The Commonwealth on Friday suspended Fiji following a military coup in the South Pacific nation, the group's secretary-general said, according to AP. «The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group unanimously and unequivocally condemned the military takeover of Fiji's democratically elected government, in total disregard of the authority of the prime minister and Parliament,» Secretary-General Don McKinnon said. «The group agreed that the unconstitutional takeover constitutes a serious violation of the Commonwealth's fundamental principles.» The action group included ministers from Canada, Malta, Lesotho, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, St. Lucia, Sri Lanka, Britain and Tanzania. Fiji's military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, announced Tuesday he had taken control of the country from the elected government in the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in two decades.
