Five-part analytical series on Fiji's 2026 general election. Covers Rabuka's strategic calculus, coalition stability, opposition prospects, the FijiFirst void, and electoral reform. Sourced reporting and editorial analysis, clearly separated.
Election Watch Series
One vote in December 2022 ended sixteen years of Bainimarama. Three years on, that coalition is heading into a campaign where each party's interest in votes competes directly with their collective interest in governing. The fault lines are showing.
Election Watch Series
The writ window opens 24 June. Rabuka can call the election any day from here — but timing is strategy. This analysis maps the factors pulling him toward an early poll and those pushing him to wait, the three scenarios in play, and what the date he picks will tell us about where he thinks he stands.