WORLD IN BRIEF : FIJI : New Constitution Offers Protection
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Governor General Penaia Ganilau formally proclaimed a constitution designed to ensure that political power in the South Pacific island state remains in the hands of ethnic Fijians, who make up an estimated 48% of the country of 720,000. The constitution, which has not yet been published, gives indigenous Fijians an automatic majority in a bicameral Parliament, as well as the right to hold the office of prime minister.
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