Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First has not conceded defeat. Three opposing parties say they have a combined majority, naming Sitiveni Rabuka as prime minister.
Fiji’s military will assist police in maintaining law and order, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said on Thursday, December 22, citing growing concerns of racial tensions after last week’s election delivered a hung parliament.
Bainimarama, who seized power in a military coup in 2006, said the military “has been deployed to complement the Police in maintaining law and order.” Fijian Indians posted messages to Twitter under the hashtag FijiIsUnited saying “I fall in the minority group in Fiji & I have felt completely safe”. Bainimarama has been prime minister for 16 years, taking power in a coup, and later winning two democratic elections in 2014 and 2018. Rabuka is also a former coup leader.Rabuka on Twitter urged people to “respect the rule of law, and to allow the political process to continue without hindrance.”
The Social Democratic Liberal Party , a power-broker holding three seats in the hung parliament, supports policies favouring indigenous Fijians, and on Tuesday signed a coalition agreement with Rabuka’s People’s Alliance and the National Federation Party.
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