Fiji’s prime minister on Sunday apologized for his actions during the nation’s 1987 military coup, which led to a mass exodus of Indian Fijians from the nation, ahead of the India-Pacific Islands summit next week.
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka made his apology at a church service held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, which brought together the Methodist Church and the descendants of the Girmitiya community.
In his apology, Rabuka took responsibility for all those involved in staging the military coup in May 1987, and acknowledged their “wrongdoings” and the pain inflicted upon the Indo-Fijian community.
“I admit our wrongdoings. You have every right to blame us for the difficulties you went through. We do not blame you for being angry with us or even hating us. You are justified in your anger and your hate,” he told those present….