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December 18, 2022
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 55 seat Parliament — according to the Fiji Elections Office results app — will be FijiFirst with 26 seats, the People’s Alliance Party with 21 seats, the National Federation ... <a title="Fiji elections: Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party fails to gain parliament majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/18/fiji-elections-bainimaramas-fijifirst-party-fails-to-gain-parliament-majority/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party fails to gain parliament majority">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2022
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 Bainimarama’s FijiFirst government. In an open letter on his official Facebook page to Sodelpa vice-president Ro Teimumu Kepa, president Ratu Manoa Roragaca, leader Viliame Gavoka and the management board today, ... <a title="Fiji elections: End 16 years of nation’s ‘bullying, corrupt’ government, pleads Beddoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/18/fiji-elections-end-16-years-of-nations-bullying-corrupt-government-pleads-beddoes/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: End 16 years of nation’s ‘bullying, corrupt’ government, pleads Beddoes">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 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 7, 2022
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva The solution to Fiji’s problems is to vote out the FijiFirst government, says People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka. Speaking to about 1000 supporters who welcomed Rabuka with cheers of “480” — his votng candidacy number — at the party rally in Labasa last Saturday, he assured voters that his ... <a title="Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/fiji-elections-solution-to-nations-problems-vote-out-fijifirst-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2022
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, the Fiji government said Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama visited President Wiliame Katonivere on Sunday morning to advise him on the date of the general election. Parliament has also been ... <a title="Fijians face polls in December in one of the country’s most critical elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/01/fijians-face-polls-in-december-in-one-of-the-countrys-most-critical-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians face polls in December in one of the country’s most critical elections">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
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 Bainimarama’s ruling FijiFirst Party of suppressing opposition parties with newly amended electoral laws ahead of the country’s general elections this year. “These are draconian pieces of electoral laws which are ... <a title="Draconian Fiji ‘nowhere near genuine democracy’, says NFP’s Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/draconian-fiji-nowhere-near-genuine-democracy-says-nfps-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Draconian Fiji ‘nowhere near genuine democracy’, says NFP’s Prasad">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific Queen Elizabeth II — 1926-2022 Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama tweeted today “Fijian hearts are heavy this morning as we bid farewell” as global messages of condolences flooded in with the news that Queen Elizabeth, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96. She reigned for 70 years. “Fijian hearts are ... <a title="‘Fijian hearts are heavy’ says PM as Pacific mourns Queen Elizabeth II" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/09/fijian-hearts-are-heavy-says-pm-as-pacific-mourns-queen-elizabeth-ii/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fijian hearts are heavy’ says PM as Pacific mourns Queen Elizabeth II">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
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 2022 campaign period was declared open on April 26, the intensity has been increasing. Moreover, with three governments toppled by coups after the 1987, 1999 and 2006 elections, concerns about ... <a title="Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/will-fijis-2022-hotly-contested-elections-further-cement-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
The University of South Pacific’s vice-chancellor says Fiji’s failure to pay its grant contribution for the third year in a row is affecting the regional university’s operations and students, reports ABC’s Pacific Beat. The Fiji government has refused to pay its grant since 2019 and did not allocate funding for its USP grant in the ... <a title="USP forced to cut costs as Fiji still refuses to pay grant for third year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/usp-forced-to-cut-costs-as-fiji-still-refuses-to-pay-grant-for-third-year/" aria-label="Read more about USP forced to cut costs as Fiji still refuses to pay grant for third year">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist In a watershed moment, Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on terms to prevent Micronesian countries from breaking up the leading regional body. The row, which came to a head in February last year, centred around the selection of a candidate ... <a title="Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/long-term-vision-clinches-pacific-islands-forum-rift-deal-in-suva/" aria-label="Read more about Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done — with a big lesson for Pacific island neighbours. Tackle the Chinese media gatekeepers and creeping authoritarianism threatening journalism in the region at the top. In Dili on the final day of ... <a title="Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/05/ramos-horta-challenges-pacifics-biggest-threat-to-media-freedom-chinas-gatekeepers/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers">Read more</a>
