As we mark 21 years since the first coup in Fiji today, the 1987 coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka said while the proposed People's Charter is aimed at eradicating the coup culture in Fiji, it would be difficult.
Rabuka said with the perpetrators of the December 2006 takeover involved in the process, he does not know if things will work out as expected.
However, Rabuka said dialogue can take place with all the political parties to ensure that a condition is attached for immunity to be granted to those involved in the 2006 takeover, when parliament sits after the next elections.
He revealed that he had put the condition on the granting of immunity on the table before handing back power.
The State Minister for Rural Development in the Bavadra led government in 1987, Temo Sukanaivalu said the statements being made that the People's Charter will ensure that there are no more coups in Fiji, are misleading.
Sukanaivalu said no one knows what the future Commanders of the RFMF would do.
Meanwhile Sukanaivalu said he will never forget the date May 14th, 1987 as he also turned 40 on that day.
Stay with us we will have more on the first coup on May 14th, 1987 and 21 years on today, on where Fiji is heading.
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Coup Culture Eradication Difficult
