Commodore Bainimarama seized power claiming the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was dishonest and pursuing racist policies against the ethnic Indian minority.
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In Selibuya, though, we heard some frustration with China's ethnicpolicies, at the restrictions on men growing beards and women wearing veils, if they wish.
He noted that ethnic Chinese voters had turned to the opposition, which has pledged to reform the government's affirmative action policies that benefit ethnic Malays, in what he called "a Chinese tsunami".
This Report recommended that multiculturalism replace the bicultural policy based on the British and French Charter groups around whom policies for ethnic diversity in Canadian society had been organised for over a century.