23 Dec 2022

Bainimarama gets another chance to keep hold on power

From Morning Report, 7:16 am on 23 December 2022

Fiji's largest party and it's leader Frank Bainimarama have another chance to hold onto power, and today will again argue their case to form a coalition with the kingmaker Sodelpa party.

FijiFirst failed to win a majority in last week's election and Sodelpa had decided to go into a coalition with the National Federation and the People's Alliance parties.

But Sodelpa now says some of its board members were not entitled to vote, and so the major parties will be allowed to present their arguments again.

Meanwhile Fiji's military has been called in to help the police, amid claims of growing ethnic tension.

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis reports.