Rabuka wants all 21 People's Alliance MPs to contest election
Mr Rabuka said he was “very confident” of his party's support heading into the election.
Wednesday 11 November 2026 | 08:00
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka wants all 21 People's Alliance Members of Parliament to contest the next General Election.
“I’d like to see them all run,” he said yesterday.
Mr Rabuka said he had left candidate selection “totally up to the selection committee”, but the committee had given him the option of indicating whether he wanted the 21 MPs to contest the election again.
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“And I said yes,” he said.
However, he said MPs could still choose not to stand for re-election.
Mr Rabuka said he was “very confident” of his party's support heading into the election.
“We will have to work on that because we saw we didn’t get the 50 per cent plus to form a government outright on our own,” he said.
Asked whether he hoped to form a government without coalition partners, Mr Rabuka said:
“I’m hoping to get as many votes as possible. If that pushes over the 50 per cent mark, then we have the right to govern on our own.”
New faces coming
Deputy Prime Minister and People's Alliance deputy leader Manoa Kamikamica said the party would introduce new candidates.
He described the party's 2022 candidates as “very high caliber” and said it hoped to field another strong line-up.
“My suggestion to Fiji is just keep watching the space,” he said.
First batch of candidates
The People's Alliance announced its first batch of candidates online on Monday, a public holiday.
They include Mr Rabuka, Mr Kamikamica and Public Works Minister Ro Filipe Tuisawau.
Other candidates named were Fiji National University Acting Dean Associate Professor Dr Lavinia Tiko, Nadi paediatrician Dr Sailasa Misimisi and lawyer Ratu Lavolevu Soro Toutou of Colo-North.
The list also includes former diplomat Kolinio Gata Takali, former Provincial Administrator Ruth Estella Mikatoa of Rotuma, Ratu Apenisa Qiolevu of Naitasiri and Joni Rayawa of Kadavu.
The People's Alliance won 21 seats in the 2022 General Election.
A party needs at least 28 of Parliament's 55 seats to form a government on its own.
The next General Election must be held by February 6, 2027.
