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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji will have a new leader for the first time in 16 years after a national election resulted in three parties joining up in a coalition to form government, dislodging Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First party.
The result marks an end to Frank Bainimarama's nearly 16-year rule of the Pacific Island nation.
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), a power-broker holding three seats in the hung parliament, announced on Tuesday it had decided to form a coalition with Sitiveni Rabuka's People's Alliance and the National Federation Party. The decision came after two days of deliberations and rival presentations by former Prime Minister Bainimarama and the People's Alliance party, after a national election last week resulted in a deadlock.
Fiji will see a new leader for the first time in 16 years, but Sitiveni Rabuka is no stranger to power in the country.
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