to prison terms ranging from ten months to life imprisonment. In 2005 the Qarase government proposed the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill to grant amnesty to those involved in the coup, leading to the 2005–2006 Fijian political crisis and the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. References Further reading Trnka, S. (2011). State of Suffering: Political Violence and Community Survival in Fiji. United States: Cornell University Press., Pretes, M. (2008). Coup: Reflections on the Political Crisis in Fiji. United States: ANU E Press., Military coups in Fiji Coup Fiji May 2000 events in Oceania