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'All the nation has been saddened by the extent to which the country has fallen during the last week. I have therefore, with much reluctance, assumed executive authority.' (29 May 2000, announcing that he had taken over the government from President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara).

More from Frank Bainimarama

  1. 'If we don't act, this country is going to go to the dogs and no investor will want to come here.' (8 December 2004)
  2. 'You have to give it (the tiger) room. If you don't give it room, it will bite you.' (4 January 2005; seen as a veiled threat to politician…
  3. 'If we don't put our foot down, they will release every man and his dog.' (Criticizing the government's policy of releasing political priso…
  4. 'I don't have to be nice to people who are causing great damage to the nation ... I refuse to be nice to people who want to overthrow what …
  5. 'The military will dish out the same fate we dealt George Speight and his group to anyone whom we think deserves this treatment ... This wa…
  6. 'Not only is it frustrating to see these people get an early release for political expediency, it makes a mockery of all the good work done…
  7. 'Hundreds of George Speight supporters took to the streets, burned the TV station and shot a policeman. They did that because they knew tha…
  8. 'Unfortunately we have people in Fiji who stand ready to take advantage of situations such as these. The end result will be anarchy.'

All Frank Bainimarama quotes