Fiji deploys military as PM refuses to concede poll defeat

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 23, 2022 12:21 am

SUVA: Fiji's longtime premier said on Thursday that the military had been deployed to maintain 'law and order,' as the former coup leader refused to concede defeat after a close election.

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who has led Fiji since coming to power in a 2006 coup, cited unsubstantiated reports of post-vote ethnic violence as the reason for the deployment.

A police car drives along a street in Fiji's capital Suva on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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