Tag: Fiji Parliament
$889k-plus in Fiji taxpayer funds paid out to Vatis Communications
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji’s Department of Information spent $889,234.84 in taxpayer funds to the Fiji-owned company Vatis Communications until its contract was terminated...
Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight...
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Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has resigned from Parliament just two weeks after copping a three-year suspension for making seditious comments.
Bainimarama, who...
Bainimarama ‘keeps his job’ as opposition leader, says Naidu
By Shayal Devi in Suva
FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama remains as Leader of the Opposition despite his suspension from Parliament on Friday for breach of...
Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been suspended for three years as an MP for breaching parliamentary privilege.
It comes after the ex-prime minister...
Aiyaz ousted as Fiji MP over taking public office, rules Speaker
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
FijiFirst Party general secretary and former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is no longer a Member of Fiji's Parliament, says Speaker Ratu...
Rabuka elected Fiji’s new PM, ending Bainimarama’s 16-year reign
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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...
‘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...
‘Nothing to concede’, says FijiFirst in wake of contested election
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The ruling FijiFirst party is refusing to concede the 2022 general election, saying it can only be called after the election of the...