Fiji’s two main rival political parties, led by former military coup leaders, are deadlocked after Wednesday’s general election, final results show.
Prime Minister Frank Benimarama’s Fiji First and opposition leader Sethioni Rabuka’s People’s Alliance will each get 26 parliamentary seats.
He now faces a race to form a governing coalition with the Social Democratic Liberal Party, which has three seats.
Polls in the Pacific island nation have been marred by allegations of fraud.
Confidence has further eroded after the results monitoring app crashed.
Mr Rabuka, 74, was questioned by police on Friday after calls for military intervention.
Social Democratic Liberal Party general secretary Linaitasi Doro says her organization has not yet decided where it will give its support, adding that it will support what best helps local Fijians. can do.
If the party sides with the People’s Alliance, it will mark the end of nearly 16 years in power for Mr. Benimarama.
Mr Benimarama, 68, seized power in a coup in 2006 and became prime minister the following year.
Meanwhile, Mr Rabuka was the leader of Fiji’s first coup in 1987 and served as prime minister from 1992-99.
Since Fiji gained independence from Britain in 1970, the rivalry between the indigenous Fijian and ethnic Indian communities has been at the root of much of the country’s political upheaval.
