NFP parliamentarian Parmod Chand has today come out and said that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was not the saviour of the nation after George Speight’s 2000 coup.
Chand said that he played his part as a NFP executive in opposing the coup although he did not say anything publicly as an individual.
Bainimarama was out of the country when the hostage crisis started in parliament on May 19th, 2000, and martial law was declared on May 29th, 2000 when the military came out to control the situation.
Bainimarama who was the Army Commander then managed to lead the RFMF to capture the hostage takers and release the hostages.
He then appointed an interim government to take the country to elections in 2001.
He was also targeted during the 2000 mutiny at QEB where rebel soldiers tried to kill him and shot dead a few loyalist soldiers.
Parmod Chand says he does not believe that Bainimarama assisted the nation to come out of the crisis.
Chand also said that he was part of NFP and continues to oppose the coup.
He also said that Bainimarama did not save the nation.
