Military asks Fijians to accept coup

Fiji’s military leader today asked his countrymen to accept that his regime has executive control of the nation, and said there is no going back to the corruption of the past.

Armed forces chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama pledged to set up a tribunal in coming days to probe corruption allegations, and said the timetable to return to civilian rule depends on when the military feels it has weeded out corruption.