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Over 18,000 Fijians registered

07:03 Tue Jul 10, 2012


Elections Minister - Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum

Taken from/By: FBC News
Report by: Ritika Pratap

The Electronic Voter Registration continues this week at more than 120 Voter Registration Centers across the country.

Registration began last week at 10 major centers and 18,058 Fijians were registered.

Minister responsible for Elections, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says this week over 100 new Centers will open.

Over the weekend, more than 180 registration clerks were briefed before being deployed to their respective VRCs across the country.

Sayed-Khaiyum says the Elections Office currently focused on ensuring that all voting age Fijians, get an opportunity to register during this eight week period.

All Fijians of voting age, 18 years and older, are encouraged to consult the public notices published in the Fiji Sun and broadcast on radio to find the dates and opening hours of VRCs near them.


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