Pramod Chand
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Pramod Chand is a Fiji Indian politician, from the second largest island of Vanua Levu
, supporting the National Federation Party
(NFP).
In the 1994 general election he won the Macuata East Indian Communal Constituency for the NFP. He was a member of the House Committee in Parliament
In the 1999 and 2006 general elections he contested the Macuata East Open Constituency
for the NFP and lost on both occasions with large margins.
In January 2006, Pramod Chand as the NFP's Senior Vice-President condemned the Fiji Labour Party
for offering support to the Military to depose the government. "The FLP is now trying to return to power not through the ballot box but by the barrel of the gun," he said. He called the call "treasonous" and "treachery of the highest order", and called for a police investigation into public statements from the FLP's President, Jokapeci Koroi
.
Chand is the director of a transport company based in Labasa, Fiji and has claimed that poor road conditions are the cause of most accidents. In 2009 he claimed that that there were too many public service vehicles in Fiji and that taxi permits were being issued for political gain.
Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu , formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 km² and a population of some 130,000.- Geography :...
, supporting the National Federation Party
National Federation Party (Fiji)
The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party...
(NFP).
In the 1994 general election he won the Macuata East Indian Communal Constituency for the NFP. He was a member of the House Committee in Parliament
In the 1999 and 2006 general elections he contested the Macuata East Open Constituency
Macuata East (Open Constituency, Fiji)
Macuata Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage . Like the other open electorates, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006...
for the NFP and lost on both occasions with large margins.
In January 2006, Pramod Chand as the NFP's Senior Vice-President condemned the Fiji Labour Party
Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
for offering support to the Military to depose the government. "The FLP is now trying to return to power not through the ballot box but by the barrel of the gun," he said. He called the call "treasonous" and "treachery of the highest order", and called for a police investigation into public statements from the FLP's President, Jokapeci Koroi
Jokapeci Koroi
Jokapeci Talei Koroi was a Fijian politician. She was currently the President of the Fiji Labour Party and a Senator. She was appointed to the Senate in 2002 as one of 8 nominees of the Leader of the Opposition, Mahendra Chaudhry....
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Chand is the director of a transport company based in Labasa, Fiji and has claimed that poor road conditions are the cause of most accidents. In 2009 he claimed that that there were too many public service vehicles in Fiji and that taxi permits were being issued for political gain.