"If you look back at what toppled Suharto, it wasn’t the fact that he was opposed to the democratic process taking hold in Indonesia. It was the economic crisis, and the fact that after years of providing increased prosperity to Indonesians, it finally gave way. If that sort of situation was repeated in a regional context, I think the incumbent regime (especially the Prime Minister) would face increased opposition. Whether that would lead to the regime’s collapse depends on the scale of the crisis."
(Source:emag.sea-globe.com)
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“The clampdown on the media in Fiji was really a clampdown on the media becoming extreme in inciting instability and making outrageous statements. We have a comparatively unsophisticated media industry. Our people do not have the experience to be able to say things in a way that conveys what they want to say but keep the language within limits so that it does not incite people or cause people to do silly things.” Ambassador Winston Thompson (6/29/12)