevita Momoedonu</a>, the sole cabinet member who was not in parliament when it was seized, as prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian28MayA_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian28MayA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After advising Mara to prorogue parliament for six months, Momoedonu resigned, leaving Mara with "unfettered executive authority".<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 128–129">: 128–129 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alley2001_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alley2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 223">: 223 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_coup_and_negotiations">Military coup and negotiations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military coup and negotiations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Resignation_of_Ratu_Mara" class="mw-redirect" title="Resignation of Ratu Mara">Resignation of Ratu Mara</a></div> <p>On 28 May, following the broadcast of a news segment critical of Speight, a rebel mob attacked the Fiji TV station, killing a police officer.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breakdown of law and order saw Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Timoci_Tuivaga" title="Timoci Tuivaga">Timoci Tuivaga</a> and other judges advise RFMF commander <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bainimarama" title="Frank Bainimarama">Frank Bainimarama</a> to take control on the basis of "necessity".<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 134–135">: 134–135 </span></sup> After a meeting with Bainimarama and Rabuka, Mara resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 135–136">: 135–136 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alley2001_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alley2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 223">: 223 </span></sup> Bainimarama then declared martial law, revoked the 1997 constitution, and took control of the country, declaring himself head of state.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bainimarama initially named former army commander <a href="/wiki/Epeli_Nailatikau" title="Epeli Nailatikau">Epeli Nailatikau</a> as prime minister,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but withdrew the nomination the next day after objections from Speight.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bainimarama then deferred the appointment of a civilian government "until the climate is right", but committed that "Mahendra Chaudhry will no longer come back as Prime Minister".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military regime then began talks with Speight aimed at the release of the hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 140–141">: 140–141 </span></sup> On 4 June, talks broke down,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the military issued an ultimatum, demanding Speight release the hostages and lay down his arms, and in return promising an amnesty.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the breakdown in negotiations the international community began to apply pressure. On 7 June 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> suspended Fiji.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> threatened to ban Fijian sugar if Fiji gave in to Speight's demands.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 146">: 146 </span></sup> On 14 June, the New Zealand government applied a travel ban to Speight and 84 of his associates, as well as Fijian sports teams.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia followed with a sporting ban.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unionised Australian workers refused to load Fijian cargo.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 June, the military fired warning shots at Speight's vehicle at a checkpoint as he was returning to parliament from talks.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speight called it "a failed assassination attempt",<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 188">: 188 </span></sup> and refused to attend future negotiation sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 204">: 204 </span></sup> Despite this, negotiations continued through intermediaries. On 18 June, the military agreed to some of Speight's nominees for the interim government,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Speight released four female hostages as a sign of good faith.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Negotiations then deadlocked on the issue of the presidency, with Speight backtracking on an initial agreement for the president to be nominated by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Council_of_Chiefs" title="Great Council of Chiefs">Great Council of Chiefs</a> and demanding instead that Ratu <a href="/wiki/Josefa_Iloilo" title="Josefa Iloilo">Josefa Iloilo</a> be sworn in immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military issued another ultimatum, which was rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 July 2000, Bainimarama named <a href="/wiki/Laisenia_Qarase" title="Laisenia Qarase">Laisenia Qarase</a> as prime minister, heading an all-indigenous Fijian government.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 205">: 205 </span></sup> Speight was outraged by the decision, and a gun-battle broke out at Parliament the next day in which five people were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chaos escalated, and rebels staged a number of incidents around the country. Soldiers at the Sukunaivalu Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Labasa" title="Labasa">Labasa</a> mutinied and declared support for Speight.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 206">: 206 </span></sup> Local landowners took over the <a href="/wiki/Monasavu_Dam" title="Monasavu Dam">Monasavu Dam</a>, cutting power to Suva.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 206">: 206 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 July, rebels blocked the road between Suva and Nadi and stormed a police station in <a href="/wiki/Korovou" title="Korovou">Korovou</a>, taking 30 hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Naboro Prison, 50 inmates rioted, taking guards hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-DN2000a_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN2000a-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 July, Speight signed the Muanikau Accord with the military,<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 209">: 209 </span></sup> agreeing to release the hostages in exchange for an amnesty for himself. All his key demands had been met.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nine hostages were released on 12 July,<sup id="cite_ref-DN2000a_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN2000a-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the remainder were released the next day after Iloilo was named president by the Great Council of Chiefs.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 218">: 218 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the return of hostages and weapons, Speight and his followers moved to Kalabu Fijian School on the outskirts of Suva.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 229">: 229 </span></sup> Speight continued to lobby over the makeup of the interim cabinet, demanding that Qarase be replaced as prime minister by Adi <a href="/wiki/Samanunu_Cakobau-Talakuli" title="Samanunu Cakobau-Talakuli">Samanunu Cakobau</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that rebels be given control of key portfolios.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 230–231">: 230–231 </span></sup> When the government rejected his demands, his spokesman Joe Nata threatened civil war.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 231">: 231 </span></sup> </p><p>On 26 July, Speight, Nata, and two others were arrested at a military checkpoint following threats to President Iloilo.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military then stormed his headquarters, killing one person and arresting 369 supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Mutinies_of_the_2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutinies of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état">Mutinies of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trials_since_the_2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Trials since the 2000 Fijian coup d'état">Trials since the 2000 Fijian coup d'état</a></div> <p>In the wake of the coup tourism collapsed by 30%, and Fiji's economy contracted 8.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite Speight's arrest, violence by rebels continued. On 31 July, Speight supporters terrorised the village of Dreketi, taking 30 hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soldiers who had mutinied at the Sukunaivalu Barracks did not surrender for six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 August, rebels ambushed a military patrol, killing one soldier and a policeman, and wounding three others.<sup id="cite_ref-SOV_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 234">: 234 </span></sup> On 2 November 2000, soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Counter_Revolutionary_Warfare_Unit" title="Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit">Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit</a> loyal to Speight mutinied in the <a href="/wiki/Mutinies_of_the_2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutinies of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état">Queen Elizabeth Barracks mutiny</a>, holding officers hostage in an attempt to depose military commander Frank Bainimarama. Two soldiers were killed and ten were injured when the military retook the barracks.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four of the rebels were tortured and killed by loyal soldiers in the aftermath.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 November, the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Fiji" title="High Court of Fiji">High Court of Fiji</a> declared that the interim government was illegal. Mara remained the lawful President; Parliament had not been dissolved but only suspended, and should now be reconvened; and by implication, Chaudhry remained the lawful prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mara subsequently officially resigned, with his resignation backdated to 29 May.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Qarase government appealed the court ruling. On 1 March 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Fiji" title="Court of Appeal of Fiji">Court of Appeal of Fiji</a> confirmed the High Court decision reinstating the constitution in <i><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Fiji_Islands_v_Prasad" title="Republic of Fiji Islands v Prasad">Republic of Fiji Islands v Prasad</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government accepted the decision, and new elections were subsequently held in <a href="/wiki/2001_Fijian_general_election" title="2001 Fijian general election">August and September 2001</a>. </p><p>On 18 February 2002, George Speight pleaded guilty to treason and was sentenced to death.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment the same day by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSentence_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSentence-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten other rebels received sentences of between 18 months and three years for kidnapping.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSentence_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSentence-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 March 2003 Josefa Nata and Timoci Silatolu were convicted of treason.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 June 2003, both were sentenced to life imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2005, Lands Minister <a href="/wiki/Naiqama_Lalabalavu" title="Naiqama Lalabalavu">Naiqama Lalabalavu</a>, Senator <a href="/wiki/Josefa_Dimuri" title="Josefa Dimuri">Josefa Dimuri</a> and two other Vanua Levu chiefs were sentenced to eight months imprisonment over his role in the Sukanaivalu Barracks mutiny.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2002, 15 soldiers involved in the Queen Elizabeth barracks mutiny were sentenced to prison terms ranging from ten months to life imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005 the Qarase government proposed the <a href="/wiki/Reconciliation,_Tolerance,_and_Unity_Bill" title="Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill">Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill</a> to grant amnesty to those involved in the coup, leading to the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%932006_Fijian_political_crisis" title="2005–2006 Fijian political crisis">2005–2006 Fijian political crisis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2006_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Fijian coup d'état">2006 Fijian coup d'état</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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States: Cornell University Press., <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780801461880" title="Special:BookSources/9780801461880">9780801461880</a> <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/State_of_Suffering/xaRmDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=fiji+coup+2000&printsec=frontcover">Read</a></span></li> <li>Pretes, M. (2008). Coup: Reflections on the Political Crisis in Fiji. United States: ANU E Press., <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781921536373" title="Special:BookSources/9781921536373">9781921536373</a> <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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articles">articles</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Fiji" title="History of Fiji">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Fiji" title="List of heads of state of Fiji">Heads of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_during_the_time_of_Cakobau" title="Fiji during the time of Cakobau">Cakobau period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Fiji" title="Colony of Fiji">Colonial period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Fiji" title="Governor of Fiji">Governors</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_history_of_Fiji" title="Modern history of Fiji">Modern history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Fijian_constitutional_crisis" title="1977 Fijian constitutional crisis">1977 crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Fijian coups d'état">1987 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Archipelagoes_of_Fiji" title="Category:Archipelagoes of Fiji">Archipelagoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Fiji" title="List of cities and towns in Fiji">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Fiji" title="List of earthquakes in Fiji">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Fiji" title="Provinces of Fiji">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Fiji" title="List of rivers of Fiji">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotuma" title="Rotuma">Rotuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Fiji" title="List of volcanoes in Fiji">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Fiji" title="Category:Fauna of Fiji">Wildlife</a></li></ul> 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title="Foreign relations of Fiji">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Council_of_Chiefs" title="Great Council of Chiefs">Great Council of Chiefs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Great_Council_of_Chiefs" title="Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs">Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Fiji" title="Human rights in Fiji">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Fiji" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Fiji">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Fiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary of Fiji">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Fiji" title="Law enforcement in Fiji">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Fiji" title="Local government in Fiji">Local government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Fiji_Military_Forces" title="Republic of Fiji Military Forces">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Republic_of_Fiji_Military_Forces" title="Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces">Commander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Fiji" title="Monarchy of Fiji">Monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Fiji" title="Parliament of Fiji">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Fiji" title="List of political parties in Fiji">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Fiji" title="President of Fiji">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_Fiji" title="Vice-President of Fiji">Vice-President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Fiji" title="Prime Minister of Fiji">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Fiji)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)">Leader of the Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Charter_for_Change,_Peace_and_Progress" title="People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress">Proposed charter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th 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(1991)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_attempt" title="1991 Soviet coup attempt">Soviet Union (1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1991 Haitian coup d'état">Haiti (1991)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%931992_Georgian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état">Georgia (1991–1992)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li>Venezuela (1992) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1992_Venezuelan_coup_attempt" title="February 1992 Venezuelan coup attempt">February</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1992_Venezuelan_coup_attempt" title="November 1992 Venezuelan coup attempt">November</a></li></ul></li> <li>Peru (1992) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Peruvian_self-coup" title="1992 Peruvian self-coup">April</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Peruvian_coup_attempt" title="1992 Peruvian coup attempt">November</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état">Sierra Leone (1992)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Algerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1992 Algerian coup d'état">Algeria (1992)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="1992 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Guatemalan_constitutional_crisis" title="1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis">Guatemala (1993)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Azerbaijani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état">Azerbaijan (1993)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis" title="1993 Russian constitutional crisis">Russia (1993)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Libyan_coup_attempt" title="1993 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="1993 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coup_of_the_Volunteers" title="Coup of the Volunteers">Lithuania (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1993 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (1993)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Bophuthatswana_crisis" title="1994 Bophuthatswana crisis">Bophuthatswana (1994)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Gambian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1994 Gambian coup d'état">Gambia (1994)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Lesotho_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1994 Lesotho coup d'état">Lesotho (1994)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Liberian_coup_attempt" title="1994 Liberian coup attempt">Liberia (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Cambodian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" title="1994 Cambodian coup d'état attempt">Cambodia (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Azerbaijani_coup_attempt" title="1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt">Azerbaijan (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Qatari_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1995 Qatari coup d'état">Qatar (1995)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Guinean_coup_attempt" title="1996 Guinean coup attempt">Guinea (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Paraguayan_coup_attempt" title="1996 Paraguayan coup attempt">Paraguay (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Iraqi_coup_attempt" title="1996 Iraqi coup attempt">Iraq (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1996 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (1996)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1996 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (1996)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Qatari_coup_attempt" title="1996 Qatari coup attempt">Qatar (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Bangladeshi_coup_attempt" title="1996 Bangladeshi coup attempt">Bangladesh (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Cambodian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1997 Cambodian coup d'état">Cambodia (1997)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Turkish_military_memorandum" title="1997 Turkish military memorandum">Turkey (1997)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Zambian_coup_attempt" title="1997 Zambian coup attempt">Zambia (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (1999)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Pakistani coup d'état">Pakistan (1999)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Ivorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Ivorian coup d'état">Côte d'Ivoire (1999)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Ecuadorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état">Ecuador (2000)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Paraguayan_coup_attempt" title="2000 Paraguayan coup attempt">Paraguay (2000)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fiji (2000)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Solomon_Islands_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2000 Solomon Islands coup d'état">Solomon Islands (2000)</a> <sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Ivorian_coup_attempt" title="2001 Ivorian coup attempt">Côte d'Ivoire (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="2001 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Haitian_coup_attempt" title="2001 Haitian coup attempt">Haiti (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Central_African_Republic_coup_attempt" title="2001 Central African Republic coup attempt">Central African Republic (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_attempt" title="2002 Venezuelan coup attempt">Venezuela (2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Ivorian_coup_attempt" title="2002 Ivorian coup attempt">Côte d'Ivoire (2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2003 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Central_African_Republic_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2003 Central African Republic coup d'état">Central African Republic (2003)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Mauritanian_coup_attempt" title="2003 Mauritanian coup attempt">Mauritania (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakwood_mutiny" title="Oakwood mutiny">Philippines (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">Guinea-Bissau (2003)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2004 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="2004 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2004 Haitian coup d'état">Haiti (2004)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Equatorial_Guinea_coup_attempt" title="2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt">Equatorial Guinea (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt">DR Congo (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andahuaylas_uprising" title="Andahuaylas uprising">Peru (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Nepal_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Nepal coup d'état">Nepal (2005)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Togolese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Togolese coup d'état">Togo (2005)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (2005)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2006 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Thai coup d'état">Thailand (2006)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Malagasy_coup_attempt" title="2006 Malagasy coup attempt">Madagascar (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Fijian coup d'état">Fiji (2006)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_Peninsula_siege" title="Manila Peninsula siege">Philippines (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Omdurman_attack" title="2008 Omdurman attack">Sudan (2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2008 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (2008)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2008 Guinean coup d'état">Guinea (2008)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis" title="2009 Malagasy political crisis">Madagascar (2009)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2009 Honduran coup d'état">Honduras (2009)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2010 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (2010)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Madagascar_coup_attempt" title="2010 Madagascar coup attempt">Madagascar (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nigerien_coup_attempt" title="2011 Nigerien coup attempt">Niger (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bangladeshi_coup_attempt" title="2011 Bangladeshi coup attempt">Bangladesh (2011)</a></li> <li>Mali (2012) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Malian coup d'état">March</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_counter-coup_attempt" title="2012 Malian counter-coup attempt">April</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">Guinea-Bissau (2012)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="2012 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Eritrean_Army_mutiny" title="2013 Eritrean Army mutiny">Eritrea (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bangui_(2013)" title="Battle of Bangui (2013)">Central African Republic (2013)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2013 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Egyptian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2013 Egyptian coup d'état">Egypt (2013)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Libyan_coup_attempt" title="2013 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Libyan_coup_attempts" title="2014 Libyan coup attempts">Libya (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2014 Thai coup d'état">Thailand (2014)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Gambian_coup_attempt" title="2014 Gambian coup attempt">Gambia (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">Yemen (2014–15)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="2015 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_attempt" title="2016 Turkish coup attempt">Turkey (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2016 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Libya_clashes_(2016%E2%80%932018)" title="Western Libya clashes (2016–2018)">Libya (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Zimbabwean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état">Zimbabwe (2017)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aden_(2018)" title="Battle of Aden (2018)">Yemen (2018)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Gabonese_coup_attempt" title="2019 Gabonese coup attempt">Gabon (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2019 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (2019)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amhara_Region_coup_attempt" title="Amhara Region coup attempt">Ethiopia (2019)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2020 Malian coup d'état">Mali (2020)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bangui_(2021)" title="Battle of Bangui (2021)">Central African Republic (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Myanmar_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Myanmar coup d'état">Myanmar (2021)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Nigerien_coup_attempt" title="2021 Nigerien coup attempt">Niger (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Malian coup d'état">Mali (2021)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Guinean coup d'état">Guinea (2021)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Tunisian_self-coup" title="2021 Tunisian self-coup">Tunisia (2021)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li>Sudan (2021) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_2021_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="September 2021 Sudanese coup attempt">September</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Sudanese coup d'état">October</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Burkina Faso (2022) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2022_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état">January</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état">September</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Peruvian_self-coup_attempt" title="2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt">Peru (2022)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Gambian_coup_attempt" title="2022 Gambian coup attempt">Gambia (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="Sudanese civil war (2023–present)">Sudan (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (2023)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Gabonese coup d'état">Gabon (2023)</a><sup><small>c</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Sierra_Leone_coup_attempt" title="2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt">Sierra Leone (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_coup_attempt" title="Oyo State coup attempt">Nigeria (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt">DR Congo (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Bolivian_coup_attempt" title="2024 Bolivian coup attempt">Bolivia (2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> 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