Fiji - October 2022

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announced Fiji would hold national elections on 14 December, after months of criticism from the opposition over the lack of a date for the regularly scheduled election. Both Bainimarama and his opponent Sitiveni Rabuka have led military coups, and the last transfer of executive power via an election took place in 1999. The most recent election was largely clean, but international observers are concerned about a further entrenchment of authoritarianism and decay of democratic norms. Opposition political parties have warned of legal intimidation and accused the government of the abuse of administrative resources, such as vote buying. 

Sources: ABC, Fiji Times, The Guardian