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Fiji: George Speight has been elected to parliament Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 The man who led last year's attempted coup in Fiji, George Speight, has been elected to parliament in the country's general election. Mr Speight, who ran his campaign from an island prison where he is awaiting trial for treason, won in Tailevu North, a stronghold of his support during the rebellion. It is not yet clear whether Mr Speight will be allowed to take up his seat. Hours before his victory he had appeared in court on minor charges relating to his part in the coup. Also elected to parliament was the man Mr Speight deposed - Fiji's former ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry. Election officials said Mr Chaudhry - the first prime minister from Fiji's large ethnic Indian minority - took his constituency by a two-thirds majority. http://www.fijilive.com/ |
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