Fiji's 2022 Election: The Defeat of the Politics of Fear

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Pacific Affairs Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.5509/2023963531

Jon Fraenkel

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Abstract

An election held under semi-authoritarian conditions in Fiji in December 2022 saw a narrow defeat for coup leader Frank Bainimarama's incumbent FijiFirst Party. This paper looks at the political parties, the campaign issues, and the results. It argues that fear of yet another coup, as occurred in 1987, 2000, and 2006, was a critical factor determining election outcomes in 2014 and 2018, but a credible rejection of that option by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces in 2022 and an opposition campaign that could no longer be depicted as ethno-nationalist paved the way for regime change in Fiji.

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斐济2022年大选:恐惧政治的失败

2022年12月，在半独裁的条件下，斐济举行了一场选举，政变领导人弗兰克·姆拜尼马拉马(Frank Bainimarama)领导的现任斐济第一党(FijiFirst Party)险胜。本文着眼于政党、竞选议题和选举结果。它认为，对发生在1987年、2000年和2006年的另一次政变的恐惧是决定2014年和2018年选举结果的关键因素，但斐济共和国军队在2022年对这一选择的可信拒绝，以及一场不能再被描述为民族主义的反对派运动，为斐济的政权更迭铺平了道路。

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Pacific Affairs AREA STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Pacific Affairs has, over the years, celebrated and fostered a community of scholars and people active in the life of Asia and the Pacific. It has published scholarly articles of contemporary significance on Asia and the Pacific since 1928. Its initial incarnation from 1926 to 1928 was as a newsletter for the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), but since May 1928, it has been published continuously as a quarterly under the same name. The IPR was a collaborative organization established in 1925 by leaders from several YMCA branches in the Asia Pacific, to “study the conditions of the Pacific people with a view to the improvement of their mutual relations.”