On September 1, 2009, the Commonwealth of Nations suspended Fiji from its organization because it failed to meet the September 1 deadline for reinstating a constitutional democracy and opening a national dialog following the December 2006 military coup. Fiji's acting Prime Minister Ratu Epeli Ganilau argued that it was not possible to meet the Commonwealth's deadline because of the extent of political reform in the country, and that elections would be held in 2014.

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