Tag: 2022 Fiji general election
Fiji elections: ‘We have evidence’ People’s Alliance ahead, says Rabuka
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva
People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he has evidence his party is ahead in the 2022 polls, contrary to the...
Fiji elections: Rabuka raises concern over results app glitch
By Yasmine Wright-Gittins and Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva
The People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, will be writing to key Fiji general election figures...
Provisional results in Fiji election show ruling FijiFirst party in the...
RNZ Pacific
The official count for the 2022 Fiji general election is now underway and there are early signs incumbent Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama could...
Fiji elections: Bainimarama on track to win in spite of poll’s...
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
FijiFirst's Voreqe Bainimarama, the incumbent Prime Minister, looks to have scored a comfortable win in Fiji's general election.
While...
Fiji elections: ‘Whoever it is, accept poll result’, says Rabuka
By Shayal Devi in Suva
People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says any successor in government in Fiji -- even if they are from an opposition...
Fiji elections: Poll data app back online after late night ...
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Elections Office app is back online after a glitch last night forced the suspension of provisional results.
Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem...
Fiji elections: Polls close and early results favour People’s Alliance
RNZ Pacific
Polls have now closed in the Fiji general election and results are flowing in.
Voreqe Bainimarama of the FijiFirst party, and his main rival,...
Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy
By Cooper Williams, Yasmine Wright-Gittins and Cindy Chand of Wansolwara in Suva
Former politician Remesio Rogovakalali is hoping to see transparency and engagement in the...
Fijians brave the heat as numbers swell – but elections chief...
By Yasmine Wright-Gittins, Leila Parina and Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva
Water bottles, umbrellas and fans were common accessories for voters across Fiji today....
Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway
By Ioane Asioli, Cooper Williams and Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva
Scores of people along the Nasinu-Suva corridor lined the premises of their designated...
Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election
RNZ Pacific
More than 606,000 Fijians are expected to head to the polls today to elect a new Parliament for a four-year term.
This is the...
Fiji elections chief briefs observers ready for tomorrow’s voting
RNZ Pacific
Observers of the Fiji election have been briefed by the Supervisor of Elections ahead of polling, which begins tomorrow.
Mohammed Saneem took the observers...
Fiji elections: Rabuka – ‘What I’m doing now is a vision’
By Ella Melake in Suva
The People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka in Fiji says he is ready to use all the experience and knowledge he...
Fiji elections: SODELPA has ‘sold its soul’, says Rabuka
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
The People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka claims the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) “has sold its soul” in secretly...
Fiji elections: People ‘not powerless’ in real democracy, says Naidu
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People are not powerless in a “real” democracy, says prominent Suva-based Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu.
Speaking to The Fiji Times during...
An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...
Fiji elections: Voting villagers say they ‘want a government that can...
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Malake villagers in the Ra of western Fiji have flocked to their polling station eager to vote for a government...
Fiji elections: Tabuya claims child ‘harassed’ by anti-corruption agency
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
People’s Alliance candidate Lynda Tabuya claims her 16-year-old daughter was “harassed” by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officers...
Rabuka condemns ‘outrageous’ arrests of deputy leaders so close to Fiji...
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
With the Fiji general election just days away, a major political party has condemned the arrests of its deputy...
Fijians face polls in December in one of the country’s most...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fijians will go to the polls to choose their next government on December 14.
In a statement yesterday,...
Fiji announces general election date – December 14
By Shayal Devi in Suva
Fiji's long awaited 2022 General Election date has been decided -- December 14.
This was announced through an official statement published...