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 SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji Saturday began a weeklong election that could fuel more turmoil in this troubled and racially divided South Pacific democracy.
Voters were choosing between an ethnic Indian opposition leader whose previous rise to power sparked a coup and an indigenous Fijian incumbent who is struggling for power with the country's military chief.
Analysts have said a victory for caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase could mean continuing instability from his bitter dispute with military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama. A win for Labour opposition leader Mahendra Chaudhry could provoke another coup.
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