RT Article
T1 From clean up to FICAC: anti-corruption in Fiji’s post coup politics
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 53
IS 1
SP 55
OP 66
A1 Larmour, Peter
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881378322
AB The leaders of Fiji’s 2006 military coup launched a ‘cleanup campaign’ and set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption. So far it has brought court cases against about 24 people. Among them is the former Prime Minister, who was charged with corruption for his role in institutions designed to promote the economic interests of indigenous Fijians (who constitute about 56% of the population). The article considers what counts as ‘corruption’ in these Affirmative Action policies: a so-called ‘Agriculture Scam’, which distributed farm implements free to Fijian farmers; a company called Fijian Holdings, which received concessional finance from the government; and a Native Land Trust Board, which collects rent on behalf of indigenous landowners. It concludes that army and popular opinion in Fiji hold conceptions of corruption that are much broader than the offences set out in the country’s penal code, and which the new ICAC is attempting to enforce.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 65-66
K1 Affirmative Action
K1 Audit Report
K1 Inside Trading
K1 Penal Code
K1 Prime Minister
DO 10.1007/s10611-009-9212-2