The Indians own Fiji. That's racist!
Where is Steve when you need him: From Wiki.
Rabuka, by now a
colonel, emerged suddenly from obscurity on 14 May 1987 when he staged the first of
two military coups to reassert
ethnic Fijian supremacy, following the
1987 election, which had brought an
Indo-Fijian (ethnic Indian)-dominated government to power. Deposing the elected government, he handed power over to the
Governor-General,
Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, a
high chief whom he expected to implement
ethnic Fijian interests. When, however, Ganilau attempted to reinstate the abrogated constitution, Rabuka carried out a second coup on 28 September that year. At first he pledged his allegiance to the
Queen, but later proclaimed a republic, abolishing the 113-year link to the
British Monarchy. He handed over power on December 5 to an interim administration, headed by Ganilau as
President and
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara as Prime Minister, but remained Commander of the
Army and Minister of Home Affairs, the National Youth Service, and the Auxiliary Army Service. Ganilau and Mara did not feel strong enough to dismiss Rabuka, but the public support they enjoyed as high chiefs was such that he did not feel strong enough to depose them. An uneasy truce existed between Ganilau and Mara on the one hand and Rabuka on the other.