Tag: 2022 Fiji general election
Christmas gift for Fiji: New political era balanced on a knife-edge
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has finally reached the other side of the long and winding road that was the 2022 general election and can enjoy the...
Rabuka elected Fiji’s new PM, ending Bainimarama’s 16-year reign
RNZ Pacific
Former coup leader and ex-prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka was today elected Fiji's new prime minister, winning 28 votes to Voreqe Bainimarama's 27.
The secret...
‘Merry Christmas Fiji – free at last’ as Sodelpa confirms joining...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
"Merry Christmas Fiji!"
This was the message to Fiji from kingmakers Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) management board member and MP...
Sodelpa joins Fiji coalition with Rabuka’s Alliance in split vote
Pacific Media Watch
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) today decided to go into a coalition government in Fiji with the People’s Alliance and the...
‘Incitement’ complaint against top FijiFirst official handed on to CID
By Ian Chute in Suva
A complaint lodged against FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for alleged incitement at the Totogo Police station yesterday has been...
A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a...
ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...
Tight Fiji police security for new Sodelpa party board meeting
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Tight police security will greet the Sodelpa management board meeting in Suva tomorrow when it will again decide the political...
‘Writing on the wall’ for authoritarian FijiFirst government, says Ratuva
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
The incumbent FijiFirst government's appeal was beginning to wane and voters deserted the party “because of what they saw as...
‘PM at first sitting’ – Fiji’s former elections chief explains how
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Former Supervisor of Elections Jon Apted says that the coalition formed by the Social Democratic Liberal Party with the People’s...
Fijian Aucklanders see promise and hope with Rabuka as likely PM
RNZ Pacific
Many members of Auckland's Fiji community say they are "delighted and relieved" by last week's general election result.
Coup leader turned prime minister Voreqe...
‘Nothing to concede’, says FijiFirst in wake of contested election
RNZ Pacific
The ruling FijiFirst party is refusing to concede the 2022 general election, saying it can only be called after the election of the...
Reports of ‘anomalies’ in Sodelpa vote to go with opposition parties
RNZ Pacific
Claims of irregularities in the vote to create a new coalition government formed in Fiji have emerged.
Internal disagreements have resurfaced within Sodelpa, Fiji's...
72 hours of talks ends Bainimarama era and opens door to...
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
After 72 hours of negotiations ended yesterday, the Social Democratic Liberal Party finally chose the People’s Alliance party and National...
Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka,...
FBC News
An official communication will be sent to Fiji's President confirming the new People’s Alliance, National Federation Party and Sodelpa government is ready to...
Fiji’s Sodelpa says back to the drawing board over coalition talks
RNZ Pacific
The Fijian people will need to still wait to find out who will lead the country for the next four years after the...
Sodelpa youth arm begs party to rule out coalition with ‘dictator’...
RNZ Pacific
The youth wing of Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (Soldelpa) are against any move by its board to form a coalition with the...
The Fiji Times: Kingmakers and the big post-election reveal!
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
It’s the big day today! We will get to know the make-up of our Parliament. The...
Last shall be first … Fiji’s kingmaker party considering all options
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) has emerged as the kingmaker in Fiji's contentious 2022 general election and its...
Fiji elections: End 16 years of nation’s ‘bullying, corrupt’ government, pleads...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Former opposition Sodelpa member Mick Beddoes has appealed to the party's management board to end the 16-year rule of Voreqe...
Fiji elections: Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party fails to gain parliament majority
RNZ Pacific
The final results of the 2022 Fiji general election are in and there appears to be a "hung" Parliament
The make-up of the new...
Fiji elections: Rabuka calls for calm after police interrogation
RNZ Pacific
Fiji police detained the leader of the People's Alliance Party, Sitiveni Rabuka, last night and questioned him about his activities during this week...
Fiji elections: Alliance leads early vote tally – Bainimarama heads candidates
By Timoci Vula in Suva
The People’s Alliance Party took an early lead in the Fiji general election vote tally this evening with a total...