A Fijielection of 1977 (September) to resolve the impasse in September that year, however, appeared to vindicate Cakobau, when the Alliance Party won a record 36 seats out of 52.
In the Fijielection of 1987, Mara was finally defeated by a multiracial coalition led by Dr Timoci Bavadra.
Fiji coups of 1987 led by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka seriously undermined the social and economic stability, and the international prestige, of Fiji.
Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
Fiji's legal system is that of a common law tradition, based on the British system, with early Roman and modern continental influences; has judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations.
Fiji and Tonga are also parties to the 1961 UN Single Convention, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, and the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
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