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George Speight (/ s p eɪ t /; [1] born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini, [2] is a Fijian businessman and politician who was the leader of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, in which he and rebel soldiers from Fiji's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit seized the Fijian Parliament and held Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 35 other MP's hostage from 19 May 2000 to 13 July 2000.
Speight called it "a failed assassination attempt", [4]: 188 and refused to attend future negotiation sessions. [4]: 204 Despite this, negotiations continued through intermediaries. On 18 June, the military agreed to some of Speight's nominees for the interim government, [38] and Speight released four female hostages as a sign of good faith. [39]
The Provincial Council representatives who supported the bill were the same people who supported George Speight in 2000, he claimed. Addressing more than 700 soldiers at a passing out parade, he said that reconciliation could not be legislated and could succeed only if it came from the hearts of those responsible for the crime.
On 19 May 2000 civilian gunmen led by failed businessman George Speight stormed the Fijian Parliament and took Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage. [3] [4] [5] Speight claimed to have seized power on behalf of ethnic Fijians, and purported to have revoked the 1997 constitution and appointed himself interim president and opposition MP Timoci Silatolu as interim prime ...
George Speight (born 1957), also known as Ilikimi Naitini, Fijian politician and principal instigator of the 2000 coup; Henry Speight (born 1988), Australian rugby player; Jake Speight (born 1985), English footballer; James Speight (1834-1887), co-founder of Speight's brewery, Dunedin, New Zealand; Jesse Speight (1795–1847), American politician
A group led by George Speight takes Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and others hostage in the Parliament building of Fiji in Suva. [1] Speight names Timoci Silatolu interim Prime Minister. The President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, denounces the coup, and declares a state of emergency.
As President Donald Trump moved last month to free the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol, his newly appointed top prosecutor in Washington put his name on a request that a judge drop charges ...
In 2000, a prison was opened on Nukulau, to house George Speight and other perpetrators of the 2000 coup that deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry's government. On 18 December 2006, Fiji's military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, announced that the prison would be closed and its inmates transferred to other prisons. [1]