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Military Seizes Power in Fiji


Piero

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Fiji's military commander said today that he had seized control of the country from the elected government, dismissed the prime minister and appointed an interim replacement. Commodore Frank Bainimarama told a news conference that he was using special powers under the constitution to assume the powers of the president and replace Premier Laisenia Qarase.

 

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