Fiji Elections
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Is the sun setting on the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst?
The long-running row between the former Fiji government and the Suva-based University of the South Pacific (USP) has come back to haunt former Fiji prime minister Frank…
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Fiji: A chance to stop political history repeating
“Have you seen the toxic environment that’s been created since yesterday on social media?” asked FijiFirst General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. “The level of racism in this…
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Fiji election, from the polling booth
I arrived in Suva six days before the 2018 Fijian election, it was apparent that the country was bracing itself for a tight election contest.
In 2014, Frank Bainimarama’s party,…
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Commentary
Fiji Elections: Free enough and fair enough
Fiji Elections: Free enough and fair enoughAdelle NearycogitASIA25 September 2014Please click here for the full text.Adelle Neary
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Policy Briefs
Fiji’s election and Australia: the terms of re-engagement
The election will only be the first step in Fiji’s transition to democracy after eight years of Voreqe Bainimarama’s military rule. Australia should use its influence to assist…