The Fijian Elections Office [‘FEO’] refers to the comments made by Honorable Biman Prasad in Parliament claiming that complaints were purportedly made by the National Federation Party [‘NFP’] to the Supervisor of Elections.
The FEO confirms that the NFP has made no complaints to the FEO since the campaign period commenced on 26 April 2022 and any claims and allegations by Mr. Prasad are not only unsubstantiated, but false.
Supervisor of Elections, Mr Mohammed Saneem said the FEO received one (1) complaint from the NFP on 21 March this year and it was found that it lacked any legal basis and therefore could not be actioned and the same was explained to the NFP by FEO’s letter dated 28 March 2022. The NFP did not dispute this as it did not appeal the SoE’s decision.
“In any event, all political parties must ensure that the complaints that they make are arising from the operation of the law and the SoE will not be able to action any complaints they do not have any legal basis,” Mr Saneem said.
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