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JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
[JURIST] Former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase said Wednesday that he will seek an appeal of an October decision by the Fijian High Court dismissing his challenge to the country's 2006 coup. In its decision, the High Court held that Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had the authority to name new leaders after Qarase was ousted by the Fijian military. Qarase originally brought suit against...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
[JURIST] Fiji's High Court on Thursday dismissed a legal challenge to the country's 2006 coup, holding that Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had the authority to name new leaders after former prime minister Laisenia Qarase was ousted by the Fijian military. Qarase originally brought suit against the government in October 2007, saying that the military coup was illegal because it had supplanted his...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Fiji's High Court has dismissed the case brought by deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase that questioned the legality of the 2006 military takeover. The ruling comes seven months after arguments on the case taken by Mr Qarase's...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Fiji's ousted prime minister Laisenia Qarase has lodged a treason complaint against dozens of people who played a role in the 2006 military coup that threw his government out of office. Mr Qarase said he made the complaint on Monday...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
[JURIST] Fiji's former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said Friday that police have failed to take his statement regarding treason allegations he has made against the country's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Earlier this month, Qarase charged that Bainimarama and others who participated in a December 2006 military coup had committed treason by ousting Qarase's democratically elected...
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
OUSTED Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase welcomed by the decision by the interim regime to increase bus inspection and hold an inquiry into the bus accident at Nadroga.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
CRIMINAL charges against ousted prime minister Laisenia Qarase will be transferred to the Director of Public Prosecution office to handle.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Update: 11:13AM Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase says he's aware that he is been monitored by the military.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The delay in the ruling on the Laisenia Qarase constitutional case is alarming and should be a matter of serious public concern, says the Pacific Centre for Public Integrity.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
THE legal way to get approval for the People's Charter will be to get majority votes in a referendum, says deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
DEPOSED Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has described a report on the state of the economy as not true.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
OUSTED prime minister Laisenia Qarase says he supports the United States' effort to encourage Fiji to hold an election in March next year.
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
THE much anticipated meeting between ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama was called off yesterday.
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Of course, I could be wrong... (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
From THE FIJI TIMES : Archbishop Petero Mataca is hoping interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and Laisenia Qarase will talk as human beings and not "like dogs" . The next meeting between the two leaders will be held in Suva tomorrow. COMMENT: Woof!
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Update: 4:41PM THE much anticipated meeting between ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama was called off today.
