Word: sitiveni
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka is the most indecisive of strongmen. In May he overthrew Fiji's Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, but quickly turned authority over to a civilian-dominated council. Two weeks ago the colonel seized power ! once more. But early last week he had second thoughts yet again. The colonel released Bavadra from prison and began talks aimed at restoring civilian government. Rabuka was responding in part to an appeal from Queen Elizabeth II that the former British colony not quit the Commonwealth...
...first sign that something was afoot came at 4 p.m. last Friday, when armed troops invaded the offices of two newspapers and a commercial radio station in the Fijian capital of Suva. Within an hour, Army Commander Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka then confirmed the flying rumors. His forces, he announced over the radio, had "reasserted their authority over the government." It was Rabuka's second coup in four months...
...brief time last week, it seemed as if paradise had been regained in the South Pacific archipelago of Fiji. Just ten days after Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka marched into Parliament and arrested the recently elected government, a relaxed crowd of some 3,000 Fijians gathered outside the Civic Center in the capital city of Suva. People danced to pop tunes played by the Royal Fijian Armed Services band, which included in its program, appropriately, Bridge over Troubled Waters and Onward Christian Soldiers. When Lieut. Colonel Rabuka appeared, the band enthusiastically struck up the song...
...just that moment the armed men made their entrance and quickly circled the room. Their leader, the man in the sulu, walked quickly across the floor to the speaker's dais. "This is a military takeover," announced Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. "Stay down and remain calm." In minutes Rabuka and his men rounded up the recently installed Prime Minister, Dr. Timoci Bavadra, and the 27 members of his ruling coalition. After placing the politicians in military detention, Rabuka declared that he was in command of the country...
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