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Fiji to lift emergency laws

2012-01-02 9 Dailymotion

EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Fiji's military ruler, Frank Bainimarama has announced emergency laws will be lifted this week, government officials have said.<br/> They have been in place since a 2009 political crisis.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) FIJI COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA SAYING (GRAPHICS OVER RADIO SOUNDBITE) (English):<br/> "We must all remember the public order protecting the vulnerable and safe guarding the economy, will always be paramount. We must also, as a nation, be intolerant of those that seek refuge and political power in religious and ethnic and communal divisions."<br/> The emergency regulations imposed media censorship and gave the police and military additional powers.<br/> Bainimarama has been in power since a bloodless coup in 2006.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters

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