 The same day, however, Commodore Bainimarama, however, supported the FLP's claims.At a press conference, he alleged that the Military had tapped a telephone conversation in which Baledrokadroka was asked to elicit support from senior officers for the removal of Bainimarama.Powerful people were trying to remove him, he claimed, in order to derail his work to prosecute perpetrators of the 2000 coup.