Monitoring Desk
WELLINGTON: Sitiveni Rabuka has become Fiji’s prime minister following a coalition of political parties voted him, indicating an end to Frank Bainimarama’s 16-year in power, media reported on Saturday.
The election of Sitiveni Rabuka as a new prime minister ends ten days of uncertainty following polls delivered a hung parliament in the country. Social Democratic Liberal Party on Friday voted to set up a coalition with Rabuka’s People Alliance and the National Federation Party in Fiji.
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The deal was designed to remove Fiji first’s Frank, who has been in power since 2006. Today’s secret parliamentary vote for the prime minister’s office was closer than had been predicated as 28 MPs voted for Rabuka while 27 voted in support of Frank Bainimarama.
The alliance holds 29 seats in the parliament, showing that one member had broken ranks to vote in support of the former prime minister Bainimarama. The President will take oath from the prime minister and his cabinet.
