Fiji opposition leader suspended from parliament for sedition

Frank Bainimarama, who launched a blistering attack on the president on Monday, was suspended for three years

Fiji’s opposition leader and its long-serving former prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has been suspended from parliament for three years for sedition and insulting the president.

The suspension came days after he launched an extraordinary verbal attack on the country’s president, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere.

Lavenia Lativerata-Vuadreu works for Mai TV in Fiji

Reuters contributed to this report