Tag: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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...
‘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...
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: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says...
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva
The solution to Fiji’s problems is to vote out the FijiFirst government, says People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka.
Speaking to...
Regional USP staff, students call for vote against FijiFirst over $85m...
GRUBSHEET: By Graham Davis
With barely four weeks to go to the election, students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific have...
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 contempt of court case – now defence lawyer cited over...
By Ian Chute in Suva
Fiji lawyer Jon Apted was yesterday accused of contempt of court for comments made in court two weeks ago while...
Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd -- not political...
Wadan Narsey: Shameful silences over another unfolding tragedy in Fiji
COMMENTARY: By Wadan Narsey
There is a shameful public tragedy unfolding day by day as the Bainimarama government tries to stop a potential political candidate,...
Draconian Fiji ‘nowhere near genuine democracy’, says NFP’s Prasad
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji MP and the leader of the opposition National Federation Party, Professor Biman Prasad, is accusing Prime Minister Voreqe...
USP unions slam Fiji’s Sayed-Khaiyum for ‘damaging’ Pacific university
By Wata Shaw in Suva
Fiji's Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is "doing damage" to the premier regional university by withholding the Fiji government’s obligatory contribution,...
FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot...
Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji's Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are...
Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar
OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad
Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy...
Graham Davis: A COP26 slap in the face for Fiji’s ‘oceans...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
What do you do when the other small island nations don’t recognise your brilliance and won’t go along with your suggestions?
Well,...
Graham Davis: In the stars? It’s in the polls, Rabuka’s final...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
"So many detractors were saying, 'no you won’t get it, the Supervisor of Elections won’t allow it'. I said, 'well let...
Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Fijian Media Association president Stanley Simpson says a journalist who asked Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to respond to comments made against...
Leading Fiji legal advocate condemns Attorney-General over ‘tantrum’
By Jale Daucakacaka in Suva
Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s “petulance” has become tiresome and unnecessary, says prominent lawyer and advocate Graham Leung.
He made the statement...
USP staff unions reject Fiji AG’s claims, ‘set record straight’
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Both University of the South Pacific staff unions have attacked claims made in Parliament last week by Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...
Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition
By Felix Chaudhary and Luke Rawalai in Suva
Some people who were accused of corrupt practices at the University of the South Pacific have applied...
Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country's already limited democratic space is being choked...
SODELPA leader blasts PM, Attorney-General over Fiji covid ‘recklessness’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Fiji's opposition SODELPA leader Viliame Gavoka has condemned Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for their “unimaginable recklessness”...