Tag: FijiFirst
Fiji elections: Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party fails to gain parliament majority
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...
Fiji elections: Alliance leads early vote tally – Bainimarama heads candidates
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...
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: 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,...
Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy
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...
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...
FijiFirst condemned over ‘politics of fear’ aimed at voters
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...
Fiji elections 2022: 342 candidates to contest next month’s polls
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...
FijiFirst election candidates lineup – a bit light on educational credits
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...
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,...
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...
Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?
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...
NFP party chief’s challenge to FijiFirst over election complaint – ‘bring...
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...
Graham Davis: Scandalous or ridiculous? The timing of a Fiji political...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis of Grubsheet Feejee
In a sign of utter desperation as Fiji's general election election approaches, the Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has targeted...
Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand
RNZ Pacific
Sitiveni Rabuka is infamous for making Fiji a republic after carrying out a military coup 35 years ago by overthrowing an Indo-Fijian dominated...
Fijians ‘no longer want FijiFirst in power’, says former party MP
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Former FijiFirst party member and parliamentarian Alifereti Nabulivou claims many Fijians across the country have only one thing in mind:...
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...
Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has questioned the motive of the FijiFirst government to continuously highlight the...
Fiji political polls point to a shift away from FijiFirst, says...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
Campaigning is underway for the general election in Fiji later this year and early predictions are pointing to a...
‘Shame on you, Fiji’, says human rights advocate over Professor Lal’s...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A human rights advocate in Fiji says the country should be ashamed of the exile of the now dead...