The Great Council of Chiefs chairman says the document, which grants every citizen equal status and rights, is "restricting a ...

Canterbury University's distinguished professor Steven Ratuva says the convicted former prime minister faces significant ...

As Fiji moved towards the 2014 election, it became clear that the government’s strongest drawcard was the personal popularity of then military commander Frank Bainimarama. The major opposition ...

especially following the breakdown of Frank Bainimarama's government. In 2017, Bainimarama dismissed opposition calls for a partial review of the 2013 constitution. "When Fiji First broke up, nine ...

The major losers, by contrast, were his predecessor, long-time Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe ‘Frank’ Bainimarama ... In May 2024, after a rather lurid court case Bainimarama was finally sentenced to a ...

The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption was established in 2007 under Fiji's long-ruling authoritarian prime minister Frank Bainimarama ... undermine her by posting transcripts of a court ...

The founding members of the FijiFirst party, including former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and ex-attorney ... this is clearly not the case any longer. Both Sodelpa and NFP lose their ...

Frank Bainimarama, instigator of a 2006 military coup and prime ... they will be deemed suspended from parliament, not expelled, until the case is resolved. That would take up to three weeks. If they ...

The son of a former prime minister of Fiji says his family will pray for Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho after the two were handed prison terms in a corruption case last week. Bainimarama was ...

Fiji's long-serving former prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a ... Political watchers have noted the timing of the criminal cases brought against Bainimarama. He is facing several ...

Bainimarama served as PM more than 15 years until he was voted out in 2022 Fiji's long-serving former prime minister Frank Bainimarama ... "The court case and sentencing shows ...