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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said he was confident of securing enough support for the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026, as Parliament prepared to debate and vote on it. That was a claim about expected support—not a confirmed tally or proof that the bill passed.
What was Parliament scheduled to do?
The government tabled the 150-page Constitution (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday evening, according to RNZ’s report republished by Scoop News on 2 October 2026. MPs had less than 48 hours to read it before a debate and vote scheduled for Friday.
RNZ reported that the bill needed support from 36 of the 53 MPs then in Parliament—a two-thirds majority—to advance toward a referendum. The threshold and referendum pathway here are as described in that report, rather than an independent legal analysis of the bill or constitutional text.
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Rabuka publicly said he expected to secure the required two-thirds support. Fiji Sun reported on 1 October 2026 that he said: “From today’s (yesterday) numbers, I am confident that we will get the two-thirds.” His statement expressed confidence; it did not verify individual MPs’ commitments or establish the final vote count.
As earlier context, FijiVillage reported on 23 September 2026 that Rabuka believed the government had the support needed for proposed constitutional changes. It also said the Constitution Review Commission’s recommendations were not the final amendments: a Cabinet subcommittee was reviewing and changing them before the bill was introduced. That earlier account does not establish which provisions appeared in the bill tabled in Parliament.
Was the 36–13 vote a vote to pass the bill?
No. Fiji Sun reported that MPs voted 36 to 13 to suspend Standing Orders so the bill could proceed. That was a procedural vote, not the substantive vote on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill. The two votes should not be treated as interchangeable: the procedural result does not itself show that the bill passed.
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What happens if the bill fails?
Fiji Sun quoted Rabuka saying he had no backup plan: “If it fails, we stop. That’s it. We go to election.” This was Rabuka’s stated position, not confirmation that an election was subsequently called. Fiji Sun also reported that, if the bill passed its second reading, a joint select committee would have 30 days to review it.
What is confirmed—and what is not?
- Reported: the bill was 150 pages, was tabled Wednesday evening, and MPs had less than 48 hours to read it before the Friday debate and vote, according to RNZ.
- Reported: RNZ described 36 of 53 MPs as the two-thirds threshold for the bill to move toward a referendum.
- Reported: Rabuka said he was confident of reaching that threshold; Fiji Sun reported the separate 36–13 vote to suspend Standing Orders.
- Not established in these reports: the completed substantive vote’s result or the final bill’s provisions.
RNZ described the coalition government’s objective as replacing Fiji’s 2013 Constitution and said passage at second and third readings was needed to put the bill to a referendum. Those are the outlet’s descriptions of the process; the reporting cited here does not independently establish the legal details.
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