Much of the support it had previously enjoyed went to the new United Fiji Party of Laisenia Qarase.
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He added, however, that acknowledging the government of deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry as the lawful government of the land would be the right place to start.
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Rabuka endorsed the proposal, as did executive member Militoni Leweniqila, but Ema Druavesi, General Secretary of the SVT, spoke out against it, calling it a political ploy to retain the support of the Conservative Alliance (CAMV), on whose six parliamentary votes the government depends for its majority.
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Following the coup d'état of 2000, former Foreign Minister Filipe Bole assumed leadership of the party.