Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan...
Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan to petition president Ratu Josefa Iloilo for an absolute pardon for the coup leader
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Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan to petition president Ratu Josefa Iloilo for an absolute pardon for the coup leader.
Lawyer Kitione Vuataki said it was unjust that six others who entered parliament with George on morning of 19 May [2000] were granted a nolle prosequi [ie allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge] but not Speight.
Lawyer Kitione Vuataki said it was unjust that six others who entered parliament with George on morning of 19 May [2000] were granted a nolle prosequi [ie allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge] but not Speight.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Fiji Village web site monitored by BBC, 20/02/2002)
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