THE Daniel Fatiaki led electoral review report had proposed introducing term limits and a compulsory retirement age for Fiji’s prime minister, reveals the 232-page report, An Electoral System for the People, From the People.
The report contained a roadmap of proposed constitutional and electoral changes.
Led by former chief justice Daniel Fatiaki, the commission was appointed in 2025 to review key election-related laws, including the Electoral Act 2014, the Electoral (Registration of Voters) Act 2012, and the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding & Disclosures) Act 2013.
The Fiji Times understands this report has been superseded by the Constitution Review Report – compiled by the seven-member Constitution Review Commission that was appointed in March 2026 this year to review the 2013 Constitution.
The CRC report was considered by Cabinet last week and will go to Parliament soon.
Among the proposals in the report, that has been obtained by The Fiji Times, was the introduction of constitutional limits on the tenure of the prime minister and a compulsory retirement age.
The document states the prime minister should be permitted to serve two terms and retire at the age of 75.
It also proposed constitutional rules governing the early announcement of election dates and provisions for a caretaker government.
Another recommendation sought to prevent changes to electoral laws from taking effect in the year before the last possible date for a general election unless the Electoral Commission determined that the changes could be implemented without undue risk to the integrity of the election.
The earlier report also proposed removing detailed electoral provisions from the Constitution and placing them in electoral legislation while retaining broad electoral principles in the Constitution.
It recommended a mixed-member proportional electoral system combining local constituencies, a closed national party list and constituencies reserved for women.
The proposed model would retain 71 MPs and reduce the threshold for parties to qualify for national list seats from five per cent to two per cent.
Other proposals included establishing a Constituency Boundaries Commission and an appointed, apolitical Senate.
