Elections

Police said the 50-year-old man from Malaita province used different dates of birth and other details for each alias.

Only one of them was his true identity.

He was arrested on Tuesday and charged with seven counts of providing misleading information, an offence under the country's new Electoral Act, which carries a maximum penalty of $US6,000 or five years imprisonment or both.

Police said more election fraud cases relating to the voter registration period were being investigated.

Mr Bainimarama's FijiFirst party will have another four years in power after last week's election.

"I, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama swear that I will be faithful and bare true allegiance for the Republic of Fiji, according to law," Mr Bainimarama said before a gathering of party members, diplomats, senior members of the military and judiciary at the presidential residence, State House.

"And I will obey, observe, uphold and maintain the constitution of the Republic of Fiji, so help me God."

Supporters cheered the SODELPA leader, former prime minister and 1987 coup leader Mr Rabuka as he emerged from the Suva Magistrates Court late this morning.

Mr Rabuka was charged by Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption under Fiji's political party regulations - for providing a false declaration of his assets, income and liabilities.

If convicted, he would have been out of the running for the 14 November polls.

The acting president of the Vanuatu council of chiefs delays elections, Seni Maor Tirsupe, was to leave his position in April but has been forced to stay on.

Elections set for July will now be held in September.

The minister for justice and social welfare, Ronald Warsal, said the delay was because chiefs were opposing new eligibility criteria for appointment to the Malvatumauri.

"There have been numerous complaints and criticisms raised from a few chiefs on a few of the islands on the issues and the option of the new election rules," Mr Warsal said.

The party, which has no seats in parliament, has 60 days to remedy the breach.

Earlier this month SODELPA, the largest opposition party in Fiji's parliament, announced Tabuya would stand as one of its candidates in the next election which is due next year.

She said it was the most pragmatic way to go given the five percent threshold for parties to gain a seat and she said the PDP had agreed not to put forward any candidates.

The two parties have been given seven days to provide Saneem with copies of the Memorandum of Understanding they signed earlier this month.

France, Germany and the Netherlands are holding elections later this year, and experts agree with former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Moscow will try to sway the results.

The voting infrastructure is expected to be relatively secure since all three countries use paper ballots.

But here's how Russian hackers (and others) could influence the outcome:

Phishing for dirt

The revelations threatened to put the controversy over Trump's refusal to follow recent precedent and release his tax returns at the center of the presidential campaign less than 40 days before the election, after a week in which the Republican nominee has struggled to bounce back from a debate in which most analysts and scientifically conducted polls scored Clinton as the winner.

Female candidate Mackin Valia, from the Graon Mo Jastis Pati, missed out on the two seats in the Epi constituency.

She said it was difficult to compete with rivals who prior to the campaign went out with material for potential voters.

While he failed to secure his seat this time around, Mera blames his loss on alleged corrupt political practices including vote buying.

He said out there in his constituency, candidates ignored the legal provisions and fed their people with a disguised objective to vote for them.

Initial reports indicate the election was conducted peacefully and in an orderly fashion. 

Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Hon Steven Ciobo commended the authorities’ efforts in managing the election, given the elections took place less than one year after the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Pam and given the limited time to prepare following the dissolution of Parliament on 24 November 2015.