FIJI: Labour wants election pledge rescinded

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Updated October 18, 2007 16:18:57

The Fiji Labour Party wants the interim prime minister to ignore his pledge to hold elections by March 2009. The interim PM and coup leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, made the commitment to return the country to democracy to regional leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga this week.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Jokapeci Koroi, Labour Party president

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