Tag: Fiji elections 2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don't...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...