Our Vision

The Restoration of a Democratic and Free Fiji under the 1997 Constitution

Our Mission

• To campaign for the reversal of the purported abrogation of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of the Fiji Islands;

• To grow an international movement that will campaign strongly for the Restoration of Democracy in Fiji;

• To lobby our home governments and their multilateral partners to pressure Fiji via diplomatic, economic and other means for the restoration of Democracy as outlined by the Fiji Court of Appeal in the Case of Qarase and Others v Bainimarama and Others (FCA) 2009;

• And to be the voice of the voiceless people of Fiji and tell the story of our predicament to the whole world.

Below is a copy of the resolution passed at the meeting

FIJI DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

SYDNEY

Public Consultation Meeting at Yagoona, NSW, 2199 on Saturday the 18^th of April 2009.

Resolution passed:

1.      That a Fiji Democracy and Movement be formed;

2.      That a executive steering committee be formed consisting of a President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary;

3.      That the President be Mr Usaia Peter Waqatairewa, the Secretary be Ms Litia Radrekusa and the Treasurer be Mr Biu Tabuatamata;

4.      That the executives prepare the registration and meet all other regulatory requirements of the Movement and Open a bank account;

5.      That the volunteers that helped Usaia Waqatairewa organise the initial public consultation meeting be retained as steering committee members leading up to the inaugural Annual General Meeting;

6.      That the Movement adopt the draft Sydney Declaration for the Restoration of Democracy in Fiji;

7.      That the movement move to establish chapters around the major centres of population concentration of Fiji’s People across Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and the United Kingdom;

8.      That the Steering Committee organise a public march and rally in Sydney as soon as possible – within two weeks;

9.      That the Movement lobby, demonstrate and apply other means of pressure at the Governments of Australian, New Zealand, and the International Community to:

9.1.1.      Increase the level of Trade Sanctions against Fiji, no more smart sanction, apply a blanket ban;

9.1.2.      Ban Air Pacific from flying into Australia and New Zealand to cut off the major tourist market from Fiji;

9.1.3.      Ban sporting contacts with Fiji, especially the National Rugby team from all future overseas tours;

9.1.4.      Ensure that the International Community especially the rest of the Pacific Forum Island Countries and the Republic of South Korea impose identical travel ban for members of the Interim Government and their families  and those identified as sympathisers of the Interim Government and their families;

9.1.5.      That the Pacific Islands Forum suspend Fiji at its annual leaders meeting in Cairns on the 4^th to the 7^th of August 2009;

9.1.6.      Pressure the Australian Government to lobby the United Nations Secretary General to ban any further peace keeping missions for the Fiji Security Forces (Police and Military) and cancel the existing peace keeping missions. This is the height of hypocrisy where the same Military that has imposed itself as a dictatorship on the people of Fiji is also deployed in other trouble spots of the world to maintain the peace;

9.1.7.      Lobby the Australian Bar Associations to advise lawyers not to take up position and be contracted by  Fiji's military government; and

9.1.8.      Lobby the Trade & Business Council of Australia - link business and trade interests to the need for having an elected government in place;

10.    The Movement also plan to:

10.1.1.               demonstrate in front of the Chinese and Indian Embassies in Canberra and highlight to the world their continued bank rolling of the Fiji Military Dictatorship;

10.1.2.               Work towards establishing sister chapters around other State Capitals and other parts of regional Australia that have a high concentration of Fiji Islanders, and

10.1.3.               Form Chapters in New Zealand, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom where there are now well-established communities of Fiji islanders abroad that will fight this common cause of ending the tyranny of Military Dictatorship leadership ruling Fiji Today.

FDFM (Secretary)