Tag: FijiFirst

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 Shayal Devi in Suva The "politics of fear" pervading Fiji must go away, says National Federation Party (NFP) candidate Agni Deo Singh. The former general...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent The Fijian Elections Office has given the green light to 342 candidates from nine political parties and two...

COMMENTARY: By Michael Field The ruling FijiFirst Party has released its candidate list for the general election on December 14. With it came some dubious biographies...

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,...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the...

By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva "Bring it on!" That’s the challenge from National Federation Party (NFP) general-secretary Seni Nabou to FijiFirst party general-secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...