“Not everyone voted for me, but the fact that we have so far approximately 32 seats in the 50 seat parliament demonstrates the enthusiasm and the faith and the trust the Fijian people have had for both the track record of my government and FijiFirst manifesto.” - Frank Bainimarama in his 'Victory' Speech
NO, IT WAS AIYAZ KHAIYUM AND FATHER DAVID ARMS (ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER) D'HONDT VOTING SYSTEM AND DECREES WHICH CHEATED MANY CANDIDATES WITH HIGHER VOTES THEN FFP CANDIDATES A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
"VOTE 279" screamed FFP candidates to Voters so Bainimarama could rake in most votes and power under D'Hondt Electoral System;
a host of candidates selected on his coat tail including Paralympian sports hero Delana with 848 votes
IN Parliament with 848 votes JUST IMAGINE: We know Fiji's first Olympic Paralympian Iliesa Delana won the gold medal. He had gone into the games, ranked number two in the word but he jumped 1.74m to win the gold on count back, after clearing all heights up to and including 1.74m on his first attempts. His jump of 1.74m broke the Oceanic record for the event. Under Khaiyum's d'Hondt model, if it had been used by the Paralympian Olympic Committee, other Fijians taking part in F42 category (for single leg amputees without prosthesis) would have qualified for a medal also simply on the grounds that Delana came first in the jump. On his return Delana jumped over to FijiFirst Party and despite securing only 848 votes is entering Parliament under the d'Hondt electoral system under Bainimarama's coat tail.
KHAIYUM'S D'HONDT ALSO REVEAL THAT THE GODMOTHER OF ALL DECREES HAD NO MANDATE FROM THE PEOPLE OF FIJI- HE HAS SO FAR GOT ONLY
13,000 VOTES
13,000 VOTES
NO WAY: The threshold to obtain parliamentary representation, like in Albania, could have been 3% for political parties and 5% for coalition parties. But there was no way Khaiyum would have permitted it, for it could have resulted in a seat or two for PDP. After all, the 5% threshold and anti-worker and trade union decrees were designed with PDP in mind.
As we can see from the results (left), Vuniyayawa, Anthony and Tabuya got more votes then many FFP candidates who will make up the 32 parliamentarians from FFP. The 3% threshold would have looked like this for PDP:
As we can see from the results (left), Vuniyayawa, Anthony and Tabuya got more votes then many FFP candidates who will make up the 32 parliamentarians from FFP. The 3% threshold would have looked like this for PDP:
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PREMATURE CELEBRATION: As SIX "DEAD" TURNED UP AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE TO VOTE, MANY ARE ASKING WHERE VANE SERUVAKULA'S 6,883 VOTES DISAPPEARED TO - BAINIMARAMA?
NOW HER VOTE STANDS AT 1680
The 'Six Dead Voters' Turn Up to Vote on 18 September:
The Fijian Elections Office today confirmed that the total number of registered voters increased by six from the initial 591,095 that were released in their official voter tally. This sees the final number sitting at 591,101. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said this late increase was caused by the Births, Deaths and Marriage department of the Ministry of Justice where they had informed them that the six were deceased. Around the first week of September, the FEO had stated that the total number of registered voters for this election was 591,095. “The final number was 591101, there were six people whom we’ve sent them deceased letters, they came and said “I’m still here and we had to allow them in because that was an error on BDM. “That is why the numbers went up and it is really sad that they came two to three days away from elections so we had no way on knowing that they were still alive because we had sent the letters in April,” Saneem said. He added they allowed these voters to practise their rights and did not deprive them of their chance to cast their vote and have a say. Source: Fijilive.
The Fijian Elections Office today confirmed that the total number of registered voters increased by six from the initial 591,095 that were released in their official voter tally. This sees the final number sitting at 591,101. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said this late increase was caused by the Births, Deaths and Marriage department of the Ministry of Justice where they had informed them that the six were deceased. Around the first week of September, the FEO had stated that the total number of registered voters for this election was 591,095. “The final number was 591101, there were six people whom we’ve sent them deceased letters, they came and said “I’m still here and we had to allow them in because that was an error on BDM. “That is why the numbers went up and it is really sad that they came two to three days away from elections so we had no way on knowing that they were still alive because we had sent the letters in April,” Saneem said. He added they allowed these voters to practise their rights and did not deprive them of their chance to cast their vote and have a say. Source: Fijilive.
