Yellow Ribbon Campaign (Fiji)

Yellow Ribbon Campaign (Fiji)

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Most Fijian politicians outside of the government have come out against the legislation to establish a Commission with the power, subject to presidential approval, to pardon perpetrators and compensate victims of the coup d'état against the elected government in 2000. Along with many politicians, the Military and a number of business and professional organizations have also come out against the bill. The campaign gets its name from the yellow ribbons promoted by the opposition United People's Party and worn by many citizens, as a sign of their opposition to the legislation.

A coalition of organizations opposed to the bill announced on 21 July that they had collected more than five thousand signatures throughout the country. Ponipate Ravula of the Citizens Constitutional Forum said that the petition would be presented to the President and other "institutions that can sway public opinion."

Read more about Yellow Ribbon Campaign (Fiji):  The Fiji Labour Party, The United Peoples Party, The National Alliance Party, The Mara Family, Other Politicians and Chiefs, The Fiji Law Society, Citizens Constitutional Forum, Religious Opposition, Women's Organizations, Other Non-government Organizations, The Police, The Military

Famous quotes containing the words yellow, ribbon and/or campaign:

    “By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
    Lonely from the beginning of time until now!
    Trees fall, the grass goes yellow with autumn.”
    —Li Po (701–762)

    “I’ll tell you how the Sun rose—
    A Ribbon at a time—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.”
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)