Vanua Tako Lavo Party

The Vanua Tako Lavo Party was a strongly

nationalistic Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

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Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

, which was led by

Iliesa Duvuloco Iliesa Duvuloco (19481September 2017) was a real estate businessman and a former Fijian politician and leader of the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party. He was involved in the 2000 coup d'état and jailed for 18 months. Duvuloco formed the Natio ...

. It advocated institutionalized political supremacy for indigenous Fijians. In the late 1990s, it merged with

Sakeasi Butadroka Sakiasi Iliesa Bakewa Butadroka (died 2 December 1999) was a Fijian politician noted for his strident ethnic nationalism. Originally elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the ruling Alliance Party in the parliamentary election of ...

Fijian Nationalist Party The Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP) was a nationalist political party in Fiji. History The party was established on 19 January 1974 by MP Sakeasi Butadroka after he had been expelled from the Alliance Party.Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party The Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) was a Fijian political party which championed Fijian ethnic nationalism. It was led by Iliesa Duvuloco, while Viliame Savu served as the party's president. Founding and ideology The party was ...

, which won one seat in the

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of 1999. Nationalist parties in Oceania Defunct political parties in Fiji Indigenist political parties in Oceania Fijian nationalism Political parties disestablished in 1999 {{Fiji-party-stub