PACIFIC: Divisions over Fiji's democracy pledge

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Updated October 18, 2007 19:55:27

As the Pacific Island Forum in Tonga starts to wind down, Fiji's planned return to democracy is still the hot topic.
Yesterday, Fiji's interim leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama made a commitment to hold democratic elections by March 2009. But today there were clear differences of opinion on what Fiji said it promised.

Presenter: Pacific Correspondent Campbell Cooney
Speakers: Fiji's interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama; New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark

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