Fiji coup set for Monday

Aren't coup d'état attempts supposed to be surprises? Well, I guess they do things differently in the Fiji Islands.

From AFP:

Fiji's military chief is likely to carry out his threat to overthrow the government early Monday, a report quoted government and military sources as saying.

The Fiji Sunday Post quoted the sources as saying the capital Suva was expected to be sealed by military roadblocks at the start of the operation from 3:00 am Monday (1500 GMT Sunday).

Speculation about when military commander, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, would move has mounted since midday Friday when a deadline passed for the government to accede to a series of demands or face the country's fourth coup in two decades.

The Sunday Post said under the plan, the government would be dismissed, parliament dissolved and an interim administration installed.

Time, date, and place. I'm impressed by the coup plotters planning skills. I just hope the sitting government doesn't get wind of this scheme and ruin it.

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