Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says the Electoral Commission, the Fijian Elections Office and the Supervisor of Elections have established a standard of fairness, impartiality and transparency from the build up to the 2014 general elections that will stand for generations as we are guaranteed the right of free and fair elections for every citizen.
While speaking in parliament on the Review of the 2014 General Election Joint Report by the Fijian Electoral Commission and the Supervisor of Elections, the Prime Minister says the free, fair and credible elections required by the Fijian constitution is the foundation of the genuine democracy that our people cherish.
Bainimarama says it is clear there were no contentious matters to bring to parliament by the Parliamentary Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights with regard to the conduct of the 2014 general election.
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Bainimarama says one election does not make a democracy, and that a democracy is strengthened and solidified with each subsequent elections as the people choose their leaders and state their views through their votes.
The Prime Minister also says that SODELPA Leader, Viliame Gavoka should also look at his own party instead of asking how the FijiFirst spends it’s money.
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He says Gavoka keeps talking about voter turnout in the 2006 general election was 89% in 2006 when it really was 64%.
Bainimarama says he does not know where Gavoka plucked that figure from as it was the lowest turnout in Fiji elections and then again it was compulsory voting at the time.
