Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has told the UN General assembly that there has been steady progress made in a number of areas pertaining to the upholding of the Constitution, the investigation into alleged abuses of humans rights, maintaining the independence of the judiciary and preparatory work for the return of Fiji to parliamentary democracy.
In his 22 minute speech this morning at the New York General Assembly to 156 world leaders, Bainimarama sought their assistance in rebuilding Fiji and urged Australia and New Zealand to support and not a close their doors on Fiji by imposing travel bans against members of his interim Government.
Bainimarama also told the world leaders in his opening address that the fact still remains that he did remove an elected government but for genuine reasons.
Commodore Frank Bainimarama also revealed that during the last 4 years he tried his best with the Laisenia Qarase elected government to reverse its course of action that was taking the country down the path of discretion.
Bainimarama said the elected government was characterized by the politicization of the prison services and the criminal justice system with convicted coup perpetrators and sympathizers discharged from prison and appointed government ministers and official.
He added that there was an increase in corruption and fiscal mismanagement and as a result Fiji's overall situation by late 2006 had deteriorated sharply and with utmost of reluctance that the military under his leadership removed the government
Bainimarama firmly believes coup culture can be removed if policies that promote racial supremacy and further the interests of only a select few should be removed.
Bainimarama says Fiji’s making steady progress
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