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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1969Vol. 40, No. 7

Fiji's New

p. 44 · Read in the full issue

Party

A 39-year-old Wainibuka farmer, Kaminieli K. Natavu, and his nine-man working com mittee plan to hold the first general meeting of their new Fijian Independent Party towards the end of the year.

The party wants 55 per cent.

Fijian representation in the Legislature and a Fijian head of-state.

It also proposes the con tinuance of the communal and cross-voting election systems “until all racial communities in Fiji are socially, economically and politically ready for a common roll”.

The party also supports full internal self-government.