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| Fiji government says business as usual despite army chief'swarning |
| 2006-11-02 |
| Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said Thursday that it was business as usual in his Pacific island state and shrugged off threats of violence and bloodshed by the chief of his military forces. 'Security is normal and there is no intention of staging a coup,' he told Radio New Zealand, insisting that his government would introduce the annual budget as scheduled when Parliament met on Friday. Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes said all was calm in the country and he did not expect the military to try to take over government despite troops taking illegal possession of 600,000 rounds of ammunition from the docks in the capital Suva. |
| Posted by:Fred |