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December 16, 2022
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 expressing their dissatisfaction with the provisional results that followed the surprising technical glitch last night on the Fijian Elections Office app. At 10.51pm on election day, the FEO released a ... <a title="Fiji elections: Rabuka raises concern over results app glitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/fiji-elections-rabuka-raises-concern-over-results-app-glitch/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Rabuka raises concern over results app glitch">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
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 the voting system and count has been complicated, and lost much credibility when the system went down, FijiFirst is likely to hold a majority of the Legislative Assembly’s 55 ... <a title="Fiji elections: Bainimarama on track to win in spite of poll’s ‘lost credibility’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/fiji-elections-bainimarama-on-track-to-win-in-spite-of-polls-lost-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Bainimarama on track to win in spite of poll’s ‘lost credibility’">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
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 party — should be accepted as a normal process in democratic systems. Speaking to members of the media after casting his ballot at the Lower Ragg Ave polling station in ... <a title="Fiji elections: ‘Whoever it is, accept poll result’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/fiji-elections-whoever-it-is-accept-poll-result-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: ‘Whoever it is, accept poll result’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
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 briefed media in the early hours of today saying attempts to restart a failed data transfer had caused the app to glitch out and give a disproportionate amount of ... <a title="Fiji elections: Poll data app back online after late night glitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/fiji-elections-poll-data-app-back-online-after-late-night-glitch/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Poll data app back online after late night glitch">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
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 next term of government, no matter which party is elected. The 77-year-old principal from Corpus Christi Teachers College in Nasese says he wants to see integrity and truth among politicians. ... <a title="Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/voters-share-integrity-and-truth-vision-of-a-strong-fijian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
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. Lines at polling stations nationwide grew quickly in the early morning, as Fijians tried to beat the midday heat. Lines at the University of the South Pacific’s Statham Campus polling ... <a title="Fijians brave the heat as numbers swell – but elections chief calls for voters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/fijians-brave-the-heat-as-numbers-swell-but-elections-chief-calls-for-voters/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians brave the heat as numbers swell – but elections chief calls for voters">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
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 polling stations as early as 6am today to cast their votes in the Fiji 2022 general election. While polling venues opened at 7.30am, the light morning drizzle did little to ... <a title="Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/voters-turn-up-in-numbers-as-fijis-2022-election-gets-underway/" aria-label="Read more about Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
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 country’s third election under the 2013 constitution and since the 2006 military coup. In the race are 343 candidates from nine political parties and two independents vying for a ... <a title="Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/fijians-heading-to-the-polls-today-for-third-post-coup-election/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
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 work and ultimately lead to constitutional reforms and democratic elections. As Fiji goes to the polls this Wednesday, the choice is between choosing one former coup leader or another to ... <a title="Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/showdown-between-two-former-coup-leaders-in-fight-for-fijis-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
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 has gained in his 74 years to lead the country to peace. Speaking to a packed audience during a rally at Nasinu Sangam School, Narere, Nasinu, on Thursday night, the ... <a title="Fiji elections: Rabuka – ‘What I’m doing now is a vision’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/fiji-elections-rabuka-what-im-doing-now-is-a-vision/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Rabuka – ‘What I’m doing now is a vision’">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
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 an interview, Naidu – who writes a weekly column for the newspaper – outlined why citizens should take an active interest in politics. “I think people have got to ... <a title="Fiji elections: People ‘not powerless’ in real democracy, says Naidu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/fiji-elections-people-not-powerless-in-real-democracy-says-naidu/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: People ‘not powerless’ in real democracy, says Naidu">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2022
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 “working in cahoots” with the FijiFirst party after SODELPA lodged a complaint against the alliance with the Fijian Elections Office yesterday. Rabuka claimed the complaint against the People’s Alliance on ... <a title="Fiji elections: SODELPA has ‘sold its soul’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/10/fiji-elections-sodelpa-has-sold-its-soul-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: SODELPA has ‘sold its soul’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
