Update: 6:34PM ARMY commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama this hour announced that the high commissioners of Australia and New Zealand would be given 24 hours to leave Fiji. And he said that Fiji's high commissioner in Australia would do that same.
He made the announcement at Government Buildings in Suva after 6pm, saying it was the result of the impact of the Australian and New Zealand governments' positions on Fiji.
He said Fiji would not deter from the path it was on.
The decision comes after a Cabinet meeting today, and following consultation with Vice President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
Commodore Bainimarama also announced that Ratu Epeli would be sworn in as President on Thursday.
