 Both before and after the crisis was resolved on 16 January with a truce brokered by Acting President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, the crisis generated a great deal of comment, both locally and internationally.The faultline between indigenous and Indo-Fijians, which has defined Fijian politics for the last generation, was much less evident in this event.The main players on both sides were ethnic Fijians.