Sitiveni Rabuka has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Fiji. Fiji is preparing to welcome its new Prime Minister after 16 years. The way for Rabuka’s appointment was cleared after the election of a hung parliament.
Rabuka is the leader of the People’s Alliance, a political party in Fiji formed in 2021. Fiji’s Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) voted on Friday to form a coalition with Rabuka’s People’s Alliance and the National Federation Party.
In the secret parliamentary vote for prime minister, Rabuka received 28 votes, while 27 members of parliament voted for Fijian leader Vorke Bainimarama.
Rabuka led two coups in 1987 as head of the army
Rabuka twice staged a coup as head of the army in 1987 and became prime minister in 1992 before being ousted in elections in 1999. It is the first time in 16 years that three parties have come together to form a coalition government.
The Pacific island country of 9 million people has a history of military coups before a constitutional reform in 2013.
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