Fiji: "No justification for military coups anywhere" says WCC head
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Reacting to news of a military coup in Fiji, World Council of Churches (WCC) head Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has addressed WCC member churches there, saying that the coup is "in total disregard of democratic norms," violates the country's constitution and is "tantamount to suversion of the rule of law".
Writing to the Fiji Council of Churches and the Assembly of the Christian Churches in Fiji on 6 December, Kobia stresses that "In the 21st century, there should be no justification for military coups anywhere", and that "any political problems should be solved through democratic processes".
Local churches have condemned the coup, Kobia notes, and concludes with a call to the military leadership to restore the democratic process in Fiji.