Fiji, being a transitional democracy with fragile institutional and regulatory mechanisms, is susceptible to the negative effects of money in politics. Yet for a very long time, regulations related to the funding of political parties, candidates and election campaigns, commonly known as political finance, were largely absent in the South Pacific country. Biased political appointments, corruption in the awards of public procurement tenders, cronyism and capture by business elites are some of the challenges that Fiji is vulnerable to, which thrive in an environment with insufficient institutional and legislative regulation of political finance.

This report, which is the first of its kind, has undertaken a systematic study of the political finance regulatory framework in Fiji using an internationally developed, and tried and tested, analytical framework. The study is part of a larger International IDEA initiative to review political finance systems in selected countries in order to advance an evidence-based global policy debate on money in politics.

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Publication date
10 October 2021
Language(s)
English
Author(s)
Nilesh Lal; Editors: Yukihiko Hamada, Khushbu Agrawal
Number of pages
57
ISBN
978-91-7671-469-0 (PDF)
978-91-7671-477-5 (Print)

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Political and electoral framework in Fiji

3. Political finance regulatory framework in Fiji

4. Additional issues for consideration

5. Conclusions and recommendations

Annex A. Constitutional and electoral framework in Fiji: A brief history

Annex B. Considerations regarding direct public funding

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Political Finance Assessment of Fiji

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