Palau will not attend PIF in Niue

The president said that Fiji’s Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainarama has not made clear to the forum the conduct of the elections in Fiji.“He promised that he will conduct election, but he backed off from this promise. It is not  clear to us how election should be held in Fiji,” Remengesau said.The forum urged the current Fiji government for a restoration of the civilian rule and uphold its Constitution.Bainarama told forum leaders in last year’s meeting in Tonga that a  parliamentary election would be held in the first quarter of 2009.Remengesau said other pressing issues that the forum need to discussed are being pushed aside due to the amount of time the leaders put it to Fiji’s situation.The president said Bainarama continues to sit in the forum continuing to make promises.He said that the forum can move forward to other issues instead of entertaining Bainarama’s “promises.”The Forum’s member states are: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Since 2006, associate members territories are New Caledonia and French Polynesia.The forum meeting in Niue will begin on August 19.