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 SUVA, Fiji (AP) - A deadline Fiji's armed forces commander set as the go-ahead for ousting the government passed with no apparent military move Friday, as top-level meetings went ahead to try to avert the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in two decades.
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, in a radio interview broadcast nationally, said he would make no more concessions to military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama and urged Fijians to "stand up" and oppose the military's threats.
"We are really fighting for our democracy," Qarase told Legend FM radio. "We want freedom to live within a democratically civil government, where the government is elected by the people. That's what people want. We do not want a dictator."
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