New Zealand says Fiji Economy Near Collapse as Military ...

Apr 15th, 2009 - VOA News

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Fiji's military ruler accuses judges of trying to force him to callelections. But since the judiciary was dismissed and the constitutionwas scrapped by the government last week, the country's weak economyhas suffered more.

In his first interview with foreign mediasince a state of emergency was imposed last week, Fiji's armed forceschief Commodore Frank Bainimarama indicated that the three Court ofAppeal judges who ruled against him were biased against his government.

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