Fiji democracy 'may take more than two years'

Promised elections to restore democracy to Fiji after this week’s coup could be more than two years away, the military-installed prime minister said today.

The comments by military medic Dr Jona Senilagakali – who said he only took the job of prime minister because he was ordered to do so by his commanding officer – came as Fiji’s powerful tribal chiefs refused to recognise the new regime.