Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama suspended from parliament | The World

Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been thrown out of Fiji’s parliament and suspended for three years after delivering a divisive speech this week. The suspension of Mr Bainimarama, now Fiji’s opposition leader, was announced by the speaker of Fiji’s parliament on Friday night. Mr Bainimarama’s speech, which he delivered in parliament on Monday, criticised the new prime minister as well as the president. He also accused the new government of “setting out destroy constitutional democracy”. The speech was deemed to be violating the parliament’s standing orders.

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