SUVA, Fiji: Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power Britain, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said Tuesday.
A one-time coup leader who was elected last September in Fiji’s first elections in eight years, Bainimarama said the flag had served the country well since independence in 1970 but was now outdated.
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