Primary sources for Fiji's constitutional moment

Fiji's supreme law. Imposed by decree following the 2006 coup, it has operated as the effective constitutional framework through three elections. Amended by the Supreme Court's advisory opinion of August 2025, which confirmed its legal validity and read down the amendment threshold at section 160. All 12 chapters annotated by the FPR.

Landmark Cabinet-referred advisory opinion. The Court confirmed the 2013 Constitution as legally effective despite its undemocratic origins, and read down the amendment threshold at section 160(6) — replacing the near-impossible requirement of three-quarters of all registered voters with a simple majority of votes cast. Constitutional reform is now legally achievable. Cited as Miscellaneous 1 of 2025.

The government's proposed legal framework for conducting national referendums, including any future constitutional referendum. Sections 22 and 23 have drawn sustained criticism from civil society, legal experts and opposition parties for banning campaign materials and doorstep canvassing during the referendum period. Before the Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights as of early 2026.

The FELRC completed its report on electoral and local government reform but the government has withheld it from public release. Professor Wadan Narsey wrote for the FPR that this suppression is a governance failure — the Commission's findings directly bear on constitutional reform and the 2026 election. No primary source link available; document has not been publicly released.

The PRF is the Pacific's first member-owned regional financing institution, delivering grants for climate adaptation, disaster preparedness and resilience. Fiji's Parliament unanimously ratified the PRF Establishment Agreement on 30 April 2026 — the first significant cross-party vote of the current parliamentary term. The PRF aims to disburse its first grants in early 2027 following its inaugural call for proposals at the 55th Forum Leaders' Meeting in Palau.

The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), chaired by Sevuloni Ratumaiyale Valenitabua, is mandated to review the 2013 Constitution and report by 31 August 2026 — 119 days from the date of this library's publication. The FPR has published a CRC Watch Briefing series tracking the Commission's work and has submitted to the Commission on the key constitutional questions it must address.