The Fijian Elections Office [‘FEO’] has referred the following individuals to FICAC following the receipt of a Letter from the FijiFirst highlighting various breaches of the Electoral Act 2014 by different candidates to FICAC.

“The FijiFirst filed a 19 Page complaint with the FEO in which it highlighted practices of some individuals during the campaign period directly from their own Facebook pages and such practices are prima- facie breach of the Electoral Act,” explained Mr. Mohammed Saneem, Supervisor of Elections.

“While we are obtaining further information from other persons and political parties named in the complaint, the instances where we found that the law has been breached, we have referred such persons to FICAC without delay” continued Mr. Saneem.

So far, the FEO has referred Mr. Sajal Narayan, The People’s Alliance and Rock the Vote to FICAC.

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