Church Involvement In Fiji Coups
Fiji's four coups in the past two decades have church involvement. At the center of each coup lies the tensions between the ethnic Fijians and Indian Fijians. Religion plays a significant role, the majority of ethnic Fijians belong to the Methodist church whereas the majority of the Indians are Hindu.
In each of the four coups, one of the sides seeks to establish reduced rights for the Indian Fijians, the other side seeks to grant equality to the Indian Fijians. The coup by Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka in 1987 led to a constitution that ensured that Indian Fijians can only have less than half of all seats in parliament and banned Indians from the post of prime minister. The coup of 2000 by George Speight removed the elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudry, who is a Hindu of Indian origin.
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